Old News/Announcements
from Harold Marcuse's Homepage

2003-2004 teaching schedule [removed Sept. 1, 2003]

• Spring 2003 teaching schedule:
  Hist 2C  (World History): 2c course website
  Hist 233A  (first half of a graduate research seminar)(2003 233AB syllabus)
  Hist 199ra: Holocaust oral history project (see also the description in the FRAP directory)
• Fall 2003 teaching schedule:
  Hist 33D, "Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Holocaust" (2003 course web site)
  Hist 233B  (second half of graduate research seminar) (2003 233AB syllabus)
• Winter 2004: Perhaps Hist 201E-Germany (an advanced graduate reading seminar), OR
  Hist 133Q, reading seminar on the Holocaust

[removed Dec. 23, 2004]

• Spring 2004 office hours: Wed. 1-2, Thu. 11-noon
  • Spring 2004: Hist 133P (133p course website).

[removed Feb. 20, 2005]

• Jan. 2003-July 2004: I amwas co-chair of the UCSB work group on General Education. To follow the group's work, go to the: GE work group page.
• January 2003: My book Legacies of Dachau has won the Conference Group for Central European History's Hans Rosenberg book prize for the best book on central European history published in the 2000 and 2001. text+image of award letter
• July 2004: images from anti-Jewish children's book test page;
  "Personal Remembrance and History" workshop page added under presentations.

[removed May 12, 2005]

• Sept. 2004: 2004-05 teaching schedule: on research leave Fall, W, Spr.
  (no office hours, contact me by e-mail: marcuse@history.ucsb.edu)
• 2/20/05: On April 29 I will be presenting at a German-French colloquium in Munich: "Memories and History: From the Experiential World of the Concentration Camps."
  My presentation is titled: "How Dachau has Changed: Ideas and Goals of Its Presentation, 1945-2005" (in German). I will upload the colloquium program when it is available.
  3/13/05: The conference website is: www.dachau2005.com; blurb about my presentation (French)
• 3/29/05: I've uploaded the remaining 6 133p proseminar papers from spring 2004 to the 133p papers index page.
• January 2005: I attended the conference "Genocides: Forms, Causes and Consequences" in Berlin, Jan. 13-15: Haus der Kulturen der Welt page; program (from: http://www.hist.net/ag-genozid/namibianwar). After that I will be in Dachau, Munich and Frankfurt.
  1/27/05: outline of my presentation "Memories of Genocide and the Development of Collective Memories" added to Presentations page.
• Dec. 29, 2004: web site reconfiguration, with separate Publications, Presentations, and Courses pages; new personal page at marcuse.org.
• October 2004: Legends about Nazi Germany pages created as part of my Dachau Project;
  also GSA roundtable handout on Historians and the Internet added.
  • In my quest to understand meaningful education I've moved from UCSB's GE to the "No Child Left Behind" Act in our public schools. I'm collecting data on what NCLB means at my local Isla Vista School.

[removed 12/20/06]

• 9/28/06: Fall 2006 office hours: Mondays and Tuesdays, noon-1pm.
  Major update of my Dollars-to-Marks Historical Currency Conversion page.
  Coming soon: New Hist 133A: 19th Century German History course homepage.
• 2006-07 teaching schedule (last updated 10/29/06: W07 times)
  Fall 06:  Hist 133A: 19th Century Germany (lecture) (1997 syllabus, website):
                                    Girvetz 2121, MWF 11-11:50 (9/25: waiting list begun)

[removed 6/21/07]

• 12/20/06: Winter 2007 office hours: Tuesdays 12:30-2:30 & by appointment
• 3/28/07: Office hours Spring 2007: Monday 12:30-1:30 & Thursdays noon-1pm.
• 2006-08 teaching schedule (last updated 12/23/06: W07 times)
  Fall 06:  Hist 133A: 19th Century Germany (lecture) (2006 syllabus, website):
                                    Girvetz 2121, MWF 11-11:50 (9/25: waiting list begun)
  Wint 07: Hist 133B: 20th Century Germany, I: 1900-1945 (lecture) (2007 website):
                                    HSSB 4020 , TR 11-12:15
                Hist 201E: Graduate reading seminar in German and public history:
                                    HSSB 4201, Mon. 2-4:50 (2007 website)
  Spr. 07: Hist 133C: 20th Century Germany, II: 1945-1990 (2007 website)
                Hist 217B: Graduate research seminar, part 1 (2007 syllabus)
                                    2007 emphasis: public history and memory. Thur. 9-11am
                Int 94 (freshman seminar): Representing Hitler and Nazism, 1925-2006
                                    HSSB 3201, Tue. 1-1:50, enroll code 50237 (2007 website)

[removed 9/23/07]

• 8/5/06: new review posted: Wittmann and Pendas on Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial
  (note 9/25/06: most of body text removed pending print publication; 2/12/07: restored)
• 9/26/06: review of Boris Barth, Dolchstosslegenden (2003) added to reviews page
• 2/22/07: New pre-1955 source for Niemöller Quotation found. It was republished in 1966, which might explain the reappearance in the Congressional Record in 1968.
• 4/26/07: created a homepage for Hist 217ab
• Last updates to major pages: technology presentation and book presentation in Dachau, both on presentations page; also Jason Dawsey's biographical prospectus added to Guenther Anders page (Sept. 2004), new notes & discussion document on the Martin Niemoeller page (Feb. 2007), and new reviews of my book on the Dachau page (Feb. 2005); massive updates to Herbert Marcuse Publication and Books About pages, June 2005.

