Jeremy Best

LAS faculty receive spring 2024 CEAH research grants
The grants support scholarly work in the arts and humanities.

May 9, 2024
LAS faculty honored for their teaching contributions
Faculty members receive donor-funded awards for their exemplary teaching skills.

March 5, 2024
Jeremy Best book recognized as one of “Ten Outstanding Books in Mission Studies Intercultural Theology and World Christianity for 2021”
A book published by Jeremy Best, assistant professor in the Department of History, was recently named one of “Ten Outstanding Books in Mission Studies, Intercultural Theology, and World Christianity for 2021” by the International Bulletin of Missionary Research (IBMR). The announcement was made in the journal’s April 2022 issue. The…

March 22, 2022
Jeremy Best wins the Alpha Phi Theta Best First Book Award for 2021
Jeremy Best, assistant professor in the Department of History, has earned the Phi Alpha Theta Best First Book Award for 2021. Best was awarded this honor for his book “Heavenly Fatherland: German Missionary Culture and Globalization in the Age of Empire.” Phi Alpha Theta is an American…

September 3, 2021
“German Iowa and the Global Midwest” examines lasting influence of immigrants in Iowa
If history helps connect people, enlightening people to their own immigrant past might promote some understanding for today's contemporary debates.

March 8, 2017