Carl Berger (historian)
Carl C. Berger | |
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Born | The Pas, Manitoba | 25 February 1939
Nationality | Canadian |
Occupation(s) | Professor, historian |
Awards | Governor General's Award |
Academic background | |
Education | B.A., University of Manitoba M.A., University of Toronto PhD, University of Toronto |
Doctoral advisor | Maurice Careless |
Academic work | |
Doctoral students | Doug Owram |
Notable works | The Sense of Power (1970) The Writing of Canadian History (1976, 2nd ed. 1986) |
Carl Berger FRSC (born 25 February 1939) is a Canadian academic and author. He was a professor of Canadian history at the University of Toronto from 1964 until his retirement in 2003. His research interests are Canadian intellectual history and Canadian historiography. His 1976 book, The Writing of Canadian History, was the first in-depth study of Canadian historiography, eliciting critical praise and winning the Governor General's Award.
Early life and education
Carl Berger was born in The Pas, Manitoba, on 25 February 1939.[1] He earned his bachelor's degree at the University of Manitoba in 1961 and his master's degree at the University of Toronto in 1962. He completed his PhD at the University of Toronto in 1967, supervised by historian Maurice Careless.[2]
Academic career
Berger was appointed at the University of Toronto in 1964,
Berger's research has focused on Canada's
Berger's 1976 book, The Writing of Canadian History, was the first in-depth work of Canadian historiography.[2] The book earned critical praise and won the Governor General's Award.[6] Crowley describes the book a "landmark", writing that it "cast a mirror on an academic discipline that had been little prone to introspection".[2] Berger wrote a second edition of the book, published in 1986.[2] In 1976, Berger was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and the Society awarded him the J. B. Tyrrell Historical Medal in 1984.[3]
References
Citations
- ^ "Berger, Carl – Discover Archives". University of Toronto. Archived from the original on 24 February 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Crowley 1997, p. 95.
- ^ a b c "C.C. (Carl) Berger". University of Toronto: Faculty of Arts & Science: Department of History. Archived from the original on 3 March 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
- ^ Berger 1970, p. 259, quoted in Perry 2009, p. 131.
- ^ a b Perry 2009, p. 131.
- ^ Cross 1977, p. 469.
Scholarly works and editions
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- Berger, Carl, ed. (1969). Imperialism and Nationalism, 1884–1914: A Conflict in Canadian Thought. Toronto: ISBN 978-0-7730-3108-1.
- Berger, Carl (1970). The Sense of Power: Studies in the Ideas of Canadian Imperialism, 1867–1914. Toronto: ISBN 978-0-8020-6113-3.
- Berger, Carl (1976). The Writing of Canadian History: Aspects of English-Canadian Historical Writing: 1900–1970. Toronto: ISBN 978-0-19-540252-0.
- Berger, Carl (1983). Science, God, and Nature in Victorian Canada. Toronto: ISBN 978-0-8020-2501-2.
- Berger, Carl (1986). The Writing of Canadian History: Aspects of English-Canadian Historical Writing Since 1900 (Second ed.). Toronto: ISBN 0-8020-6568-6.
- Berger, Carl, ed. (1987). Contemporary Approaches to Canadian History. Toronto: ISBN 978-0-7730-4642-9.
- Berger, Carl (1996). Honour and the Search for Influence: A History of the Royal Society of Canada. Toronto: ISBN 978-0-8020-7153-8.
Sources
- Cross, Michael S. (1977). "The Writing of Canadian History: Aspects of English-Canadian Historical Writing: 1900 to 1970 by Carl Berger (review)". ISSN 1712-5278.
- Crowley, Terry (1997). "Berger, Carl". In ISBN 0-19-541167-6.
- Perry, Adele (2009). "Nation, Empire and the Writing of History in Canada in English". In Dummitt, Christopher; Dawson, Michael (eds.). Contesting Clio's Craft: New Directions and Debates in Canadian History. London: ISBN 978-1-900039-88-8.