[removed 1/8/08]

• 6/2/07: I'm starting a page for my Zotero/Endnote presentation.
• 9/23/07: My Fall 2007 office hours: Thursdays, 12-2.
  • The UCSB History department is finally updating its website with a major overhaul, and I've just completed my new departmental Harold Marcuse faculty homepage.

[removed 5/1/08]

• 1/8/08: My Winter 2008 office hours: Mon. 11-noon, Tue. 2-3.
  I've created a Grade Distributions page with data from my lecture courses 2002-2007.
• Fall 07:  Hist 217C: Graduate research seminar, part 2 (2007 Hist 217 homepage)

[removed 10/30/08]

• 5/1/08: My Spring 2008 office hours: Tue. 2-3, Thu 2-3.
• 10/16/07: New presentation added: Exhibiting Dachau, 1945-2005. The on-line version includes 32 slides with comments.
• 2008-2009 teaching schedule (last updated 5/1/08--future quarters tentative)
  Wint 08: Hist 133D: The Holocaust in German History (2008 website)
                Hist 133Q: Readings in Holocaust History (website)
  Spr. 08: Hist 2c: World History, 1700-present (website)[T-Th 12:30-1:45]
                Hist 500: Seminar for Teaching Assistants (syllabus)
                Int 94 (freshman seminar): Portrayals of Hitler, 1925-2008
                         Room TBA, Wed. 2-2:50, (website)

[removed 6/10/09]

• 10/30/08: My Fall 2008 office hours: Wed. 1-3.
• 4/1/09: My Spring 2009 office hours: Tue & Thu 3:15-3:45; Wed. 1-2.
  Hist 133p meets in HSSB 1174 Tue 2-3:15, and in HSSB 4020 Thu 2-2:50.
• 4/6/09: Office hours on 4/8 and 4/9 are cancelled. Email me to make an appointment.

[removed 10/20/09]

• 6/10/09: summer office hours by appointment
• 9/14/09: Fall schedule (so far): Hist 2c TR 8-9:15; office hours TR 9:30-10:30, Hist 2ch honors section T [12-1-2-3?] canceled due to budget cuts; Hist 500 M 1-3.
• 9/23/09, 9pm. Sept. 24: First day of class: although I had previously been on the fence about canceling class completely on the Sept. 24 Day of Action (I thought I'd use most of the time to relate course content to the issues at hand), the UC Administration's intransigent stance and adding insult to injury by raising students fees a huge amount, I've decided I must participate in the strike action instead. You'll find me during class time on a picket line on the west side of campus, perhaps the Pardall corridor. See my Hist 2c webpage for more info.
• 9/24/09, 7am: "Crashing" Hist 2c. There is very little chance that this will be possible. As per the poilicy on the Hist .dept. homepage, sign in at the first lecture on 9/29, then put yourself on lists for and at specific sections.Go to Hist 2c homepage for more details.
• 9/24/09, 7am: No office hours today, but I'll hold special office hours this Friday and Monday, noon-1pm, HSSB 4222. NOTE: I moved my office to an open one across the hall over the summer, to get away from the hot sun in the afternoons.

[removed 1/17/2010]

• 9/26/09: my Fall 2009 office hours: TR 9:40-10:30, in HSSB 4222.

[removed 5/2/2010]

• 2009-2010 teaching schedule(last updated 6/10/09)
  Fall  09: Hist 2c: World History, 1700-present (website); Hist 500 for TAs (08 syllabus)
  Wint 10: Hist 133D: The Holocaust in Europan History (2010 website)
                Hist 133DR: Readings in Holocaust History (133Q website)
  Spr. 10: 2-unit L&S honors program seminar (1-unit freshman seminar version)
• 5/21/09: I participated in a panel about Academic Freedom at UCSB, in regards to the allegations that Prof. Bill Robinson of Sociology "abused" it by sending an email about the Israeli occupation of Palestine to his class. The blog SantaBarbara4AcademicFreedom posted video clips of the event on youtube, including two of my presentation (pt. 6=9:24, pt.7=4:31).
  • At the end of Sept. 2009 my first clip had 35 views, my second 43, neither had any comments. Pt. 1 had 122 views, pt. 2 31, pt. 4 27.
  • 10/18: pt. 6: 40 views, pt. 7: 50 views, no comments
• 1/17/10: my Winter 2010 office hours: M 4-5pm; W 1-2pm, in HSSB 4222.

removed 7/13/2010

• 5/2/10: my Spring 2010 office hours: W 1-2:30pm; Th 12-12:30pm,
  in HSSB 4222.
  • Office hours on May 5 and 6 are cancelled; contact me to arrange a meeting.

