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Brian
Campbell, Ph.D.
247 Bedford Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14216
USA
(716) 239-0213
www.bcampbell.org
brianwcamp@yahoo.com
Citizenship
Dual United States
and Irish citizen with Canadian Permanent Residency
Education
Ph.D., History,
University of Rochester, 2006
Dissertation: "Resurrected
from the Ruins, Turning to the Past: Historical Preservation in the
SBZ/GDR, 1945-1990," Directed by Dr. Celia Applegate. Other committee
members: Dr. Stewart Weaver, Dr. Reinhild Steingröver, Dr. Andreas Nader.
Examination Fields: Modern
Europe, Labor, Modern United States
Independent study,
Wilhelms-Westfälische Universität - Münster, 1993-1994
B.A., History, College of William and Mary in Virginia, 1993
Awards and
Fellowships
Geneseo Foundation Award, 2003
Deborah Meyers Teaching Award, 2003
German Fulbright Fellowship, 2001-2002
Writing Center Fellowship, 2000-2001
History Department Fellowship, 1996-2000
Wegmans Scholarship, 1989-1993
Publications
"Preservation
for the Masses: The Idea of Heimat and the Gesellschaft für Denkmalpflege
in the GDR," kunsttexte.de (Fall 2004)
"Amerikanie Niemiecksiego
pochodzenia w Rochester N.Y. pomiedzy wojnami." Przeglad Polonijny
XXV, no. 3 (1999), pp. 19-45. Translated by Adam Walaszek.
In Process:
"From Class Conflict
to Ethnic Unity in Rochester's German American Community" (article submitted
for review)
Conference
Presentations:
"Heimat and Historical
Preservation in the GDR." Paper presented at Reconsidering the Arts in
the German Democratic Republic Conference at Dickinson College, 2007.
"The Gesellschaft
für Denkmalpflege and Identity." Paper presented at East Germany Revisited
Conference at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 2003.
"The Persistence
of Tradition in Preservation in 1950s East Germany." Paper presented at
University of Rochester Graduate Student Paper Conference, 2003.
"State, Citizen
and Preservation in Potsdam." Paper presented at the New York State European
History Association at Canisius College, 2002.
"Class Conflict,
Ethnic Unity and the Crisis of the Second World War in the German-American
Community of Rochester." Paper presented at the Researching New York Conference
at SUNY Albany, 1999.
"We Will Not Be
the Playthings of Special Interests: German-Americans in Rochester 1920-1960."
Paper presented at University of Rochester Graduate Student Paper Conference,
1998.
Teaching
Experience
| Buffalo State
College |
Instructor, Department
of History and Social Science Education
"Europe in the Twentieth Century," 2008-2009 (five sections)
"Europe Since 1500," 2009 (two sections)
"Twentieth Century Diplomatic History," 2008
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| Niagara University |
Instructor,
Department of History
"Western Civilization I" 2009 (two sections)
"United States History Since 1945," 2007-2009 (seven sections)
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| Rochester
Institute of Technology |
Instructor,
Department of History
"United States History Since 1865," 2007 |
| Simon Fraser
University |
Instructor, Department
of History
"Europe from the French Revolution to the First World War,"
2006-2007 (two sections)
"Modern World History," 2007
Instructor, Department
of Humanities
"Great Texts in the Humanities," 2006
"Great Cities in Their Time: Berlin in the Short Twentieth
Century," 2006
"Great Cities in Their Time: Moscow and Saint Petersburg," 2006 |
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Eastman School of Music
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Department
of Humanities
Instructor: "Introduction to Humanities," 2004 |
| SUNY Geneseo |
Department
of History
Instructor: "Western Civilization II," 2003 |
| Nazareth
College |
Department
of History
Instructor: "Western Civilization III," 2003 |
| University
of Rochester |
Department of History
Teaching Assistant: "Western Civilizations II," 2003
Teaching Assistant: "Western Civilizations I," 2002
Instructor: "Hitler's Germany," 2002
Teaching Assistant: "Western Civilizations I," 1998
Teaching Assistant: "The Holocaust," 1998
Teaching Assistant: "England and Ireland Since 1800," 1997
Assistant Teacher: "Western Civilizations II," 1997
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| University
of Rochester |
College Writing
Program
Instructor: "Reasoning and Writing in the College: War, Memory and
Identity," 2000-2001 (two sections)
Instructor: "Reasoning and Writing in the College: Race and Writing,"
1999 |
| University
of Rochester |
Department
of English
Instructor: "Writing and Thinking," 1999 (two sections) |
| Saint Petersburg
City School District, Saint Petersburg, Russia |
English instructor
and conversation leader, 1995-1996 |
Teaching Interests
Modern Europe, Modern United
States, Modern Germany, Central Europe, European cultural and intellectual
history,urban history, the Holocaust, migration, writing and composition,
humanities
Academic and Public
Service
Volunteer, Vancouver Holocaust
Education Centre, 2006-7
Writing Consultant, University of Rochester Writing Center, 2001, 2002-2004
History Department web page content editor, 2002
History Department Graduate Representative, 1999
Brown Bag Lecture Series organizer, 1999
| German:
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Five years of formal
study plus extensive time spent abroad. Passed PNdS (Prüfung zum
Nachweis deutscher Sprachkentnisse) Münster, 1994. Excellent reading,
speaking, and comprehension. Good writing skills. |
| Russian: |
One year of informal
study plus time spent abroad. Fair reading, speaking and comprehension. |
References available upon
request
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