Alfred Georg Frei

Alfred Georg Frei (* 1954 ) is a German historian and professor of cultural history at the Merseburg University of Applied Sciences .

He wrote many papers and wrote in numerous magazines and book chapters on history didactics and history workshops, cultural history and cultural politics. He has been given teaching assignments by various universities ( Kassel , Darmstadt , Innsbruck , Konstanz , Tübingen , Dresden and Karlsruhe ) and has been invited to give lectures in Germany , the USA , Switzerland , Austria , Japan , Great Britain , Belgium , Ireland and France.

Life

After studying history and political science in Konstanz, Bordeaux and Innsbruck, he worked in 1981 and 1982 as coordinator for the establishment of the museum on the island of Reichenau in Lake Constance. From 1980 to 1985 he wrote as a freelance journalist z. B. for the Badische Zeitung , the Tages-Anzeiger , Die Zeit and the Darmstädter Echo . From 1982 to 1986 he was a research assistant at the Technical University of Darmstadt . In 1986 he received his doctorate from the University of Innsbruck under Anton Pelinka with a thesis on the labor movement and Viennese housing policy 1919–1934.

From 1986 to 1995 Frei was head of the cultural office of the city of Singen (Hohentwiel) . From August 1995 to December 1998 he was director of the state exhibition “1848/49. Revolution of the German Democrats in Baden ”delegated to the Badisches Landesmuseum in Karlsruhe.

From January 1999 to September 2000 Frei was cultural coordinator for the city of Singen. Then he taught as a substitute professor for cultural history at the Merseburg University of Applied Sciences. On October 1, 2001, he was appointed professor for cultural history in Merseburg. In 2012 he was visiting professor at the Université Paris Diderot . In 2017 he was a visiting scholar at the City University of New York (CUNY).

Fonts

Habermus and soup seasoning. Singen's path from farming village to industrial city. Publishing house Stadler, Konstanz 1987.
Remember - concern - learn. The fate of Jews, forced laborers and prisoners of war between the Upper Rhine and Lake Constance in the years 1933 to 1945. Thorbecke Verlag, Sigmaringen 1990 (2nd edition 1993, edited together with J. Runge).
Play story. A manual for historical city games. Centaurus-Verlag, Pfaffenweiler 1990 (with E. Baier).
The labor movement and the roots of the grass. Using the example of Vienna housing policy 1919–1934. Braumüller, Vienna 1991.
Friedrich Hecker in the USA. A German-American crime scene. Publishing house Stadler, Konstanz 1992.
Finale grande. The return of the soccer world champions in 1954. Transit Buchverlag , Berlin 1994.
Pioneer of Democracy. The Baden Revolution 1848/49. The dream of freedom. Braun Verlag, Karlsruhe 1997, 5th edition 1998, with K. Hochstuhl.
1848/49. Revolution of the German Democrats in Baden. Exhibition catalog, Nomos-Verlag, Baden-Baden 1998 (project management).
1848/49. Revolution of the German Democrats in Baden. Short guide, Vernissage-Verlag, Heidelberg 1998 (editorial management).
Staged story (s). Museum theater, action rooms, picture stories, surveys. Nomos-Verlag, Baden-Baden 1999.
The garden of memory. Images and spaces for engagement. Hohentwiel-Verlag, Singen 2001 (ed. Together with R. Huber, K. Hummel, R. Zedler).
Ten years of German unity from the perspective of East German youth. Using the example of the Merseburg region. Buchheim-Verlag, Wertheim 2001 (ed. Together with D. Rother).
Simply precious. Food stories and recipes from Saale and Unstrut. Verlag Janos Stekovic, Halle-Dößel 2008 (together with T. Groß, C. Siegel).
Yesterday's dream factory. The DEFA film days in Merseburg. Projekt-Verlag, Halle 2008 (together with R. Beyer).
World exhibitions between technology and nationalism. The Nazi sarcophagus 1937. Hochschulverlag, Merseburg 2015 (ed. Together with T. Martin, P. Pivard).

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SURNAME	Free, Alfred Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German historian
DATE OF BIRTH	1954