Tobias Ehrenbold studies World History with a concentration in Public History at Northeastern University, Boston. He finished his BA in Cultural Scienes at the University of Lucerne, Switzerland, in 2011. Trained as a teacher, Tobias Ehrenbold has worked on several cultural projects and written books and articles such as:
Bata, Schuhe für die Welt, Geschichten aus der Schweiz (Hier und Jetzt, Baden, 2012); monograph in German on the history of the Bata Shoe Company in Switzerland. „Sportlich, gummibesohlt und patriotisch: Die ersten Sneakers aus der Schweiz,“ in: Schuhe Tagungsband eds. Anna-Brigitte Schlittler and Katharina Tietze (Transcript Verlag, Bielefeld, forthcoming 2016); article on Sneaker Culture in a conference anthology. “Putting Möhlin on the map: The Swiss Bata Town as an Integral Part of the Company’s National Image,“ in: Company Towns of the Bata Concern, History – Cases – Architecture eds. Ondrej Sevecek and Martin Jemelka (Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 2013). |