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Apr 09, 1965 Dortmund, Free State of Prussia, Germany 59 years old
German historian
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About Britta Waldschmidt Nelson
- Britta Waldschmidt-Nelson (born 9 April 1965 in Dortmund) is the Professor of Transatlantic History and Culture at the University of Augsburg, Germany, and has been since October 2016.
- Prior to this, Britta Waldschmidt-Nelson was Deputy Director at the German Historical Institute, Washington, D.C., where her research interests included African American Studies, Transatlantic Relations, and Gender and American Religious History (2011-2016).
- Born on 9 April 1965, Waldschmidt-Nelson received her PhD summa cum laude from the University of Munich in American History and Culture in 1997, and worked there as a lecturer, Assistant Professor, and Associate Professor in the same field, before becoming a Professor of American History and Culture at in 2013.Britta Waldschmidt-Nelson has published widely about American History, often exploring links between twentieth century history in the United States and Germany.
- Her inaugural lecture at the University of Augsburg addressed the topic "From swastikas to Jim Crow" (“Vom Hakenkreuz zu Jim Crow”).
