Stefan Berger
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Stefan Heinrich Berger is Professor of Modern German and Comparative European History at the University of Manchester
, UK. He specializes in nationalism
and national identity studies, labour studies and historiography
.
, where he studied history
, political science and German literature and learnt Italian
. He was a lecturer in Modern European History at the University of Plymouth
in period 1990—1991, and the lecturer in Modern European History at the School of European Studies, University of Wales
in Cardiff
in period 1991—2000.
A significant part of Berger's research and works is the increasing nationalization of history
in the course of the nineteenth and first half of the twentieth century. Berger is director of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence at the University of Manchester. He participated in the programme ‘Representations of the Past: The Writing of National Histories in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Europe (NHIST)’ that the European Science Foundation
organized between 2003 and 2008.
University of Manchester
The University of Manchester is a public research university located in Manchester, United Kingdom. It is a "red brick" university and a member of the Russell Group of research-intensive British universities and the N8 Group...
, UK. He specializes in nationalism
Nationalism
Nationalism is a political ideology that involves a strong identification of a group of individuals with a political entity defined in national terms, i.e. a nation. In the 'modernist' image of the nation, it is nationalism that creates national identity. There are various definitions for what...
and national identity studies, labour studies and historiography
Historiography
Historiography refers either to the study of the history and methodology of history as a discipline, or to a body of historical work on a specialized topic...
.
Biography
In period 1985—1987 Berger attended the University of CologneUniversity of Cologne
The University of Cologne is one of the oldest universities in Europe and, with over 44,000 students, one of the largest universities in Germany. The university is part of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, an association of Germany's leading research universities...
, where he studied history
History
History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
, political science and German literature and learnt Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
. He was a lecturer in Modern European History at the University of Plymouth
University of Plymouth
Plymouth University is the largest university in the South West of England, with over 30,000 students and is 9th largest in the United Kingdom by total number of students . It has almost 3,000 staff...
in period 1990—1991, and the lecturer in Modern European History at the School of European Studies, University of Wales
University of Wales
The University of Wales was a confederal university founded in 1893. It had accredited institutions throughout Wales, and formerly accredited courses in Britain and abroad, with over 100,000 students, but in October 2011, after a number of scandals, it withdrew all accreditation, and it was...
in Cardiff
Cardiff
Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
in period 1991—2000.
A significant part of Berger's research and works is the increasing nationalization of history
Nationalization of history
Nationalization of history is the term used in historiography to describe the process of separation of "one's own" history from the common universal history, by way of perceiving, understanding and treating the past that results with construction of history as history of a nation...
in the course of the nineteenth and first half of the twentieth century. Berger is director of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence at the University of Manchester. He participated in the programme ‘Representations of the Past: The Writing of National Histories in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Europe (NHIST)’ that the European Science Foundation
European Science Foundation
The European Science Foundation is an association of 78 member organisations devoted to scientific research in 30 European countries. It is an independent, non-governmental, non-profit organisation that facilitates cooperation and collaboration in European research and development, European...
organized between 2003 and 2008.
Selected works
- 1997:
- 1999: Nationalism, Labour and Ethnicity 1870-1939 (with Angel Smith) http://books.google.com/books?id=2GO7AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA150&dq=The+Bund+Menshevik&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=The%20Bund%20Menshevik&f=false
- 2007: Writing the Nation: a global perspective http://us.macmillan.com/writingthenation
- 2008: The Contested Nation: ethnicity, class, religion and gender in national histories (with Chris Lorenz)
- 2008: Narrating the Nation: representations in history, media, and the arts (with Linas Eriksonas and Andrew Mycock) http://books.google.com/books?id=vsxYAgomHc4C&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
- 2010: Nationalizing of the Past (with Chris Lorenz)
- 2010: Friendly Enemies: Britain and the GDR, 1949-1990