Karl A. Roider Jr. is the Louisiana State University, Thomas and Lillian Landrum Alumni Professor. Roider joined the LSU faculty in 1968. He was appointed as the Dean of LSU's College of Arts and Sciences in December 1991 and served in this role for nine years. Roider returned to his role as a history professor before retiring in the spring of 2014.
Roider's academic specialization is in the study of the Balkans. His books include The Reluctant Ally: Austria's Policy in the Austro-Turkish War, 1737-1739 (1972), Austria's Eastern Question, 1700-1790 (1982), Baron Thugut and Austria's Response to the French Revolution (1987), and a biography of Maria Theresa of Austria.
Education Ada High School, 1961 A.B. Yale University 1965 M.A. Stanford University 1966 Ph.D. Stanford University 1970
Awards and honors Thomas and Lillian Landrum Alumni Professor of History Younger Humanist Fellow, National Endowment for the Humanities Fulbright Scholar American Philosophical Society scholar Ada Schools, Hall of Honor Commander's Award for Public Service
Notable articles Forewords to: Ella Schneider Hilton, Displaced Person: A Girl's Life in Russia, Germany, and America (LSU Press, 2004) E.M. Forster, ed., The Turkish Letters of Ogiev Ghiselin de Busberg (LSU Press, 2005)
Books The Reluctant Ally: Austria’s Policy in the Austro-Turkish War, 1737-1739 (Louisiana State University Press, 1972) Maria Theresa (Prentice-Hall, 1973—Editor) Austria’s Eastern Question, 1700-1790 (Princeton University Press, 1982) Baron Thugut and Austria’s Response to the French Revolution (Princeton University Press, 1987)
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External links Dr. Karl Roider's commencement address to LSU College of Education and LSU School of Social Work graduates, faculty, family and friends on Friday, December 16, 2011.