Lecturer, Ph.D. History, University of California, Berkeley
Office Hours
Spring 2025 Office Hours
In-Person Office Hours: Drop-in (no appointment necessary)
- Mon & Wed 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. in 270 Evans Hall
- Thur 12:00 – 3:00 p.m. in 270 Evans Hall
Virtual Office Hours: 15-minute appointment (scheduling instructions & zoom link below)
- Fri 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Appointments may be made here. Please make only one appointment at a time to ensure availability for other interested students. Please do your best to attend appointments you make. If you need to cancel an appointment, please do so as early as possible so that other students may make an appointment in a timely manner. Canceling at the last minute often means that time slot will go unused.
Zoom Link for Office Hour Appts on Fridays: https://berkeley.
If you would like to arrange to meet outside of those times or privately, please email me at matthewberry@berkeley.edu.
I will engage the Waiting Room feature during Individual Appointments to ensure privacy. If you have an appointment please wait in the waiting room until I am ready to admit you into my Zoom Room office.
Matthew Berry earned his Ph.D in History at UC Berkeley. His dissertation, an intellectual biography focusing on the “grandfather“ of modern Vietnam, is titled Confucian Terrorism: Phan Bội Châu and the Imagining of Modern Vietnam.
Research Interests: the shaping and use of history for political ends, extremist ideologies, nationalism, and modernization/globalization theory.
Courses Taught
MS 111B – Text & Data Media History
MS 111C – Audio-Visual Media History
MS 112 – Media Theories and Processes
MS 168 – Cybernetics and Cybercultures
MS 190 – Special Topics, The Ad: A Global History
MS 190 – Special Topics, Manipulative Messages: A History of Propaganda and Conspiracy
MS 190 – Special Topics, A Guide to Your Self: Media, Personality, and Identity
MS 190 – Special Topics, The Music Video
MS 199 – Supervised Independent Study for Internship Credit
NWMEDIA 151AC – Transforming Tech: Issues and Interventions in STEM and Silicon Valley
- matthewberry@berkeley.edu
- 270 Evans Hall (and remote)