Torsten Kathke

historian and Americanist in Köln, Deutschland

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I am a historian and Americanist living in Cologne, Germany. I work as a lecturer at the Obama Institute for Transnational American Studies at Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany.

My personal website is http://kathke.com. You can read my blog, "Thus, History!" at http://www.thushistory.com.

My book "Wires That Bind: Nation, Region, and Technology in the American Southwest, 1854–1920" was published by transcript in 2017.

I am also active on Twitter.

  • Work
    • Obama Institute, JGU Mainz
  • Education
    • Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München