removed 12/21/2010

• Sept 21, 2010: Fall 2010 office hours: Mondays 1-2, Wednesdays 1:15-2:15.

removed 10/14/2011

• 2010-2011 teaching schedule (last updated 5/2/10)
  Fall  10: Hist 204: Research Workshop (2010 website)
  Wint 11: Hist 133B: Germany, 1900-1945 (2009 website with syllabus)
                Hist 200WD: Readings in World History (200wd website; links page; films page)
  Spr. 11: Hist 133C: Germany 1945-present (website) Tue-Thu, 3:30-4:45, Phelps 1119
                Hist 133P: Proseminar in German History (133P website), Mon-Wed, 3:30-4:45, HSSB
               INT 184hm: Honors Seminar "Portrayals of Hitler, 1900-1930s," M 10-11:50, HSSB 4202
• 6/27/08: I've just made a History Dept. Location page for visitors to the department.
• July 20, 2010: Two new presentations added at the bottom of my Presentations page: a July 2008 German text for a symposium honoring Barbara Distel, and an April 2010 keynote on the Lessons of the Holocaust as 48 ppt images in an 8 page pdf..
• Dec. 6, 2010: Three hilarious animations on xtranormal.com that speak from many professors' hearts, even if we don't have the guts to say it:
  • So you want a Ph.D. in the humanities?  (4:26)
    A bright motivated undergrad decides to ask her professor for a recommendation to graduate school.
  • So you want to be a historian?  (6:41)
    Uhh, maybe not? (Compare this Matt Groening cartoon on my grad students page)
  • One professor's fantasy responses to actual student questions  (3:31)
    Most students are great, but some you want to kill.
• Dec. 12, 2010: Hitler photo a forgery? I've made a Hitler and WWI Outbreak Photo page about this possibility, after posting about it on the yahoo group 3rdReichStudies An October 2010 article in Die Welt reported on the possibility that the widely-reproduced picture of Hitler in the Munich crowd cheering the outbreak of WWI is a forgery.

  Authentic video and possibly forged photo of Hitler on Aug. 2, 1914

• Dec. 21, 2010: Winter 2011 office hours: Mondays 4-5, Wednesdays 1-2.
  Note: Mondays I arrive from class often a few minutes late. No office hours on Wed., Feb. 2.
• Dec. 21, 2010: Hist 204: Writing Workshop course homepage created. 200wd course page in progress.
• Jan 28, 2011: Spring course information updated:
  • Hist 133C: Germany 1945-present (website) Tue-Thu, 3:30-4:45, Phelps 1119.
  • Hist 133P: Proseminar in German History (133P website), Mon-Wed, 3:30-4:45, HSSB 4041 (on Wednesdays HSSB2552). This course is intended for student who have taken Hist 133b or d, or are concurrently enrolled in 133c. We won't meet both days every week. Other students can enroll as space permits; student who had Hist 2c with me may get priority.
  • INT 184hm: Honors Seminar "Portrayals of Hitler, 1900-1930s," M 10-11:50, HSSB 4202
    (former course website; official description).
• Jan. 30, 2011: At long last!! I've added the remaining 30 handwritten pages of my journal of the trip to Lviv in August 1999 with Holocaust survivor Nina Morecki and her daughter Carol. Perhaps most interesting as a personal look into an Eastern bloc country 10 years after the end of the Cold War.
• Feb. 11, 2011: An inquiry from Hamburg, where the VVN is trying to revive interest in the Ohlsdorf memorial about which I wrote my MA thesis, prompted me to insert 4 missing pages into the pdf of my Master's thesis, and also add pdfs of a couple of papers I wrote at the Universities of Munich and Hamburg in the early 1980s: about the 12th century cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris, and about Liberated Concentration Camp Inmates in the first postwar months. See my Publications page.
• March 28, 2011: Spring 2011 office hours: M, W 1-2pm.
• April 22, 2011: I've added a scan from a 1986 German book to my Niemoeller Quotation page, in which N. answers a question about when the "First they came for the Communists..." originated.
• 2011-2012 teaching schedule (last updated 1/5/12)
  Fall  11: Hist 2c, World History, 1700-present (2011 website)
  Wint 12: Hist 133D: The Holocaust in European History (2012 website; 2010 syllabus)
                Hist 133DR: Readings in Holocaust History (2012 website)
  Spr. 12: INT 184hm: Honors Seminar "Portrayals of Hitler, 1900-1930s" (Hitler project; course)
• August 18, 2011: My Hist 2c book order for Fall 2011 is now available.
• Oct. 7, 2011: My Fall 2011 office hours are T & Th, 9:30-10:30. Sometimes I'm a little late getting to my office from my class that ends at 9:15.
  On Oct. 18 (Tue), my office hour is postponed: 11:30-12:30.
• Jan. 5 , 2012: My Winter 2012 office hours are M 3:30-4:30; Thu 11:10-12:00.
• Spring 2012 office hours: W 1-2, Thu 3-4. But no office hours May 31-June 13. Back on June 14, 3pm.