Modern History / Contemporary History (19th - 21st century)
Dr. Tamar Amar-Dahl
Department of Political and Social Sciences
Center for Middle Eastern and North African Politics
Ihnestr. 22, 14195 Berlin
Phone (Office)
838-73180 (telefonische Vermittlung über Presse und Kommunikation
Areas of Expertise
- History and policy of the state of Israel
- Political culture in Israel
- History of Zionism
- Jewish history
- Israel and the Shoa
- Mideast conflict
Dr. Arnd Bauerkämper
Professor of History
Department of History and Cultural Studies
Berlin School for Comparative European History
Koserstraße 20, 14195 Berlin
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Areas of Expertise
- Resistance against the Nazi regime
- Organizations of the Nazi dictatorship
- Warfare
- Anti-Semitism
- Policy toward Jews
- Hitler’s personality
- Broad internal and external policies of the “Third Reich”
- Relationship of political institutionalization and social anchoring of Europe
- Economic, social, and cultural interactions
- History of the EEC, EC, and EU
- Fascism in Europe (1918 - 1945)
- Dealing with National Socialism
- Fascism and collaboration in Europe after 1945
- History of the GDR
- Historical terrorism research
- History of memories of the Second World War
Dr. Stefan Bollinger
Department of Political and Social Sciences
Otto Suhr Institute of Political Science
Domestic Policy and System Comparison
Ihnestr. 22, 14195 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- Discontinued “peaceful revolution” in the GDR 1989/90
- General orientation, changes, the rise and collapse of socialism in the 20th century
- History and politics of the GDR and problems in achieving German unification
- History of Eastern Europe in 1917 and 1944/45 to 1990/91
Dr. Dina Emundts
Professor of Philosphy
Department of Philosophy and Humanities
Institute of Philosophy
Habelschwerdter 30, 14195 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- History of philosophy, especially Kant and Hegel
- Metaphysics
- Epistemology
- Philosophy of Mind (in part also theory of feelings, especially gratitude and conscience)
Dr. Jessica Gienow-Hecht
Professor of History
John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies
Department of History
Lansstraße 7-9, 14195 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
History and Cultural History:
- International history
- North American history
- Modern history, 19th - 21st century
- History of the USA: Culture, history, politics, diplomacy
Politics and Society:
- US foreign policy
- Transatlantic relations
- Humanitarian intervention
- Nation branding — self-projection and performance of nations
- Public diplomacy / cultural diplomacy
Culture and Media:
- Emotions / history of emotions
- Media history
- Music history
Continents and Regions:
- USA, North America
- Transatlantic relations
- History of US-Japanese relations
Dr. Michael Goebel
Professor of History
Department of History and Cultural Studies
Friedrich Meinecke Institute
Koserstraße 20, 14195 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- Global history
- Latin American history
- Migration history
- Immigration in Europe esp. France
- Urban history
- History of empires
Dr. Volker Hess
Professor of Medicine
Charité - University Medicine
Charité Center 1 for Health and Human Sciences
Institute for the History of Medicine and Ethics in Medicine
Thielallee 67-73, 14195 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- History of medical practices and techniques in the 19th and 20th centuries
- History of biological drugs and drug regulation
- Cultural history of psychiatry
- History of medicine
- History of medicine in Berlin
Dr. Nadin Heé
Professor of History
Department of History and Cultural Studies
Friedrich Meinecke Institute
Koserstraße 20, 14195 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- History of knowledge
- History of science
- East Asia
- Colonialism
- Decolonization
- Cold War
Dr. Oliver Janz
Professor of History
Department of History and Cultural Studies
Friedrich Meinecke Institute
Koserstr. 20, 14195 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- History of World War I
- History of Italy in the 19th and 20th centuries
Prof. Sebastian Jobs
Professor of North American Studies
John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies
Department of History
Lansstraße 7-9, 14195 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- Cultural history of the United States
- Alltagsgeschichte (history from below)
- History of New York
- Slavery in the United States of America
- African American history
- Gender history
- Political productions and rituals
- Rumors
Dr. Philipp Krämer
Department of Philosophy and Humanities
Institute of German and Dutch Languages and Literatures
Dutch Linguistics
Habelschwerdter Allee 45
Dipl.-Frankreichwissenschaftler, 14195 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- Overseas France, Indian Ocean Islands, and the Caribbean
- Saarland, Lorraine, and Luxembourg
- France
- Belgium
- Scandinavia
- Creole languages, languages of the Caribbean and the Indian Ocean region
- Multilingualism and language policy
- Dialects, minority languages, regional languages
- Critique of language, linguistic purism, language ideology
- Racism
- Colonialism and postcolonial societies
Dr. Martin Lüthe
Professor of North American Studies
Department of Philosophy and Humanities
