Manfred Berg is a German historian who serves as the Curt Engelhorn Chair in American History at
Heidelberg University
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Heidelberg University, officially the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, (german: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; la, Universitas Ruperto Carola Heidelbergensis) is a public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, ...
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He has also served as Heidelberg University's dean of faculty.
He previously taught at the
Free University of Berlin
The Free University of Berlin (, often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU) is a public university, public research university in Berlin, Germany. It is consistently ranked among Germany's best universities, with particular strengths in poli ...
and served at the
German Historical Institute The German Historical Institutes (GHI), german: Deutsche Historische Institute, (''DHI'') are six independent academic research institutes of the Max Weber Foundation dedicated to the study of historical relations between Germany and the host count ...
in Washington D.C.
Since spring 2017, Berg is speaker of the ''Graduiertenkolleg'' "Authority and Trust in American Culture Society, History, and Politics" (GKAT) at the
Heidelberg Center for American Studies
The University of Heidelberg's Heidelberg Center for American Studies (HCA) is a higher education and research center. It was founded in 2004, making it the newest institute of Germany's oldest university. The Heidelberg Center for American Studies ...
(HCA).
Since 2019, Berg is a regular member of the
Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
The Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (German: ''Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften''), established in 1909 in Heidelberg, Germany, is an assembly of scholars and scientists in the German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg.
The Academ ...
.
Works
* ''
Gustav Stresemann
Gustav Ernst Stresemann (; 10 May 1878 – 3 October 1929) was a German statesman who served as chancellor in 1923 (for 102 days) and as foreign minister from 1923 to 1929, during the Weimar Republic.
His most notable achievement was the reconc ...
und die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika: Weltwirtschaftliche Verflechtung und Revisionspolitik 1907–1929.'' Nomos, Baden-Baden 1990, .
* ''Gustav Stresemann: Eine politische Karriere zwischen Reich und Republik.'' Muster-Schmidt, Göttingen 1992, .
* ''The ticket to freedom: Die NAACP und das Wahlrecht der Afro-Amerikaner.'' Campus, Frankfurt on the Main 2000, .
** ''The ticket to freedom: The NAACP and the Struggle for Black Political Integration.'' Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2005, .
* ''Popular Justice: A History of
Lynching in America.'' Ivan R. Dee, Chicago 2011, .
** ''Lynchjustiz in den USA.'' Hamburger Edition, Hamburg 2014, .
* ''Geschichte der USA'' (= ''
Oldenbourg Grundriss der Geschichte.'' Bd. 42). Oldenbourg, Munich 2013, .
* ''Woodrow Wilson. Amerika und die Neuordnung der Welt. Eine Biographie''. C. H. Beck, Munich 2017, .
References
Living people
21st-century German historians
Heidelberg University faculty
German male non-fiction writers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Historians of the United States
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