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Frederic Kopp teaches elementary German language courses at the University of Chicago. He focuses on subjects such as Modern German History and 20th Century German Cultural History. Originally from Hamburg, Germany, Kopp completed his undergraduate studies at Freie Universität Berlin before moving to Chicago in 1991. He obtained his Ph.D. in German Modern European History from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2001. Over the years, he has taught at institutions including DePaul University, Columbia College Chicago, and Lewis University, and has experience as a freelance German translator and interpreter for ten years. Kopp's main research interests lie in 20th Century German cultural history, particularly film, expressionist art during the Weimar period, and youth culture in West Germany from the 1950s to the 1990s. He has published various articles on topics related to German popular culture and is currently working on a book about the fall of the Berlin Wall and the German reunification.
Department of Philosophy