Beachy specializes in the intellectual and cultural history of
Germany and
Europe, and is known for his work on the history of sexuality in the
Weimar Republic, under the
Nazis, and in
Germany after the
Second World War. He received his Ph.D. from the
University of Chicago in 1998; his M.A. in History from the University of Chicago in 1989; and, his B.A. in History from
Earlham College, 1988.[2]
In 2015, his work "Gay Berlin: Birthplace of a Modern Identity" was named a
Stonewall Honor Book in Non-Fiction by the American Library Association.[3]
Works
Long Knives: Homosexuality in Nazi Germany (in preparation).
Gay Berlin: Birthplace of a Modern Identity (Alfred A. Knopf 2014).
"The German Invention of Homosexuality," The Journal of Modern History, Vol. 82, No. 4 (Dec. 2010), pp. 801–38.
German Civil Wars: Nation Building and Historical Memory, 1756–1914, co-authored with James Retallack (forthcoming, Oxford).
Pious Pursuits: German Moravians in the Atlantic World, ed. with
Michele Gillespie (Berghahn 2007)
Who Ran the Cities? Elite and Urban Power Structures, 1700–2000, ed. with Ralf Roth (Ashgate 2007)
The Soul of Commerce: Credit, Property and Politics in Leipzig, 1750–1840 (Brill 2005)
Women Business & Finance in Nineteenth Century Europe: Rethinking Separate Spheres, ed. with Beatrice Craig & Alastair Owens (Berg 2005)
Awards, grants, and fellowships
Best non-fiction work in LGBTQ literature, for "Gay Berlin,"
Randy Shilts Award, 2015.
Spirit of Stonewall, for "Gay Berlin," Berlin Gay Pride Parade Association.