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

Elisabeth-List-Fellowship Projekte: 
Globale Arbeitswelten im Wandel: Die Geschichte von Technik, Geschlecht und Emotionen seit den 1960er Jahren
Kochen, Geschlecht und kulinarische Narrative. Globale Perspektiven auf Kochbücher und kulturelles Erbe