Alexander Hofmann

Alexander Hofmann is the Earl S. Johnson Instructor in the Master of Arts Program in the Social Sciences and the College at the University of Chicago. His work focuses on the cultural, social, and political history of the American South, with a particular emphasis on race, violence, and memory. He holds a PhD in U.S. History from the University of Chicago (2021).

His research examines how post-Civil War Southerners processed and restaged violence through material and cultural practices. He is currently developing a manuscript titled Shattered: The South after the Civil War, which explores the aftermath of the war’s destruction on regional identity. His interdisciplinary approach uses 'historical oddities' to uncover broader patterns in American history.

Publications include The Kinetic South (Southern Cultures, 2021) and a book review of Bone Rooms (American Nineteenth Century History, 2017). His work bridges academic and public history, emphasizing how material culture shapes collective memory.

No scientific awards are listed. His advising and grants are not detailed in the provided text. He is affiliated with the Department of History, located at the Social Science Research Building, Room 528.