Faculty
Eric C. Maiershofer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English and Theater Arts
Phone: (714) 879-3901 x1282
Email: ecmaiershofer@hiu.edu
Office: Nutwood Building, #330
EDUCATION:
- Ph.D., History, University of California, San Diego
- B.A., History, University of California, San Diego
COURSES:
- Europe since 1945
- The Modern Middle East
- The Nazi Revolution, 1919 - 1945
- The Sixties
- History and Memory
- World History to 1500
- World History since 1500
- U.S. History to 1865
- U.S. History since 1865
- German Studies Association
ACADEMIC INTERESTS:
- Urban Reconstruction of Germany
- Modern Civic Identity
- History and Memory
- Middle Eastern History since 1914
- Cultural History
PUBLICATIONS:
Maiershofer, Erik C. The City Restored: Memory, Reconstruction and Civic Identity in Augsburg, 1944-1955. Ph.D. Dissertation, 2004.
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS:
| October 2007 | Presentation, “Through a Child’s Eyes, Postwar Commemoration in Augsburg.” German Studies Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, California. |
| September 2006 | Moderator for panel “Resistance in the Third Reich” at the Conference on Faith and History, Shawnee, Oklahoma. |
| October 1998 | Presented a paper “Reconstruction and Redevelopment: City Planning in Augsburg under National Socialism” at the annual meeting of the German Studies Association in Salt Lake City, Utah. |
| November 1997 | Presented a paper “The Discursive Construction of Civic Identity in Augsburg” at the Graduate Student History and Theory Conference at the University of California, Irvine. |
HOBBIES/INTERESTS:
Astronomy, Photography, and a San Diego Padres/Chargers Fan!
PERSONAL MISSION STATEMENT/ PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION:
I strive to treat each and every person as a unique individual who is created in the image of God, and love each one accordingly.
RECOMMENDED LINKS:
- www.sojo.org Sojourners, Christians for Justice and Peace
- www.h-net.msu.edu Humanities Online
- antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ Astronomy Picture of the Day
- www.openoffice.org Open Office, A Free Alternative to other Office Suites

