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Alice Goff is a historian specializing in German cultural and intellectual history, particularly during the modern period. Her research and teaching interests include material culture, history museums, and aesthetics in history. Goff's upcoming book, 'The God Marble: Fate of Art in the German Aesthetic State,' explores German engagements with art during significant historical events such as the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars, examining the implications of art ownership and the politicization of cultural artifacts. In addition to her monograph, Goff has authored essays on topics like Prussian bronze, the impact of war on material culture, and historical preservation in postwar Germany. Her current projects investigate the reuse of historical artifacts as cultural and political resources and the restitution of church bells requisitioned during World War II, highlighting their role in postwar societal and cultural identity. Goff received her PhD in History from the University of California Berkeley and has held postdoctoral fellowships, focusing on the intersections of history, material culture, and modernity.
University of Michigan, Departments of History and Germanic Languages and Literatures • Ann Arbor, MI
Conducted research on German cultural history.
Department of Philosophy