Harold Marcuse

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Harold Marcuse (born November 15, 1957, in

German history and public history. He teaches at the University of California, Santa Barbara.[1] He is the grandson of philosopher Herbert Marcuse
.

Education

Marcuse majored in

magna cum laude) in Middletown, Connecticut. He earned an M.A. in art history from the University of Hamburg in 1987, with a thesis about a 1949 memorial dedicated "to the Victims of National Socialist Persecution and the Resistance Struggle".[2]

In 1985, Marcuse co-produced a

Third Reich.[1]

Career

Marcuse began teaching history at UC Santa Barbara in 1992. His study of the different ways Germans memorialized events under Hitler's rule led him to research the broader question of what people get out of learning about historical events. He examines the ways historical events have been portrayed over time, and the meanings various groups of people have derived from those events and portrayals. Marcuse was instrumental in connecting a student,

Holocaust survivor, Nina Morecki, which led to a book about the Holocaust that discussed not just the era, but how survivors pursued their lives afterward.[3] Marcuse has stated that his interest in history education also resulted in him becoming active in the reform of UC Santa Barbara's General Education requirements between 1997 and 2004.[4]

He is also interested in the use of technology, such as videorecording[5] and the Internet in history education; the use of oral history in social studies teaching;[6] and questions of public conceptions of history, often referred to as "collective memory."[7] He serves as webmaster of the Marcuse family's website.[8]

Personal

Marcuse and his first wife (m. 1987–2010) had two children, Aaron (born 1988) and Miriam (born 1993). On the family website, Marcuse states that he and his first wife separated in 2001 and divorced in 2010.

philosopher Herbert Marcuse[9] as well as a son of Herbert's son Peter Marcuse
.

In 2012, Marcuse stated that his interests were "history education and public exposure to history (monuments, museums, school curricula, films, ...)." This in turn led him to study the effects of the No Child Left Behind Act on his local school system from 2004 to 2008.[4][10] Since 2002 he has worked to reform the University of California, Santa Barbara General Education Curriculum.[11]

Books and selected publications

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Pat Dowell, "German Filmmaker Tackles the Holocaust in 'Ninth Day' " National Public Radio (June 1, 2005). Retrieved January 24, 2011
  2. doi:10.13140/rg.2.1.3211.2800
    . Retrieved 2021-12-24 – via ResearchGate.
  3. ^ "Interview with Collette Waddell" Author's Den (April 10, 2007). Retrieved January 24, 2011
  4. ^ a b c d "Harold Marcuse personal page".
  5. ^ John Wilkens, "Son helps father share Holocaust recollections" San Diego Union-Tribune (July 24, 2010). Retrieved January 25, 2011
  6. ^ "Ready to Die ..." An Oral History Project at UC Santa Barbara". UCSB Holocaust Oral History Project. March 2016. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
  7. ^ Marcuse, Harold (October 22, 2017). "History in the Public Sphere: Analyzing "Collective Memory"". UCSB History Department. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
  8. ^ "Herbert Marcuse Official Homepage".
  9. ^ Doug Ireland, "Remembering Herbert Marcuse" Z Communications (July 20, 2005). Retrieved January 25, 2011
  10. ^ Marcuse, Harold (July 11, 2012). ""No Child Left Behind" at Isla Vista School: Data & Resources". UCSB History Department Projects. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
  11. ^ Marcuse, Harold (May 17, 2021). "UCSB General Education Reform Homepage". UCSB History Department. Retrieved July 22, 2021.

External links

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