Leslie Rogne Schumacher is a scholar of Europe and the Middle East. He currently holds positions at Cornell University, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Foreign Policy Research Institute. Additionally, Dr. Schumacher is an Academic Director for Haverford College’s Great Books Summer Program, and he previously served as Director of the Intelligence Community Center for Academic Excellence at Wells College, where he also taught history and international studies. Dr. Schumacher has further held prior research and/or teaching fellowships at Harvard University, the University of London, and Saint Joseph’s University. In 2017, he was elected a Fellow of The Royal Society of Arts for his civic engagement on refugee affairs. In 2024, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in recognition of his book, The Eastern Question in 1870s Britain: Democracy and Diplomacy, Orientalism and Empire (London: Palgrave, 2023). Dr. Schumacher’s past and current work engages: imperial and national rivalry in the Mediterranean and Middle East; migration and refugee studies; the EU’s history and future, British foreign policy; and the East-West relationship. He has published research on the Eastern Question and European integration theory, Britain’s Ionian protectorate, the 1890s Armenian massacres, and the future of BRICS+ in the Mediterranean Sea. His current book project, Bathing in Crests of Foam: A Study of the Modern Mediterranean in Five Parts, explores connections between land, sea, and sky in Mediterranean migration during the modern era.