About
Karl is a Professor of European History. He specializes in the history of Central and Eastern Europe, focusing on issues of national and class identity in the Habsburg empire, as well as on memory studies and the memorialization of genocide.
He has published a number of articles, and a book of general interest on the fall of Berlin in 1945. He received Bachelor’s Degrees in Political Science and Foreign Languages from Seattle University in 1982, a Master’s degree in Russian and Eastern European Studies from the University of Michigan in 1986, and a Ph.D. in history from the University of Chicago in 1993.
He has taught at UW-Superior since fall 2000. His courses include the Ancient Mediterranean; Modern European History 1500-1800 and 1800-present; War and Peace in Yugoslavia; Men and Women in Nazi Germany; the History of Socialism in the West; the History of Nationalism in Europe; the Memory of the Holocaust; and Historiography. He also co-leads the War and Peace in Bosnia study abroad course every summer.
Education
- 1993 – Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) – Modern Central European History, The University of Chicago
- 1986 – Master of Arts (M.A.) – Russan and European Studies, University of Michigan
- 1982 – Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) – German Language and Literature, Seattle University
- 1982 – Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) – Political Science, Seattle University