Professor
Department of History
St. John's Hall, Room 244
Queens Campus
St. John’s University
8000 Utopia Pkwy.
Jamaica, NY 11439
(718) 990-5255
augustid@stjohns.edu
Educational Background
Ph. D., 1991, Free University Berlin (Germany), History
M.A., 1984, Free University Berlin, History and
Economics
B.S. in Foreign Service, 1976, Georgetown University, History and
Diplomacy
Areas of Specialization
Social and cultural history of Europe, visual culture and popular
culture of the Cold War, technology in the two Germanys since 1945,
the G.D.R. (East Germany, 1945-1990), cultural history of
technology in Germany, elites, the wealthy in modern Germany