Academic Career
- Aug 3, 2025
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Updated: Oct 21, 2025
Abraham Friesen, Internationally Distinguished Professor of History Emeritus at the University of California, Santa Barbra, 1967-2004.
BA University of Manitoba, 1958. Studied at the University of Göttingen, Germany, 1957-1958 on a German Government fellowship.
MA University of Manitoba, 1962.
PhD Stanford University, 1967. Wrote the dissertation at the Institute of European History, Mainz, Germany, 1965-1967 on a Canada Council Fellowship, 1965-1967, and a stipend from the Institute.
Appointed Assistant Professor of History at University of California Santa Barbara fall of 1967-1974.
Associate Professor of History 1974-1980.
Full Professor of History University of California Santa Barbara 1980-2004.
Promoted to Professor VI, International Distinction in 1993, and Professor IX in 2004.
what's not to like about erasmus...or 'abe' friesen? years ago he was a high school history teacher for those of us unwilling to undergo the demands of senior level physics 12 during the age of 'scientific education' back in the 60's. and thank goodness, and 'abe', for that choice. my buddy went on, for many years, to teach german intellectual history at the u of washington while i became a...basketball coach who thoroughly enjoyed reading FATAL DISCORD, the second best story of erasmus versus luther by michael massing. 'abe', i'm looking forward to reading my recently purchased superior version - YOURS.