Martin Klimke is a historian and research fellow at the German Historical Institute, Washington, DC and the Heidelberg Center for American Studies (HCA) at Heidelberg University, Germany.
His research focuses on the intersection of political and cultural history, with a particular emphasis on diplomatic and transnational history.
He is co-editor of the publication series “Protest, Culture and Society“ (Berghahn Books, New York/Oxford) and coordinator of the international research network “European Protest Movements Since 1945“ supported by the European Union.
He is also the recipient of Heidelberg University’s Ruprecht-Karls Prize 2006 and the NAACP’s Julius E. Williams Distinguished Community Service Award 2009.
Klimke is currently co-authoring a history of the experience of African-American soldiers in Germany in the 20th century entitled “A Breath of Freedom: The Civil Rights Struggle, African-American GIs, and Germany“ (forthcoming with Palgrave Macmillan) and writing a biography of peace activists Petra Kelly and Randall Forsberg.
For more information, visit www.maklimke.com
Martin Klimke is a research fellow at the German Historical Institute, Washington, DC, and the Heidelberg Center for American Studies at the University of Heidelberg. 
