CV
Curriculum Vitae
Academic Degrees
- Dr.phil. habil. (Habilitation) 1999, Universität Bielefeld (Germany)
- Dr.phil. 1990, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich (Germany)
- M.A.1985, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
- B.A. (equivalent) 1981, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
Academic Education and Career
- 2008- Professor (W3) of Modern and Contemporary History, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
- 2007-2008 Professor of History at Jacobs University, Bremen
- 2002-2006 Deputy Director of the German Historical Institute Washington, D.C.
- Sept. 1999–May 2002 Visiting DAAD [German Academic Exchange Service] Professor at Emory University, Atlanta, GA, Department of History
- 1997 - 1999 Habilitation Scholarship, DFG [German Research Foundation]
- Aug. 1990–July 1996 Wissenschaftlicher Assistent [Assistant Professor] at Universität Bielefeld (Germany), Department of History and Philosophy
- 1979 – 1985 Studies (History and Political Science) at Ludwigs-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg, Germany, and University of Colorado at Boulder, CO (Fulbright grant)
Functions
- Chairman of the Zeitgeschichtlicher Arbeitskreis Niedersachsen
- Member of the Advisory Board, Archivs der deutschen Jugendbewegung
- Member of the Executive Committee, Society for the History of Children and Youth
- Member of the Editorial Board, Journal for the History of Childhood and Youth
- Chairman of the Advisory Board, Reichspräsident-Friedrich-Ebert-Gedenkstätte foundation, Heidelberg
- Member of the Fachkommission für die Förderung und Fortentwicklung der Gedenkstättenarbeit in Niedersachsen
- Co-editor of the series “ Konflikte und Kultur”, UVK-Verlag Konstanz
- Tutor (2009-2013) for German National Academic Foundation
- Coordinator of the DFG Research Training Group Generation History (2011-2014)
Member of the following Assocations
- Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen (regular member, since 2015)
- American Historical Association
- Arbeitskreis für Historische Friedensforschung
- German Studies Association
- Historische Kommission für Niedersachsen und Bremen
- Society for the History of Children and Youth
- Verband der Historikerinnen und Historiker Deutschlands
External Reviewer
- Dutch Council for the Humanities
- Austrian Wissenschaftsfonds
- German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des
Deutschen Volkes) - Several US universities (Ph.D. and tenure)
- German Research Foundation