Adam T. Rosenbaum

Adam T. Rosenbaum is a Professor of History at Colorado Mesa University, affiliated with the Department of History within the College of Arts and Humanities. He teaches courses such as Western Civilizations, East Asia and the Modern World, The International History of the Cold War, Modern Germany, and The Holocaust.

Education:

• PhD in History, Emory University
• MA in History, Old Dominion University
• BA in History, Virginia Wesleyan College

Rosenbaum specializes in the cultural history of modern Europe, with a focus on Germany. His research explores the intersections of tourism, national identity, modernity, and collective memory. He emphasizes experiential and sensory engagement in historical education through film, literature, art, and music, fostering interdisciplinary connections. His first book, Bavarian Tourism and the Modern World, 1800–1950, published by Cambridge University Press, analyzes how Bavarian tourism shaped German conceptions of nature and national identity. He is currently working on a second book tracing the evolution of travel from mass migration to mass tourism.

His research has been supported by the American Historical Association, the German Historical Institute (Washington, D.C.), the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the Institute for European History (Mainz), and the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society (Munich). He has published in Central European History, The Bulletin of the German Historical Institute, and The Journal of Tourism History.

Rosenbaum is an active researcher and educator with robust institutional support and a clearly defined scholarly trajectory. He mentors students through upper-division coursework and promotes public engagement with history through popular media.