Dr. Anne Berg

Associate Professor

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Biography

Anne Berg is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research focuses on the intersections of mobility, materials, practices, images, and ideas during the Nazi regime, employing micro-historical, national, transnational, comparative, and global perspectives. Professor Berg has authored several significant publications, including 'Empire Rags Bones: Waste War Nazi Germany,' which won the Ernst Fraenkel Prize in 2023, and 'Screen Cinema Making Nazi Hamburg.' Her ongoing projects explore global environmental history and the legacies of cleanliness and order in post-1945 Germany. At Penn, she teaches courses on Nazi Germany, world history, and environmental history, engaging students in critical discussions about the historical processes that shape contemporary society.

Research Interests

Courses

Origins of Nazism: Democracy, Race, War, Genocide, 1918-1945 Global Environmental History: Paleolithic to Present Making the Modern World: History of Policing Wastes of War: A Century of Destruction Extreme Heat: White Nationalism in the Age of Climate Change

Requirements for University of Pennsylvania

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.6
GRE General
Verbal
Required:162
Quantitative
Required:162
Overall
Required:162
GMAT
Total Score
Required:728
Overall
Required:728
TOEFL
Total
Required:115
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree or equivalent Strong quantitative background
Application Checklist
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