Prof. Dr. Manfred Berg

Academic Career
Employment
Memberships and Professional Activities
Grants, Awards, Fellowships

Curt Engelhorn Chair in American History at the University of Heidelberg

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Adress:
University of Heidelberg
Department of History
Postfach 10 57 60
69117 Heidelberg

Phone: +49 (0) 62 21 - 54 22 76
E-Mail: manfred.berg@zegk.uni-heidelberg.de

Office Hours (Room 041, Department of History):

Students are invited to schedule a consultation via E-mail. Students are invited to direct questions to Professor Berg via email (manfred.berg@zegk.uni-heidelberg.de).

Concerning the deadlines for bachelor- and master theses as well as Zulassungsarbeiten please refer to the information given by the respective examination office.

Publications


Curriculum Vitae

Academic career

• 1985: M.A. in Modern History (University of Heidelberg)
• 1988: Ph.D. in Modern History (University of Heidelberg)
• 1998: Habilitation in Modern History (Free University of Berlin)

Employment

• 1989-1992: Assistant Professor at the History Department of the John F. Kennedy-Institute for North American Studies, Free University of Berlin
• 1992-1997: Research Fellow at the German Historical Institute, Washington, D.C.
• 1998-2000: Adjunct Professor at the History Department of the John F. Kennedy-Institute for North American Studies, Free University of Berlin
• 2000-2001: Visiting Professor of Anglo-American History at the University of Cologne
• 2001- 2002: Visiting Professor of American History at the History Department of the John F. Kennedy-Institute for North American Studies of the Free University of Berlin
• 2002-2003: Visiting Professor of American History at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
• 2003-2005: Executive Director of the Center for U.S. Studies at the Leucorea Foundation, University of Halle-Wittenberg
• 2007-2008: Chair of the History Department, Heidelberg University
• 2009: Lewis P. Jones Visiting Professor, Wofford College, Spartanburg, South Carolina
• 2010-2012: Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy, Heidelberg University
• 2013-2014: Chair of the History Department, Heidelberg University
• Since 2005: Curt Engelhorn Professor of American History at the University of Heidelberg
• 2017-2020: Speaker of the DFG Graduiertenkolleg 2244: Authority and Trust in American Culture Society, History, and Politics

Administrative Service

• Speaker of the History Department of Heidelberg University (2007-2008, 2013-2014 and 2019-2020)
• Dean of the Philosophy Faculty at Heidelberg University (2010-2012)
• Member of the Committee on Administering Doctorates of the Philosophy Faculty at Heidelberg University (since 2012)
• Member of the Board of Directors of the Heidelberg Center for American Studies at Heidelberg University (since 2005)
• Member of the Heidelberg University Senate Committee for the Safeguarding of Good Scientific Practice (2015-2019)
• Research Council of the Field of Focus 3 at Heidelberg University (2017-2020)
• Member of the Senat of the Hochschule für Jüdische Studien Heidelberg (2012-2018)

Memberships and Professional Activities

• Organization of American Historians
• Verband der Historikerinnen und Historiker Deutschlands
• Deutscher Hochschulverband
• Advisory Board of the European Journal of American Studies
• Willi Paul Adams Award Committee of the Organization of American Historians (2006-2010)
• Academic Advisory Board of the Roosevelt Study Center, Middelburg, NL (2006-2017)
• Program Committee of the Organization of American Historians for  the Annual Convention of 2011, Houston, Texas (2008-2011)
• Program Committee of the Society of Historians of the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era (2013-2016)
• Academic Advisory Board of the Deutschen Gesellschaft für Amerikastudien (2015-2021)
• Academic Advisory Board of the Hochschule für Jüdische Studien Heidelberg (2017-2020)
• Elected Member of the Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften (since 2019)

Expert Opinions for Journals and Institutions

• Amerikastudien/ American Studies
• American Studies Journal
• European Journal of American Studies
• Journal of American History
• Journal of American Studies
• Journal of Military History
• Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
• Journal of Southern History
• Leviathan
• Memory Studies
• Perspectives on Politics
• Race and Justice
• Zeithistorische Studien/ Studies in Contemporary History
• Zeitschrift für Politik
• Zeitschrift für Weltgeschichte

• Alexander-von-Humboldt-Stiftung
• Daimler und Benz Stiftung
• Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst
• Deutsches Historisches Institut, Washington, D.C.
• Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies
• Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften
• Historisches Kolleg, München
• Institute for Advanced Studies, Princeton
• Irish Research Council
• Österreichische Forschungsgemeinschaft
• Fritz Thyssen Stiftung
• Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes
• US-Israel BinationalScience Foundation
• Volkswagenstiftung

Academic Awards and Distinctions

• Ruprecht Karls Prize for best doctoral dissertation, University of Heidelberg (1990)
• David Thelen Prize, Organization of American Historians (2006)
• Distinguished Historian Award of the Society of Historians of the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era (2016)
• Heidelberg University Yearly Award for distinguished accomplishments in research and teaching (2016)