Charles Stirnimann
Charles Stirnimann (* 1954 ) is a Swiss historian .
Life
After an apprenticeship as a bookseller and several years of professional activity, he graduated from the Federal Matura in 1982 and studied history and French philology in Basel and Paris ( licentiate 1987). His dissertation on political social history in Basel from 1942–1948 was awarded the 1992 Amerbach Prize. From 1992–1993, Stirnimann was Deputy Head of the Culture Department in the Education Department of the Canton of Basel-Stadt. From 1993 to 2017 he headed the Office for Training Grants of the Canton of Basel-Stadt; From 2001 to 2016 he was also President of the Intercantonal Scholarship Conference (IKSK) .
His research focuses on Basel and Swiss social and cultural history.
Charles Stirnimann is married to the historian, teacher and politician Monika Schib Stirnimann .
Publications (selection)
- The first years of the “Red Basel” 1935–1938. Objectives and scope of action of social democratic government policy in the area of tension between bourgeois opposition and left-wing criticism, Basel 1988 (licentiate thesis; 2nd edition 1989)
- The road to the post-war period 1943–1948. A contribution to the political and social history of the "Red Basel" , Basel 1992 (dissertation)
- (with Aram Mattioli ) Reclaiming the road for God. Interior views of the social and mental history of the Basel Catholics in the era of the First World War, in: Bernard Degen et al., Window on History , Basel 1992, pp. 277–305
- (with Rolf Thalmann and Monika Schib Stirnimann) World format. Contemporary Basel history in posters, Basel 2001
- From Sputnik shock to scholarship concordat. Comments on Swiss policy on educational support, 2010 ( online ; PDF; 828 kB)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stirnimann, Charles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1954 |