Dave graduated from Sewanee: The University of the South in 2016 with BA degrees in both German and history. As a German major, he focused on twentieth century literature as coping mechanisms for the economic, political, and social tumult of the first half of the century. His history studies concentrated on international networking and diplomacy at the turn of the eighteenth century. This work was made possible through undergraduate grants to study the letters and journal of Heinrich Wilhelm Ludolf in the Staatsbibliothek Berlin and August Hermann Francke Institute, Halle (Saale). Following this, he attended the University of St. Andrews and completed a Master of Letters in Modern History with a dissertation concerning the perceptions of modernity of Deutscher Werkbund’s 1927 exhibition ‘Die Wohnung’ and Weißenhof housing estate as well as work on the history of infrastructure and spatial theory.
Presently, Dave’s research interests are focused on application of spatial theory in the early twentieth century. Having worked as an interdisciplinary academic previously, he values cross-discipline approaches to explore the creation of boundaries, both real and imagined.