Matt Berg

Professor

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Background

Matt Berg’s teaching responsibilities include courses in modern German history, the Holocaust, conflict in the 20th century, and genocide and human rights. His research focuses on society and politics in Austria after the Second World War.

Research Interests

Social democracy and reconstruction in Vienna after World War II, 1945-1949; denazification; historical memory; labor: regime change and the experience of work in Vienna, 1918-1950.

Research Interests

Social democracy and reconstruction in Vienna after World War II, 1945-1949; denazification; historical memory; labor: regime change and the experience of work in Vienna, 1918-1950.

Education

Ph.D., University of Chicago M.A., University of Chicago B.A., University of California, Los Angeles

Courses Taught

World War I & Modernity; Punishment: A History; Intro to Human Rights; The Cold War; The Holocaust; Nazi Germany; Genocide & War Crimes; Berlin: From Reich to Republic

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