Biography and education
Dr. Franziska Boehme Newell joined Texas State University the fall 2019 semester as an Assistant Professor. Her research and teaching concentrate on international law and human rights with a substantive focus on colonial heritage restitution and heritage politics, as well as international criminal law and international courts. Her current book project investigates how European states have approached colonial heritage restitution, focusing particularly on the role of museum administrators and academics as well as Global South states in advocating for more openness to restitution.
Her first book, State Behavior and the International Criminal Court: Between Resistance and Cooperation (Routledge 2022), charts compliance and resistance to the ICC as a continuum and seeks to explain these state behaviors as well as the Court’s response to them. She is currently working on a book manuscript examining European states' approaches to the restitution of colonial-era plundered heritage in their national museums.
Dr. Boehme Newell's research has been supported through a variety of internal grants (COLA Seed grant, REP grant) as well as a Small Research Grant from the American Political Science Association, a Dissertation Research Improvement Grant from the National Science Foundation and a research grant from the Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy. Her work has been published in the International Journal of Transitional Justice, Global Studies Quarterly, the International Journal of Human Rights, The Journal of Human Rights, and the Journal of International Organizations Studies.
Born and raised in Germany, Dr. Boehme Newell completed her Bachelor of Arts in Intercultural European and American Studies at Martin Luther University and her Master of Arts in American Studies at the University of Leipzig. In 2011 she moved to Syracuse, NY where she earned her second Master of Arts degree in Political Science and in 2017 she completed her Ph.D. Prior to joining Texas State, she worked as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania.
Her first book, State Behavior and the International Criminal Court: Between Resistance and Cooperation (Routledge 2022), charts compliance and resistance to the ICC as a continuum and seeks to explain these state behaviors as well as the Court’s response to them. She is currently working on a book manuscript examining European states' approaches to the restitution of colonial-era plundered heritage in their national museums.
Dr. Boehme Newell's research has been supported through a variety of internal grants (COLA Seed grant, REP grant) as well as a Small Research Grant from the American Political Science Association, a Dissertation Research Improvement Grant from the National Science Foundation and a research grant from the Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy. Her work has been published in the International Journal of Transitional Justice, Global Studies Quarterly, the International Journal of Human Rights, The Journal of Human Rights, and the Journal of International Organizations Studies.
Born and raised in Germany, Dr. Boehme Newell completed her Bachelor of Arts in Intercultural European and American Studies at Martin Luther University and her Master of Arts in American Studies at the University of Leipzig. In 2011 she moved to Syracuse, NY where she earned her second Master of Arts degree in Political Science and in 2017 she completed her Ph.D. Prior to joining Texas State, she worked as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania.
Teaching Interests
Research Interests
Featured grants
- Boehme, Franziska. Small Research Grant, American Political Science Association, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $1800. (Funded: 2018). Grant.
- Newell, Franziska B. College of Liberal Arts Seed Grant, College Of Liberal Arts, Texas State University, $3000. (Submitted: March 15, 2025, Funded: August 1, 2025 - August 15, 2026). Grant.
- Boehme, Franziska. Research Enhancement Program, Texas State University, Texas State University, $8000. (Submitted: September 15, 2023, Funded: May 30, 2024 - August 15, 2024). Grant.
- Boehme, Franziska. Travel Grants, International Studies Association, $900. (Funded: 2018). Grant.
- Boehme, Franziska. Provost’s Professional Papers Fund, Gettysburg College, $1800. (Funded: 2018). Grant.
Featured scholarly/creative works
- Boehme, F. (2025). Restitution of Colonial Heritage Collections: Partial Norm Implementation in Belgium and the United Kingdom. Review of International Studies. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1017/S0260210525101113
- Boehme, F. (2025). Litigating War: Ukraine’s Escalating Legal Rhetoric at the International Court of Justice. International Relations. Retrieved from https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00471178251357746
- Boehme, F. (2022). Normative Expectations and the Colonial Past: Apologies and Art Restitution to Former Colonies in France and Germany. Global Studies Quarterly, 2(4). Retrieved from https://academic.oup.com/isagsq/article/2/4/ksac053/6753236
- Boehme, F. (2022). State Behaviors and the International Criminal Court: Between Cooperation and Resistance. Routledge. Retrieved from https://www.routledge.com/State-Behavior-and-the-International-Criminal-Court-Between-Cooperation/Boehme/p/book/9781032019192
- Boehme, F. (2020). Reactive Remembrance: The Political Struggle over Apologies and Reparations between Germany and Namibia for the Herero Genocide. The Journal of Human Rights, 19(2), 238–255.
Featured awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: Golden Apple Award, College of Liberal Arts. 2025
- Award / Honor Recipient: Achievement Award for Excellence in Scholarship, College of Liberal Arts, Texas State University. January 15, 2024 - August 23, 2024
- Award / Honor Recipient: Favorite Professor, Alfred H. Nolle Chapter of the Alpha Chi National College Honor Society. March 30, 2024
- Award / Honor Nominee: Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching (Assistant Professor Level), Texas State University. February 1, 2025 - July 1, 2025
- Award / Honor Nominee: Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching (Assistant Professor Level), Texas State University. February 2022 - July 30, 2022
Featured service activities
- Co-Chair
ISA, Human Rights Section, Program Co-Chair
- Member
Awards and Scholarship Committee
- Organizer
MSC Student Conference on National Affairs (SCONA), Texas A&M
- Undergraduate Advisor
Supporting Women in Political Science
- Reviewer / Referee
Panel “Bending the Arc of Transitional Justice”
- Member
Roundtable on academic book “The Art of Status: Looted Treasures and the Global Politics of Restitution”