Sara Friedman

Sara Friedman is Lecturer in Late Modern European History at UC Berkeley, specializing in Weimar Germany, film history, and LGBTQ+ studies. Her research examines how cinema mediated social change during Germany's early Weimar period.

Education includes PhD from UC Berkeley. Research explores censorship, queer visual cultures, and media archaeology approaches to historical film analysis.

Publications investigate Weimar-era films like Anders als die Andern (1919) and transnational dimensions of German cinema. Recent grants support archival research on film reception and censorship networks.

Teaching encompasses European cultural history, film studies, and gender/sexuality history. Awards include fellowships from Central European History Society and UC Berkeley.