Paul Steege, PhD
Associate Professor of History | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Villanova University
- Villanova PA
Paul Steege, PhD, is a go-to expert on 20th-century Germany and researches the history of violence in everyday life.
Media
Social
Areas of Expertise
Biography
Education
University of Chicago
PhD
University of Chicago
MA
Princeton University
AB
Select Media Appearances
Yes, You Should Watch the World Cup Final. Here's Why.
The Washington Post
2018-07-15
"Observers of this year's tournament have repeatedly used it as an opportunity to raise questions about issues ranging from political repression and torture to homophobic and racist cheering by some spectators. And these questions show how international sport can help us to confront a fact that Orwell had already recognized: 'Big-scale sport' is a byproduct of modern politics... So, go ahead and watch the World Cup final—but make sure to keep a critical eye on more than just who puts the ball in the back of the net."
Villanova Opens New Center for History in the Public Interest
Philly Voice
2017-02-14
Villanova University has officially opened the doors to its immersive new history center... Dr. Paul Steege, who joined the Villanova History Department in 2000 and specializes in 20th-century German history, will serve as the center's inaugural faculty director.
The History of Walls Shows They Are a Bad Idea
U.S. News & World Report
2016-09-26
Walls are usually connected to some kind of conflict. It was during the Cold War that one of history's most famous barriers—the Berlin Wall—was built to divide the U.S.-, British- and French-controlled districts of the city from the part controlled by the former Soviet Union... "The danger of a wall is it reduces that conflict to a technical structure," says Paul Steege, a history professor at Villanova University who extensively studied the Berlin Wall. "The West was very comfortable with the Berlin Wall. It made it easier to avoid conflict."
Research Grants
Grant for Research in Germany
Fulbright Program
2016
Mellon Regional Faculty Fellowship (Alternate)
Penn Humanities Forum
2013–2014
