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Andreas Daum, Professor
office: 570 Park Hall
email: adaum@buffalo.edu
phone: (716) 645-8421

Since 2007, also Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education, SUNY Buffalo

office: 547 Capen Hall

phone: (716) 645-6003

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

Courses Regularly Taught:

UGC 112: World Civilization II

HIS 313: 20th Century Europe
HIS 315: German Culture and Society, 1789-1989
HIS 346: 19th Century Europe

HIS 423: Problems in Modern European History (Seminar for Undergraduate Students)

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 21st 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. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Kennedy in Berlin: Politik, Kultur und Emotionen im Kalten Krieg. Paderborn, 2003.

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]

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

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:

"The Two German States in the International World," in Oxford Handbook of Modern German History. Oxford, 2010.

"Varieties of Popular Science and the Transformations of Public Knowledge: Some Historical Reflections," in Isis, 100 (June 2009).

"Die Ironie des Unzeitgemäß en. Anmerkungen zu Alexander von Humboldt," in Zeitschrift fur Ideengeschichte, 3 (2009).

“Nation, Naturforschung und Monument: Humboldt-Denkmäler in Deutschland und den USA,” in Die Kunst der Geschichte. Historiographie, Ästhetik, Erzählung. Göttingen, 2009.

“’Atlantic Partnership’ or Simply ‘A Mess’? Performative Politics and Social Communication in the Western Alliance During the Kennedy Presidency,” in John F. Kennedy and the ‘Thousand Days:’ New Perspectives on the Foreign and Domestic Policies of the Kennedy Administration. Heidelberg, 2007.

“Popularisierung von Wissenschaft im 19. Jahrhundert,” in Öffentliche Wissenschaft: Neue Perspektiven der Vermittlung in der wissenschaftlichen Weiterbildung, edited by Peter Faulstich. Bielefeld: Transcript, 2006.

“Wissenschaft and Knowledge,” in Germany 1800-1870. Oxford, 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.

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: Tuesday, September 8, 2009