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Dr. Joan Clinefelter is Professor of History and has been at UNC since 1995. She earned her A.B. in German and Western European Studies at Grinnell College and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Modern European History at Indiana University. Dr. Clinefelter’s specialty is modern Germany and until recently her research focused on the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich. Her book, Artists for the Reich: Culture and Race from Weimar to Nazi Germany, was published in 2005 by Berg. While the Nazis continue to be of interest, she is now moving into the postwar era. She recently received a grant from the German Academic Exchange Program (DAAD) to fund a summer of research in Berlin archives. Dr. Clinefelter’s new work will treat the cultural programming of RIAS, a radio station in the American sector of Berlin. She also been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities 2008 Summer Stipend to continue her work on RIAS.
Dr. Clinefelter offers a diverse range of classes in European history, especially 20th-century Europe and Germany. Students simply adore her dreaded citation assignment and the writing she always requires. She is always focused on her teaching, and has earned several teaching awards, including Alpha Phi Foundation’s 2002 International Professor of the Year and citations in Who’s Who among America’s College Teachers for 2002, 2004, and 2005.
Dr. Clinefelter is the Faculty Trustee to UNC’s Board of Trustees for the 2007-08 academic year. She encourages all faculty to contact her with their questions and comments.
Classes
During Spring 2008, she is teaching:
- HIST 382: Hitler’s Germany, 1890-1945
- HIST 384: Three Germanies
- HIST 589: Germany Between the Wars
For printable copies of Prof. Clinefelter’s Spring 2008 syllabi and other course materials (in Microsoft Word format) click on the links below. Because Prof. Clinefelter's course packets contain copyrighted material, they are only available at the Bookstop. If you need help, contact Prof. Clinefelter.
- HIST 384 Syllabus
- HIST 384 Course Packet
- Downloadable Documents for HIST 384:
Prof. Clinefelter also regularly teaches the following classes:
- HIST 121: Western Civilization, 1689 to the Present
- HIST 382: Hitler’s Germany, 1890-1945
- HIST 383: The Great War and Its Aftermath
- HIST 384: Three Germanies
- HIST 392: Women in Europe since 1700
- HIST 394: European Intellectual History
- HIST 397: Historian’s Craft
- HIST 480: Cold War Culture (Senior Seminar)
- HIST 589: Modern European History, title varies, Graduate Course
