Arnd Morkel
Arnd Morkel (born March 26, 1928 in Mannheim ; † February 11, 2020 ) was a German political scientist . From 1975 to 1987 he was the founding president of the University of Trier .
Life
After the Second World War , which he experienced as a child and adolescent, Arnd Morkel studied political science, German studies and philosophy at the universities of Heidelberg and Freiburg im Breisgau . In 1960 he was with the thesis "political Hofmannsthal consciousness" at Arnold Bergstraesser to Dr. phil. PhD. From 1962 to 1968 he was a lecturer in political science at Heidelberg University. Afterwards he held professorial positions at the universities of Darmstadt , Freiburg and Heidelberg . In 1970/71 he was scientific advisor and professor at the Research Institute for Political Science at the University of Cologne . In 1970 he also became Vice President of the newly founded dual university Trier- Kaiserslautern . As founding president, he initiated the re-establishment of the University of Trier from 1975. He was also the founder of the political science department in Trier. In 1993 he retired.
For his services to the University of Trier, Morkel was made an honorary citizen of the University of Trier on the occasion of his 90th birthday .
Fonts (selection)
- Memory of the university. A report , SH-Verlag, Vierow near Greifswald 1995, ISBN 978-3-89498-013-9
- The political Socrates , Königshausen & Neumann Würzburg 2006, ISBN 978-3-8260-3342-1
- Marcus Tullius Cicero : what we can still learn from him today , Königshausen & Neumann Würzburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-8260-4944-6
- The university has to fight back: a plea for its renewal , Wiss. Buchgesellschaft Darmstadt 2012, ISBN 978-3-534-24788-2
Web links
- Literature by and about Arnd Morkel in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michael Jäckel: Michael Jäckel: Obituary Univ.-Prof. Dr. Arnd Morkel. In: uni-trier.de. February 14, 2020, accessed February 14, 2020 .
- ↑ Rainer Neubert: Former president Arnd Morkel is dead. In: uni-trier.de. February 13, 2020, accessed February 14, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Morkel, Arnd |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German political scientist, university professor and university president |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 26, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mannheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 11, 2020 |