Klaus Kipphan reads voraciously (both scholarly and great literary works), loves to collect art - particularly European drawings and prints and Indian bronzes and folk art - listens to classical and not so classical music, visits museums and galleries, travels in Europe and India, and hikes in the Alleghenies, Alps and Himalayas. He feels at home in Manhattan, among the Amish in Big Valley, in the grand cemeteries of Paris, on the splendid piazzas of Italy and in the tranquil monasteries of Ladakh. When he travels, he enjoys meeting people from all walks of life, discovering a common humanity. Back at Juniata, he loves to share his knowledge of foreign cultures and his perception of the human quest with his students.
I. Harvey Brumbaugh House, Room 103
Phone: 641-3533
Email: kipphan@juniata.edu
Dr. Klaus Kipphan has been the Chairman of the History Department since the Spring of 1995. He received his formal and informal education in Germany, the United States and India. Kipphan teaches modern European history with a particular interest in the fascist era and holocaust. As a cultural and intellectual historian he designed a number of team-taught general education courses such as "The Age of Progress" and "From Decadence to Disaster, 1880-1929." Since his fatal infatuation with India, he has coordinated "The Heart of India," a general education course on Indian culture.