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Andreas Daum, Professor
office: 570 Park Hall
email: adaum@buffalo.edu
phone: (716) 645-2181 ext. 570

Education: BA, Cologne, 1985; MA, Munich, 1990; PhD, Munich, 1995.

Course Regularly Taught:
HIS 313: 20th Century Europe
HIS 315: German Culture and Society, 1789-1989
HIS 346: 19th Century Europe
HIS 395: History of the Cold War
HIS 501: Historical Inquiry
HIS 525: Cultural History of Science and Medicine
HIS 580: Modern European Core Seminar
HIS 647: 20th Century International Relations

Fields: Modern Europe, North & South Atlantic

Hubs: Knowledge, Culture & Society, Politics, Transnational Developments

Research Interests: German, European, and Transatlantic History from the late 18th to the 20th century; History of Science and Knowledge; Cultural and Political History

Current Research: Transnational German history since the 19th century; Berlin and America; Alexander von Humboldt

Books:
Kennedy in Berlin: Politik, Kultur und Emotionen im Kalten Krieg. Paderborn, 2003. [Kennedy in Berlin: Politics, Culture, and Emotions in the Cold War] English translation in preparation with Cambridge University Press.

Wissenschaftspopularisierung im 19. Jahrhundert: Bürgerliche Kultur, naturwissenschaftliche Bildung und die deutsche Öffentlichkeit, 1848-1914. 1st ed. 1998, 2nd enlarged paperback ed., Munich, 2002.
[Popularizing Science in the Nineteenth Century: Civil Culture, Scientific Education, and the Public Sphere in Germany, 1848-1914]

(Edited Volumes):
Berlin - Washington, 1800-2000: Capital Cities, Cultural Representations, and National Identities, co-edited with Christof Mauch, New York, Cambridge, 2005.

America, the Vietnam War and the World: Comparative and International Perspectives, co-edited with Lloyd C. Gardner, and Wilfried Mausbach. New York, Cambridge, 2003.

(Recent Articles):
“Wissenschaft and Knowledge,” in Germany 1800-1870, ed. by Jonathan Sperber. Oxford, 2004.

“Charisma und Vergemeinschaftung: Zur Westbindung der Deutschen im Kalten Krieg,” in Deutschland und die USA in der internationalen Geschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts, ed. by Manfred Berg and Philipp Gassert. Stuttgart, 2004.

“Science, Politics, and Religion: Humboldtian Thinking and the Transformations of Civil Society in Germany, 1830-1870,” in Science and Civil Society (Osiris, no. 17). Chicago, 2002.

“’The Next Great Task of Civilization’: International Exchange in Popular Science: The German-American Case, 1850-1900,” in The Mechanics of Internationalism: Culture, Society, and Politics 1850-1914. Oxford, 2001.

“Alexander von Humboldt, die Natur als ‘Kosmos’ und die Suche nach Einheit: Zur Geschichte von Wissen und seiner Wirkung als Raumgeschichte,” in Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte, 23 (2000).

“America’s Berlin, 1945-2000: Between Myths and Visions,” in Berlin: The New Capital in the East. A Transatlantic Appraisal. Washington, D.C. 2000.

Die Freiheitsglocke in Berlin -- The Freedom Bell in Berlin, co-authored with Veronika Liebau, Berlin, 2000.

“Naturwissenschaften und Öffentlichkeit in der deutschen Gesellschaft: Zu den Anfängen einer Populärwissenschaft nach der Revolution von 1848,” in Historische Zeitschrift, 267 (August 1998).

Fellowships and Grants:
Andrew Mellon Resident Research Fellowship, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, Pa.

John F. Kennedy Fellowship, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Feodor Lynen Fellowship at Columbia University, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

Thyssen Fellowship, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University

Publication Grant for Excellent Dissertation, Verwertungsgesellschaft V.G. Wort

Dissertation Fellowship and Travel Grants, Gerda Henkel Stiftung

Dissertation Fellowship, German Historical Institute, Washington, D.C.

Scholarship, Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes

Last updated: Monday, March 29, 2004