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Molly J. Loberg
Assistant Professor
Modern European History
E-mail: mjloberg@calpoly.edu
Office: Bldg. 47, Office 25C
Phone: (805)756-5706
EDUCATION
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Ph.D. in History, Princeton University. 2006
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B.A. in History and German, Pacific Lutheran University. 1998
RESEARCH & TEACHING INTERESTS
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Germany
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Interwar Europe
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Modern Cities
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Consumer Culture
AWARDS, HONORS & PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
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Charlotte Procter Honorific Fellowship, Princeton University.
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German Chancellor Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
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Fulbright Award to Freiburg, Germany.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
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“Fortress Shop: Consumer Culture and Violence in 1930s Berlin,” Conference Paper at the German Studies Association, Oakland, October 7-10, 2010.
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“Down and Out in Berlin: Patterns of Consumption and Violence in Berlin’s Scheunenviertel after the First World War,” Conference Paper at the Association for Jewish Studies, Los Angeles, California, December 20-22, 2009.
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“Spectacles of Frustrated Desire: Consumer Culture on the Street,” Conference Paper at the German Studies Association, Washington, D.C., October 8-11, 2009.
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“Rogue Pasters and Revolution: Political and Commercial Advertising and the Transformation of Public Space: 1848, 1918, 1933.” Conference Paper at the German Studies Association, St. Paul, Minnesota, 0ctober 2-5, 2008.
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“Looting in Weimar Berlin: Acts of Desperation, Crime or Politics?" 16th Annual Interdisciplinary German Studies Conference, University of California, Berkeley, March 7-9, 2008.
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“Crowd Control: Policing Politics and Commerce on the Streets of Interwar Berlin.” Conference Paper at the German Studies Association Annual Conference, San Diego, California, October 4-7, 2007.
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“Paper Revolutions: The Transformation of Print Culture and Public Space in Berlin, 1848-1918-1933.” Paper presentation at the Navigating Texts and Contexts Conference for the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia, July 2005.
ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
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German Studies Association
COURSES
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HIST 100—Introduction to the Study and Practice of History
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HIST 110 – Western Civilization
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HIST 111 – Western Civilization
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HIST 303—Writing Seminar: Global Consumer Culture
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HIST 318—The City in the Modern World
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HIST 437—Nazi Germany
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HIST 441 – Europe between the World Wars, 1914-1945
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HIST 460&461—Senior Project
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HIST 467—Internship




