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Daniel Eugen Krieger
Professor Emeritus
Holocaust Studies; Imperialism and Decolonization; California
Ethno history; History of Coastal California
E-mail: dkrieger@calpoly.edu
Office: Bldg. 47, Room 25D
Phone: (805)756-6585
EDUCATION
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Ph.D. in History, UC Davis, 1973
RESEARCH & TEACHING INTERESTS
I began researching and writing about the legacies of imperialism and racism in California in the 1950’s. My interests expanded to Africa, Southern and Eastern Asia and Europe in the 1960’s. I continue to by absorbed by these themes in teaching and writing about the Holocaust and the ethno history of California and the Central Coast.
AWARDS, HONORS & PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
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Rockefeller and NEH Fellowships in State and Local History
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Newberry Fellow in State, Family and Community History
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President, San Luis Obispo County Historical Society, 1978-81; 93-97
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President, California Mission Studies Association, 2006-present.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
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Looking Backward into the Middle Kingdom: A History of San Luis Obispo County
(1987; 2nd ed. 1988) Revised third edition in progress -
War Comes to the Middle Kingdom: Vol. 1 1939-42 (1991)—Volume 2 in progress;
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San Luis Obispo County Goes to War (1981)
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Since 1983 I have published a weekly column on history titled “Times Past” for the Sunday edition of the San Luis Obispo County Tribune
COURSES
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HIST 111 – Western Civilization from the Reformation to the Present
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HIST 439 – Topics in California Histor
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HIST 445 – A Comparative History of the Holocaust
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HIST 446 – Early British History
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HIST 447 – Early Modern British History
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HIST 448 – Modern Britain
