Global History Faculty
The MA Global History is taught by a unique faculty composed of researchers from both the Freie Universität Berlin and the Humboldt Universität. Members of the teaching staff include (this is a small selection of the available teaching staff; please consult the websites of the participating departments for additional information):
Core Faculty
Dr. Sarah Bellows-Blakely
Transnational Feminisms - FU History Department (FMI)
Prof. Dr. Sebastian Conrad
Global History - FU History Department (FMI)
Dr. Franziska Exeler
Global History, Russian, East European and Eurasian History - FU History Department (FMI)
Prof. Dr. Michael Goebel
Global History, Social History, Urban History, Nationalism - FU History Department (FMI)
Prof. Dr. Daniela Hacke
Early Modern History - FU History Department (FMI)
Dr. Minu Haschemi Yekani
(Post-)Colonial History, Histories of Racism and Migration, Labour History - FU History Department (FMI)
Prof. Dr. Jonas Kreienbaum
History of Colonialism and Decolonization, Economic History, Violence and Genocide - FU History Department (FMI)
Dr. Thục Linh Nguyễn Vũ
Global History, East European History - FU History Department (FMI)
Dr. Joseph Ben Prestel
History of Emotions, Global History - FU History Department (FMI)
PD Dr. Grzegorz Rossoliński-Liebe
Holocaust Studies, East European History, European History, Jewish History, History of Violence - FU History Department (FMI)
Prof. Dr. Ulrike Schaper
Global History - FU History Department (FMI)
Dr. Frederik Schröer
Buddhism in South Asia and Tibet, History of Migration, Environmental History, History of Emotions - FU History Department (FMI)
Dr. Kristof Gosztonyi
History of South-East Europe - HU History Department
Prof. Dr. Hannes Grandits
History of South-East Europe - HU History Department
Prof. Dr. Alexander Nützenadel
Economic History - HU History Department
PD Dr. Felix Römer
History of Economic Inequality - HU History Department
Prof. Dr. Daniel Schönpflug
History of Modern Western Europe - HU History Department
Prof. Dr. Heike Wieters
Global Histories of Caring and Welfare Provision - HU History Department
Ruslana Bovhyria
East European and Central European History - FU Institute for East European Studies
Alexandra Oberländer
East European Studies - FU Institute for East European Studies
Prof. Dr. Stefan Rinke
History of Latin America - FU Institute for Latin American Studies
Martin Wagner
East European and Central European History - FU Institute for East European Studies
Prof. Dr. Florian Zemmin
Islamic Studies - FU Institute of Islamic Studies
Prof. Dr. Matthias Zachmann
Japanese Studies - FU Seminar of East Asian Studies
Prof. Dr. Jessica Gienow-Hecht
History of the United States - John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies (FU)
Prof. Dr. Sönke Kunkel
Transatlantic History, North American Studies - John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies (FU)
PD Dr. Tobias Delfs
History of South Asia - HU Institute for Asian and African Studies
Prof. Dr. Claudia Derichs
Transregional South-East Asian Studies - HU Institute for Asian and African Studies
Prof. Dr. Manja Stephan-Emmrich
Transnational Islam, Central Asian Studies (Tajikistan), Gulf Studies (United Arabian Emirates) - HU Institute for Asian and African Studies
Prof. Dr. Ulrike Freitag
History of Islamic Societies - Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient
Guest Faculty
Dr. Toygun Altıntaş
Global History, History of the Ottoman Empire, History of the Middle East - FU History Department (FMI)
Geena Carlisle
Global History, (Post-)colonial History - FU History Department (FMI)
Dr. Henrique Cintra Santos
Global History - FU History Department (FMI)
Dr. Elisa-Maria Hiemer
Global History, Urban Studies, Central European History - FU History Department (FMI)
Dr. Razak Khan
Global History, Modern and Contemporary History - FU History Department (FMI)
Prof. Dr. Nazan Maksudyan
Social History of Children and Youth in the Late Ottoman Empire - FU History Department (FMI)
Dr. Soheb Niazi
Global History - FU History Department (FMI)
Dr. Caterina Scalvedi
Global History, (Post-)colonial History - FU History Department (FMI)
Dr. Jana Tschurenev
Global Gender History; History of Childhood, Care, and the Family; History of Education; Comparative Education - FU History Department (FMI)
Dr. Deniz Taner Kilincoglu
Cognitive Humanities, Intellectual History, Cultural History, History of Emotions, Nationalism Studies, History of Economic Thought, Literature, Middle East - Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient
Dr. Ned Richardson-Little
Global History, Human Rights History - Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History Potsdam (ZZF)
Dr. Carolyn Taratko
Modern European History, Global History - Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History Potsdam (ZZF)
Dr. Leonie Wolters
Global History, Intellectual History - Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History Potsdam (ZZF)
Dr. Andreas Greiner
History of Colonialism (19th & 20th centuries), Global History, History of Infrastructure - German Historical Institute Washington
Former Faculty
Prof. Dr. Ines Eben von Racknitz
Chinese History
Prof. Dr. Oliver Janz
Modern European History
Prof. Dr. Martin Lutz
History of Modern Societies
Dr. Stephanie Lämmert
Eastern and Central African History, History of Racism
Dr. Ismay Milford
History of East Africa, History of Knowledge, Technology, and the Environment
Dr. Ben Miller
LGBTQ History
Prof. Dr. Margrit Pernau
History of Emotions, History of South Asia
Prof. Dr. Susanne Schmidt
History of Science
Dr. Nader Sohrabi
Global History, History of the Ottoman Empire, Iranian History




