Prof. Dr. Christiane Berth

Since 8/2020 Professor of Contemporary History, University of Graz
2019-2020 Wilhelm and Alexander von Humboldt Chair of Humanities and Social Sciences, Universidad de Costa Rica
2016 Habilitation University of Bern, Food, politics, and consumption in Nicaragua, 1960-1993
2010 PhD University of Hamburg, Biographies and networks in the coffee trade between Germany and Central America, 1920-1959

Main research interests:

• History of communication and technology
• Global economic and social history
• History of food and consumption
• History of migration
• History of Mexico and Central America

Selected publications:
Christiane Berth: Food and Revolution. Fighting Hunger in Nicaragua, 1960-1993. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press 2021.
Christiane Berth:  Zwischen Hoffnung, Stolz und Wut. Die emotionale Aneignung des Telefons in der mexikanischen Gesellschaft, 1930er-1980er Jahre. In: Martina Heßler (ed.): Technikemotionen (Geschichte der technischen Kultur). Paderborn: Ferdinand Schöningh 2020, pp. 229-249.
Christiane Berth: Bringing Communication to the Countryside: Rural Telephony in Latin America, 1900-1985. In: History of Technology 34 (2020), Special Issue: Technology in Latin American History, pp. 65-88
Christiane Berth/Dorothee Wierling and Volker Wünderich: Kaffeewelten. Historische Perspektiven auf eine globale Ware im 20. Jahrhundert. Göttingen, V & R unipress 2015.
Christiane Berth: Biografien und Netzwerke im Kaffeehandel zwischen Deutschland und Zentralamerika, 1920-1959. Hamburg, Hamburg University Press 2014