Manfred Berg

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Manfred Berg is a German historian who serves as the Curt Engelhorn Chair in American History at Heidelberg University. [1] He has also served as Heidelberg University's dean of faculty. [2] He previously taught at the Free University of Berlin [3] and served at the German Historical Institute in Washington D.C. [4]

Since spring 2017, Berg is speaker of the Graduiertenkolleg "Authority and Trust in American Culture Society, History, and Politics" [5] (GKAT) at the Heidelberg Center for American Studies (HCA).

Since 2019, Berg is a regular member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities. [6]

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  1. "Curt Engelhorn Chair in American History". Uni-heidelberg.de. Heidelberg University. Archived from the original on 30 May 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  2. "Another German politician stripped of doctorate degree for plagiarism". The Indian Express. 16 June 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  3. "War in Iraq? Views from Egypt, Germany". National Public Radio. 12 December 2002. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  4. Koenig, Robert (26 March 1993). "Clinton, Kohl to Focus on Russia". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  5. http://www.hca.uni-heidelberg.de/gkat/index.html
  6. https://www.haw.uni-heidelberg.de/akademie/mitglied.de.html?id=1160