John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies
Department of Culture
Lansstraße 7-9, 14195 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- African American studies
- Gender studies
- Popular culture
- History of the mass media
- Pop music
Dr. Burkhard Meyer-Sickendiek
Professor of German Literature
Department of Philosophy and Humanities
Institute of German and Dutch Languages and Literatures
German Literature
Habelschwerdter Allee 45, 14195 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- Culture of emotions
- Satire, irony, comedy
- German-Jewish contemporary literature
- Modern poetry
- Theater of the Enlightenment
- Neurocognitive poetics
Dr. Daniel Morat
Department of History and Cultural Studies
Friedrich Meinecke Institute
Koserstraße 20, 14195 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- Intellectual history and history of science
- Media history and history of modern sensory perception
- History of popular culture
- Urban history
- Theory of history
Dr. Paul Nolte
Professor of Modern History
Department of History and Cultural Studies
Friedrich Meinecke Institute
Modern History
Koserstraße 20, 14195 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- Contemporary German history
- German society and politics in historical and contemporary dimensions
- Democracy, past and present
- Transformation of the political party system, elections, and social milieus
Dr. Cord Pagenstecher
Center for Digital Systems (CeDiS)
Ihnestraße 24, 14195 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- Nazi forced labor
- Oral history archive
- Oral history
- Digital humanities
- Educational programs
Dr. Susanne Scharnowski
Department of Philosophy and Humanities
Institute of German and Dutch Languages and Literatures
Cultural Studies Program for International Exchange Students
Habelschwerdter Allee 45, 14195 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- Debates about the concept of "Heimat"
- German regional literature and films
- "Heimat" and propaganda
- "Heimat" and criticism of progress
- "Heimat" vs. environment
- "Heimat" as a European phenomenon
- International student exchange (international students in the German school system)
Dr. Ute Schmidt
Privatdozent
Department of Political and Social Sciences
Forschungsverbund SED-Staat (Research Association on the SED State)
Koserstraße 21, 14195 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- History of the CDU in West and East (Germany)
- Exodus and expulsion at the end of World War II
- Displacement, forced migration, and deportation in the 20th century
Dr. Peter Schöttler
Professor of Modern History
Department of History and Cultural Studies
Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut (FMI)
Koserstraße 20, 14195 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- French and German-French history since 1789
- Study of French and German history since Voltaire and Ranke, but particularly after 1918
- Marc Bloch, Fernand Braudel, and the historical school of thought of the 'Annales'
Dr. Shabo Talay
Professor of Semitic Studies
Department of History and Cultural Studies
Seminar for Semitic and Arabic Studies
Semitic Studies
Fabeckstraße 23-25, Berlin 14195
Areas of Expertise
- Semitic languages
- Arabic and Arabic dialectology (i.e., Syria, Iraq, Turkey)
- Aramaic languages in the Near East and in Europe
- Oriental Christians, past and present
- Christian-Muslim coexistence in the Near East
- Ethnic group of Arameans, Assyrians, Chaldeans
- Coexistence of Kurds and Syrian-Aramaic Christians (Turkey, Syria, Iraq)
Dr. Jochen Töpfer
Department of Political and Social Sciences
Institute for East European Studies
Division of Sociology
Garystraße 55, 14195 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- Social, political, and economic aspects of the processes in Eastern Europe
- Southeastern Europe / former Yugoslavia
- Privatization
- Informality and neo-feudalism
- Parties and political elites in transformation
- Transboundary cooperation in border regions of the EU
- Religion and society
- Religion and politics
Dr. Bryan van Sweringen
John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies
Dept. of History and Dept. of Political Science
Lansstraße 7-9, 14195 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- World War I and World War II
- U.S. national security policy from 1917 to 2010
- Occupation in Germany and Berlin by the U.S. Armed Forces
- Stationing of U.S. forces in the Federal Republic of Germany
- U.S. Department of Defense
- Military tradition in the U.S.
- Political cabaret
Dr. Christian Volk
Professor of Political Science
Department of Political and Social Sciences
Otto Suhr Institute of Political Science
Ihnestraße 22, 14195 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- Transformation of democracy
- Protest and democratic theory
- Constitution of political orders
- Critical theory
- Philosophy of Hannah Arendt
- Coming to terms with the past and memory culture
Dr. Urs Matthias Zachmann
Professor of Culture and History of Modern Japan
Department of History and Cultural Studies
Institute of Japanese Studies
Hittorfstraße 18, 14195 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- Culture and history of modern Japan
- Intellectual history of East Asia
- International relations of East Asia
- Relations between Japan and China
- Law in East Asia
- Human rights in East Asia