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| David
Ciarlo (On leave 2008-2009) |
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Professor of History |
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David Ciarlo specializes in the social and cultural history of Germany, the history of European imperialism and racism, the history of visual culture, and the genesis of mass culture in European and global contexts. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2003 where he was the Merle Curti Graduate Lecturer and held numerous fellowships, including a Fulbright.
His first book, Advertising Empire, Consuming Race: Colonialism, Commerce and Visual Culture in Germany, 1887-1914, is expected out in late 2009. This book is a detailed history of both advertising and colonialism in Germany in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It uses visual archives to trace the history of commercial and colonial culture, showing how overseas engagements and political, social and economic forces within Germany intertwined to forge new cultural practices and popular perceptions. By 1914, mass-produced commercial imagery spread visions of colonial power and of racial difference far and wide, with important consequences for the coming war and the future course of German history.
A new research project explores the intersection of consumer culture and propaganda in Germany during the First World War. Tentatively titled "Selling War: Advertising, Propaganda, and the Roots of Fascism in German Visual Culture, 1914-1923," it takes up where Advertising Empire left off, charting the trends of commercial culture in the early years of the war, and exploring the link between commerce and the development of visual propaganda techniques.
His teaching interests range widely: he has taught courses on the social and cultural history of Germany and of Modern and Early Modern Europe, on National Socialism and the Second World War, on World History from Antiquity to the Present, on Imperialism after the 15th century, and on the history of sub-Saharan Africa in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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