Volker Benkert studied history and English at the Universities of Bonn, Edinburgh, St. Petersburg, and Fribourg. He graduated with a master's degree from the University of Bonn and a doctorate from the University of Potsdam. His research focuses on the impact of sudden regime change on biographies in 20th century Germany and Europe. In addition to relying on traditional sources, he utilizes extended biographical interviews. Furthermore, he is interested in the formation and function of discourses on the totalitarian past on an individual and collective level. Identifying pervasive discourse patterns particularly among ordinary Germans helps to reveal the transmission of often apologetic views of the past over generations.
Benkert teaches upper-division courses in modern German and European history as well as the Western Civilization and Global History surveys. He also offers several capstone classes such as the HST498 History, Memory and National Myths: Changing European Master-Narratives of World War II. Finally, he conducts Individualized Studies projects with interested students on issues in German and German-Jewish history.
Benkert is the author of Glückskinder der Einheit? Lebenswege der um 1970 in der DDR Geborenen. Ch. Links Verlag 2017. http://www.christoph-links-verlag.de/index.cfm?view=3&titel_nr=957
He is the editor of Feinde, Freunde, Fremde? Deutsche Perspektiven auf die USA. Nomos Verlag 2018. http://www.nomos-shop.de/Benkert-Feinde-Freunde-Fremde/productview.aspx?product=27513&pac=weco
Monography
Edited Volumes in Preparation
Articles and Book Chapters
Spring 2021 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
HST 101 | Global History Since 1500 |
WWS 460 | World War II |
HST 460 | World War II |
HST 599 | Thesis |
Fall 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
HST 454 | History of Genocide |
REL 454 | History of Genocide |
WWS 460 | World War II |
HST 460 | World War II |
HST 499 | Individualized Instruction |
HST 599 | Thesis |
Spring 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
HST 104 | West Civ: French Rev to EU |
HST 355 | Total War and Crisis-Modernity |
HST 599 | Thesis |
HST 790 | Reading and Conference |
Fall 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
HST 101 | Global History Since 1500 |
HST 590 | Reading and Conference |
HST 599 | Thesis |
Spring 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
HST 493 | Honors Thesis |
HST 494 | Special Topics |
HST 499 | Individualized Instruction |
Fall 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
HST 101 | Global History Since 1500 |
HST 492 | Honors Directed Study |
HST 591 | Seminar |
Spring 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
HST 101 | Global History Since 1500 |
SGS 111 | Global History Since 1500 |
HST 499 | Individualized Instruction |
HST 591 | Seminar |
Fall 2017 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
HST 101 | Global History Since 1500 |
SGS 111 | Global History Since 1500 |
HST 429 | Modern Germany |
HST 493 | Honors Thesis |
Spring 2017 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
HST 101 | Global History Since 1500 |
SGS 111 | Global History Since 1500 |
HST 355 | Total War and Crisis-Modernity |
HST 492 | Honors Directed Study |
Fall 2016 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
HST 101 | Global History Since 1500 |
SGS 111 | Global History Since 1500 |
HST 355 | Total War and Crisis-Modernity |
HST 499 | Individualized Instruction |
Invited Talks
Conference Papers
Conferences Organized
Service to the Field
Service at Arizona State University
Teacher Training Workshops Organization
Outreach Activities