Annika Frieberg |
Born in Sweden, Annika Frieberg received her B.A. from Denison University in Granville, OH, in 1999, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Modern European History from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill in the spring of 2008. Her dissertation, The Project of Reconciliation. Journalists and Christian Activists in Polish-German Relations, 1956-1972, was advised by Professor Konrad Jarausch. In addition to interviews with prominent activists, she used television and radio manuscripts, as well as private and official correspondences as source materials. Her research traced the construction of a transnational media network of activists, and how these men and women created a cross-border narrative of reconciliation. Their efforts profoundly influenced Polish-German relations and the postwar European political landscape.
Dr. Frieberg has presented her research at various colloquia and conferences in Germany, and at national and local conferences in the United States. Recent publications include “Hansjakob Stehle and the Borderlands on the Polish Side of the Oder River and the Lusatian Neisse in 1956-1972” in Erinnerungsorte, Mythen und Stereotypen in Europa (Wroclaw: Wydawnictwo ATUT, 2008); and “Geopolitics and ‘New Germans’: Stanislaw Stomma’s National Myths and Mythical Realities, 1956-1968” in Politische Mythen im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert in Mittel- und Osteuropa (Marburg: Herder Institut, 2006). Her article, “Catholics in Ostpolitik? Networking and Non-State Diplomacy in the Bensberger Polen-Memorandum, 1966-1970” is part of an edited volume by Mark C. Donfried and Jessica Gienow-Hecht, “Searching for a Cultural Diplomacy,” forthcoming in 2009 with Berghahn Press. Her academic interests span beyond cultural and political international relations to include population movements, cross-cultural grassroots interactions, immigration and tourism.
Dr. Frieberg is currently teaching HIST 121-002 and 121-004 “The History of Western Civilization, 1689 to the Present” as well as HIST 383-006 “The Great War and Its Aftermath” and HIST 489-008 “Modern Europe: War and Ethnic Cleansing.” During the spring of 2010, she will be teaching HIST 489 “Dictatorship to Democracy: The History of Eastern Europe” and “The History of European Women.”
Classes
During Fall 2009, Dr. Frieberg is teaching:
- HIST 121: Western Civilization from 1689 to the Present (two sections)
- HIST 383: The Great War and Its Aftermath
- HIST 489: Modern Europe: War and Ethnic Cleansing
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Curriculum Vitae
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