Elizabeth Kopelman Borgwardt (born 1965) is an American historian, and lawyer.

Life

She graduated from Cambridge University with a BA and M.Phil., from Harvard Law School, with a J.D., and from Stanford University with a Ph.D. She worked as a mediator and arbitrator, and was a senior fellow at the Center for Conflict and Negotiation at Stanford University. She also worked on the Michael Dukakis 1988 presidential campaign. On June 26, 1993, she married Kurt Borgwardt.^[1] She teaches at Washington University in St. Louis.^[2]

Fellowships

• Spring 2012 University of Chicago, Richard and Ann Pozen Professor of Human Rights (Visiting) ^[3]
• 2010 Visiting Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University^[3]
• 2009 Fulbright Visiting Professor, University of Heidelberg, Center for American Studies ^[4][5]
• Spring 2008, Fulbright Distinguished Lecturer, University of Heidelberg, Center for American Studies ^[6]
• 2004-2012 Distinguished Lecturer, Organization of American Historians^[3]
• 2003-2004 Visiting Scholar, Center for the Study of Law & Society, University of California at Berkeley^[3]
• 2001-2002 Samuel Golieb Fellow in Legal History, New York University School of Law^[3]
• 1999 Stuart L. Bernath Dissertation Research Grant ^[7]
• 1998 Ford Foundation "Human Rights" Fellow^[3]

Awards and honors

• 2010 James E. McCleod Faculty Appreciation Award, Washington University in St. Louis ^[8]
• November 2010 Distinguished Graduate Award, Noble & Greenough School ^[3]
• 2009 Stuart L. Bernath Lecture Prize, Society of Historians of American Foreign Relations ^[9]
• 2008 Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights Outstanding Book Award ^[10]
• 2006 Murle Curti Book Award, the Organization of American Historians ^[11]
• 2006 Stuart L. Bernath Book Prize (co-winner), the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations ^[12]
• 2006 Best Book Award, Any Historical Topic, Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society ^[13]
• 2006 Merle Curti Award
• 2006 Robert F. Kennedy Foundation Book Award Finalist ^[3]
• 2006 Gustavus Myers Center Outstanding Book Award, Honorable Mention, for A New Deal for the World^[3]
• 2006 Nominee, Pulitzer Prize in History, for A New Deal for the World^[3]
• 2004 Elizabeth Spilman Rosenfield Dissertation Prize, Stanford University Department of History^[3]
• 1998 Littleton-Griswold Dissertation Research Award for Legal History, American Historical Association^[14]

Works

• A New Deal for the World: America's Vision for Human Rights. Harvard University Press. 2005. ISBN 978-0-674-01874-7.
• Andrea Kupfer Schneider; Brian Ganson; Elizabeth Borgwardt (1997-01-01). Coping with International Conflict: A Systematic Approach to Influence in International Negotiation. Prentice Hall. ISBN 978-0-13-591637-7.
• Elizabeth Kopelman; Roger Fisher; Andrea Kupfer Schneider (1994). Beyond Machiavelli: Tools for Coping with Conflict. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-14-024522-6.