Hans Hecker

This article deals with the historian; on the major general see Hans Hecker (officer) .

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Hans Hecker (born January 2, 1942 in Leipzig ) is a German historian and university professor.

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After graduating from high school in Essen and doing military service, Hecker studied Eastern European History , Middle and Modern History , Slavic Studies and Political Science in Berlin and Cologne . With a dissertation on Eastern Europe performances in Germany, he became in 1971 a doctorate . He then worked at the Ostkolleg of the Federal Agency for Civic Education until 1973 , after which he worked as a research assistant for Günther Stökl . In 1980 he submitted his habilitation thesis on the history of Russian historiography. From 1982 until his retirement in 2007 he was Professor of Eastern European History at Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf . In addition, from 1983 to 1985 he was Vice Rector for Studies, Teaching and Study Reform.

He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Adalbert Foundation and a member of the Foundation Advisory Board of the Martin Opitz Library in Herne . Hans Hecker is married and has two daughters.

Works

• "Die Tat" and its picture of Eastern Europe 1909–1939. Verlag Wissenschaft und Politik, Cologne 1974, ISBN 3-8046-8481-5 .
• Russian universal historiography. From the "forties" of the 19th century to Soviet "world history" (1955–1965). (= Studies on Modern History. Volume 29). Oldenbourg, Munich / Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-486-51121-1 .
• State between revolution and reform. The internal development of the Soviet Union 1922–1990. Klett, Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-12-490260-2 .
• The Germans in the Russian Empire, in the Soviet Union and their successor states. 2nd, unv. Edition. Verlag Wissenschaft und Politik, 1994, ISBN 3-8046-8805-5 .
• as editor: Limits. Social constitutions and transfigurations. Adalbert-Stiftung-Krefeld, Eur. Schriften Klartext Verlag, Essen 2006, ISBN 3-89861-386-0 .
• War in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Droste, Düsseldorf 2005, ISBN 3-7700-0849-9 .
• with Walter Engel (ed.): Symbiosis and break in tradition. Klartext, Essen 2003, ISBN 3-89861-066-7 .
• with Silke Spieler (Ed.): The historical unity of Europe: Ideas - Concepts - Self-understanding. Cultural Foundation of German Expellees , Bonn 1994, ISBN 3-88557-126-9 .
• with Hans Ester and Erika Poettgens (eds.): Germany, but where is it? Germany and Central Europe. Analysis and historical documents. (= Amsterdam Studies on Cultural Identity. 3). Rodopi, Amsterdam, Atlanta 1993.
• with Silke Spieler (Ed.): Berlin - the capital and the east. New contributions to the history of a difficult task. 2nd, unv. Edition. Cultural Foundation of the German Expellees, 1992, ISBN 3-88557-056-4 .
• as publisher: Europe - Concept and Idea. Historical highlights. (= Culture and knowledge. Volume 8). Bouvier, Bonn 1991, ISBN 3-416-02279-3 .
• The ruler, model and image in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. (= Studia humaniora. Volume 13). Droste, Düsseldorf 1990, ISBN 3-7700-0817-0 .
• with Silke Spieler (Ed.): National self-image and political order. Boundaries and coexistence in East-Central Europe until the Second World War. Cultural Foundation of the German Expellees, 1991, ISBN 3-88557-094-7 .
• with Leo Peters and Hans Süssmuth: The International Adalbert Prize for Peace, Freedom and Cooperation in Europe Prize winners 1995–2015 , Düsseldorf 2016, ISBN 978-3-95758-030-6

Web links

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2. ↑ adalbert-stiftung.de