Gabriele Gorzka

Gabriele Gorzka (* 1949 in Gelsenkirchen ) is a German researcher on Eastern Europe. From 1990 to 1994 she was Vice President of the University of Kassel .

Career

Gabriele Gorzka studied Slavic and English from 1969 to 1975 at the Philipps University of Marburg and at the University of Exeter , England.

After passing the 1st state examination for teaching at grammar schools in the subjects of Russian, English and pedagogy in 1975, she earned her doctorate in 1979. phil. in Slavic Studies at the Philipps University of Marburg.

From 1978 to 1990 she was a research associate at the Center for Vocational and University Research at the University of Kassel and lecturer at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Kassel with a focus on Eastern European history.

In 1990 she was elected Vice President of the University of Kassel with responsibility for teaching and study matters, international relations, the promotion of young academics and women in studies and teaching. In 1992 she was re-elected to this office for a further two years.

From 1995 to 1996 she was a guest lecturer in "Eastern European History" at the Institute for History at the University of Basel , Switzerland.

From 1994 until her retirement in 2016 she headed the East-West Science Center at the University of Kassel .

Research priorities

Gabriele Gorzka's research dealt with aspects of the social and cultural history of the early Soviet Union as well as Russia as a location for science and research.

Memberships and functions

• 1985–1997: Member of the convent of the University of Kassel, 1986–1988 member of the convention board
• 1987–1994: President of the German-Soviet / Russian Society eV Kassel
• 1991–2004: Chairperson / Second Chairperson: of the Ost-West-Zentrum Kassel eV
• 1989–2014: Coordinator of the cultural meeting place Kassel-Jaroslavl in Jaroslavl (Russia)
• 2011–2013: Member of the board of the German Society for Eastern European Studies (DGO)
• 2005–2015: Head of the Göttingen-Kassel branch of the German Society for Eastern European Studies (DGO)

Awards

• 2004: Honorary plaque of the city of Jaroslavl on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Kassel-Jaroslavl meeting place
• 2009: Order of Merit of the Russian Foreign Ministry for services to the cultural and scientific understanding between Germany and Russia
• 2010: Letter of Honor and Silver Bear from the City of Jaroslavl for long-term services to cultural cooperation.

Publications

• A. Bogdanov and the Russian cult of the proletariat. Theory and Practice of a Socialist Cultural Revolution. Frankfurt / M .: Campus, 1980. (315 pp.).
• Worker Culture in the Soviet Union. Industrial workers' clubs 1917–1929. A contribution to the Soviet cultural history. Berlin: Berlin Verlag, 1989 (Eastern European Research, 26) (553 pages).
• (Ed.): Culture in Stalinism. Soviet culture and art from the 1930s to 50s. Bremen: Edition Temmen, 1994 (267 pages).
• Ed. With SCHULZE, Peter W .: In search of a new identity. Russia on the threshold of the 21st century. Bremen: Edition Temmen, 1998 (294 pages).
• Ed. With STANG Knut: The War of Extermination in the East - Crimes of the Wehrmacht in the Soviet Union from the perspective of Russian historians. (East-West Dialogue 3). Kassel: Kassel University Press, 1999 (154 pages).
• Ed. With SCHULZE, Peter W .: Russia's path to civil society. Bremen: Edition Temmen, 2000 (256 pages).
• Ed. With SCHULZE, Peter W .: Russia's perspective. A strong state as a guarantor of stability and an open society. Bremen: Edition Temmen, 2002 (352 pages).
• Ed .: Transformation of the Sciences in Central and Eastern Europe. Poland - Romania - Russia - Slovakia - Czech Republic - Hungary. (East-West Dialogue 6). Kassel, Kassel University Press, 2003 (222 pages).
• Ed. With: SCHULZE, Peter W .: Where is Russia headed under Putin? The authoritarian way to democracy. Frankfurt / M .: Campus Verlag, 2004. (419 pages).
• Ed. With LANZENDORF, Ute: Russia's universities and research institutions on the way to Europe. A current inventory. (East-West Dialogue 9). Kassel: Kassel University Press, 2006. (122 pages).
• Ed. With BUHBE, Matthes: Russia today. Recentralization of the state under Putin . Wiesbaden: VS Verlag, 2007. (314 pages).
• (Ed.): Knowledge Transfer. The New Core Responsibility of Higher Education Institutions. Practice and Perspectives in Russia and Germany. Kassel: Kassel University Press 2012. (242 pages).
• Between approach and distance: 30 years of German-Russian cultural relations (1988–2018) using the regional example of Kassel. Kassel: Kassel University Press 2018. (115 pages).

Web links

• Gabriele Gorzka on the website of the University of Kassel
• Literature by and about Gabriele Gorzka in the catalog of the German National Library