Franz Bosbach

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Franz Bosbach (born January 11, 1952 in Bornheim ) is a German historian and university professor .

Life

He completed his studies at the University of Bonn from 1970 / 1972-1977 in the subjects of history, Latin, Middle Latin and political science. From 1971 to 1972 he did military service. In 1977 he passed the first state examination for teaching at the grammar school for history and Latin (with distinction).

Bosbach was born in 1981 at the University of Bonn with the dissertation : The costs of the Westphalian Peace Congress. A structural-historical investigation of the Dr. phil. PhD. His habilitation followed in 1986 with the habilitation thesis Monarchia Universalis. A key political concept of the early modern era also in Bonn. From 1987 he received a scholarship from the Heisenberg Program of the German Research Foundation .

1989 Bosbach was a Visiting Fellow at the College Clare Hall of Cambridge University . From 1989 to 2008 he also held the chair for Early Modern History at the University of Bayreuth . From 2005 to 2008 he was Vice President for Teaching and Studies. Bosbach has been at the University of Duisburg-Essen since 2008 , where he was elected full-time Vice Rector for Studies and Teaching in 2008 . His term of office ended in 2014. After that, he held a chair for Early Modern History at the University of Duisburg-Essen until he retired in 2018.

Bosbach has been a Life Member of College Clare Hall at Cambridge University since 1990. Since 1993 he was an elected member of the board of the Prince Albert Society and from 1995 to 2008 its president. In 2015 he left the company.

Bosbach was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class on March 1, 2012 .

Publications (selection)

  • The cost of the Westphalian Peace Congress. A structural-historical investigation. Aschendorff, Münster 1984, ISBN 3-402-05632-1 .
  • Monarchia universalis. A key political concept of the early modern period. Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 1988, ISBN 3-525-35931-4 .
  • The Catholic reform in the city of Cologne (1550–1662). An example of successful church renewal. Press office of the Archdiocese of Cologne, Cologne 1988.
  • Enemy images. The representation of the enemy in political journalism in the Middle Ages and modern times. Böhlau Verlag, Cologne u. a., 1992, ISBN 3-412-03390-1 .
  • Fear and Politics in European History. JHRöll, Dettelbach 2000, ISBN 3-89754-156-4 .
  • The studies of Prince Albert at the University of Bonn (1837-1838). De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2010, ISBN 978-3-598-23004-2 .
  • Common Heritage. Documents and Sources relating to German-British Relations in the Archives and Collections of Windsor and Coburg. (together with John R. Davis and Karina Urbach), Volumes 1-2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2015 and 2018, ISBN 978-3-428-15190-5 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Awards from March 1, 2012 on bundespraesident.de (as of September 20, 2017)
personal data
SURNAME Bosbach, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH January 11, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Bornheim (Rhineland)