Nationality German American Fields Modern history Role Historian | Name Volker Berghahn Institutions Columbia University Doctoral advisor F. L. Carsten | |
Born Volker Rolf Berghahn
15 February 1938 (age 86)
Berlin, Germany ( 1938-02-15 ) Alma mater University of London
University of North Carolina Education University of London, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Books Modern Germany: Society - E, America and the Intellectu, Germany and the approach, Europe in the era of two World, Imperial Germany - 1871‑191 | ||
Volker Rolf Berghahn (born 15 February 1938) is a historian of German and modern European history at Columbia University. His research interests have included the fin de siècle period in Europe, the origins of World War I, and German-American relations. He received his M.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1961 and his Ph.D., under supervision of Francis L. Carsten, from the University of London in 1964. Prior to teaching in the United States, Berghahn worked in the United Kingdom and Germany. In 1988, he accepted a position at Brown University, and moved to Columbia ten years later.
Berghahn now holds the chair of Seth Low Professor of History at Columbia, and is also a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He has become widely cited in his field, and his works include: