Daniel Rosenberg
Associate Professor of History
Education: B.A. from Wesleyan University, M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley.
Why history: When I was in the fourth grade I got this crazy idea to only read from the nonfiction side of the library, to only read the “true stuff.” Which turns out to be completely wrong, but wrong in an interesting way, because the stuff on the true side is just as full of great stories and difficult interpretations as the stuff on the fiction side of the library, which turns out to be as full of human truths as the stuff of the true side. . . . History is a really powerful place to investigate that problem. We deal almost exclusively with people’s stories, which have a reality to them, but the reality is always really complicated. My work is about that complication.
Favorite course you’ve taught: Outsider Histories.
Dream course to teach: History of Food. I already have a syllabus for it. . . . We are going to start very early in ancient Greece and go all the way to McDonald’s. We will make food, go to restaurants, and work in an organic garden. Students will come out of the course with a really rich, multifaceted understanding.
Teaching style: It’s an intense dialogue. I am very concerned with observation and the problem of noticing. It matters that students get their hands dirty and touch things so they can develop tools to make original observations.
Favorite Eugene hangout: Spencer Butte.
Favorite Eugene food find: Hideaway Bakery.
Best place to take a walk or hike: Waldo Lake.
Transport of choice to campus: Feet.
Best advice for incoming freshmen: Meet a librarian.
Why the UO: I was looking for a place that had part of the excitement of a place like Berkeley. But what attracted me to the honors college was the opportunity to have a dialogue with students, really learn from them.
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