Falk Wiesemann
Falk Wiesemann (born July 20, 1944 in Fürstenfeldbruck ) is a German historian as well as academic senior counselor and professor at the University of Düsseldorf .
Life
After studying history, German studies , political science and sociology at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich , Wiesemann received his doctorate in 1974 with a thesis on "The prehistory of the National Socialist takeover in Bavaria 1932/33". 1974–1978 he was a research assistant at the Institute for Contemporary History in Munich . Since 1979 he has been an academic senior counselor at the Institute for History at the University of Düsseldorf. In 1998 Wiesemann completed his habilitation at the Philosophical Faculty in Düsseldorf and received the Venia Legendi for “Modern and Contemporary History”. He has lectureships and guest lectureships a . a. noticed at the universities of Essen , Cologne , Prague and Sheffield .
research
Wiesemann's research initially focused on German contemporary history and social history ; In more recent times he has mainly dealt with German-Jewish history in the 19th and 20th centuries and the history of rural Jews.
Memberships and honors
Wiesemann is co-editor of the "Düsseldorfer Schriften für Neuer Landesgeschichte und Geschichte Nordrhein-Westfalen". He is a board member of the Salomon-Ludwig-Steinheim Institute in Duisburg , a founding member of the Society for Research into the History of the Jews, a member of the Scientific Working Group Germany of the Leo Baeck Institute and a member of the scientific board of the Menasseh ben Israel Instituut in Amsterdam .
In 1998, Wiesemann was awarded the Medal of Honor for the 650th anniversary of Charles University in Prague . In 2006 he was awarded the AJL (Association of Judaica Libraries) Bibliography Award 2005.
Publications (selection)
- (Editor) Evidence of Jewish life in Niederzissen. Genisa finds in the former synagogue . Kultur- und Heimatverein Niederzissen, Niederzissen 2012, ISBN 978-3-00-039493-5
- (Editor, with Jiri Pešek) blood. Perspectives in Medicine, History and Society. (= Publications on culture and history in Eastern Europe, vol. 38) , Klartext , Essen 2011, ISBN 978-3-8375-0503-0
- Judaica bavarica. New bibliography on the history of the Jews in Bavaria . Klartext, Essen 2007, ISBN 978-3-89861-654-6
- (Editor, with Erika Welkerling) Unwanted youth under National Socialism. Youth care and auxiliary school in the Rhineland 1933–1945. (= Düsseldorfer Schriften zur Modern Landesgeschichte and the history of North Rhine-Westphalia, vol. 75) . Klartext, Essen 2005, ISBN 978-3-89861-525-9
- Sepulcra judaica. Bibliography on Jewish cemeteries and on death, burial and mourning among the Jews from the time of Hellenism to the present . Klartext, Essen 2004, ISBN 978-3-89861-422-1
- Fear also has its fashion. The fear of apparent death in the age of enlightenment and romance . Klartext, Essen 2004, ISBN 3-89861-018-7
- Bibliography on the history of the Jews in Bavaria . Saur, Munich a. a. 1989, ISBN 3-598-10832-X
- (Editor) On the history and culture of the Jews in the Rhineland . Schwann, Düsseldorf 1985, ISBN 3-590-32009-5
- The history of the National Socialist takeover of power in Bavaria in 1932/1933 . Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1975 (also: Phil. Diss. Universität Düsseldorf 1974), ISBN 3-428-03294-2
Web links
- Literature by and about Falk Wiesemann in the catalog of the German National Library
- Falk Wiesemann on the website of the Institute for History of the University of Düsseldorf
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wiesemann, Falk |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German historian, senior academic adviser and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 20, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fürstenfeldbruck |