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University of California, Santa Barbara

History Modern History Cultural History Museology History of Art

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Harold Marcuse is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), specializing in modern German history and public history. He received his Ph.D. in History from the University of Michigan in 1992, following an M.A. in History of Art from the Universität Hamburg in 1986 and a B.A. in Physics, magna cum laude, from Wesleyan University in 1979. Marcuse began his career at UCSB as Assistant Professor of Modern German History in 1992, was promoted to Associate Professor in 1998, and retired from active service in June 2025. He continues to teach select undergraduate lecture courses on topics such as the Nazi Holocaust and German history through recall teaching. His research examines the legacies of the Nazi era, including Holocaust memorials, the history of Dachau concentration camp, collective memory, and the reception and interpretation of iconic events in twentieth-century German history, such as Kristallnacht and conceptions of Hitler's biography.