Hermann Joseph Hiery

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Hermann Joseph Hiery (born April 17, 1957 in Saarlouis ) is a German historian , East Asia and Pacific researcher and professor of modern history at the University of Bayreuth .

Live and act

Hiery grew up in Waldkraiburg in Upper Bavaria and attended in Mühldorf the school . In 1984 he received his doctorate under Hans Fenske at the Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg to Dr. phil. and worked in an academic bookstore. From 1985 to 1987 he taught at a Catholic university (Divine Word University) in Madang , Papua New Guinea . Since then he has been particularly concerned with the German colonial era in the South Seas . He completed his habilitation in 1993 at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg with his work on The German Empire in the South Seas , published in 1995 .

From 1991 to 1996 he was a research fellow at the German Historical Institute in London . Since 1996 he has been Professor of Modern History at the University of Bayreuth with the research area “ German Colonial History ”.

As a historian and Pacific explorer, numerous, z. Some years of teaching and research stays in Madang (Papua New Guinea), Samoa , Fiji , Australia and New Zealand . He is the author of several books on German colonial history and editor of the Yearbook for European Overseas History .

Hiery was chairman of the Society for Overseas History eV (GÜSG) until 2015, is a member of the Academia Europaea , liaison lecturer and member (curator) of the selection committee for scholarship holders of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom and was a long-time member of the board of trustees of the Wolf-Erich-Kellner- Memorial foundation .

Political commitment

During his studies, Hiery was active as a co-founder of the liberal college group.

As FDP - politician he was involved in a citizens' initiative for the resumption of rail traffic on the route Bayreuth-Weidenberg . In 2009 he founded the FDP local association Fichtelgebirge , of which he is chairman. The association includes the communities of the Fichtelgebirge as well as Bindlach , Goldkronach , Speichersdorf and Weidenberg . 2014 he was the candidate of the FDP in the district election of district Bayreuth , reaching a vote share of 5.7 percent. In January 2016 he criticized the federal government's refugee policy . He was the only one to vote in a district council meeting against the establishment of a round table in the district and advocated the resignation of the Chancellor , whom he described as "resistant to advice".

Hiery is running again in the district election 2020. He speaks u. a. for the appointment of an ombudsman and the conversion of the railway to Weidenberg to fuel cell operation . When asked about his visions for the district, he replied: "Anyone who has visions should go to a psychiatrist". With regard to climate change , he stated that it could no longer be prevented. Therefore one has to find pragmatic approaches to dealing with its consequences. It is already too late for climate protection measures .

Private

Hiery is married and has four children. Since 1996 he has lived with his wife in a village near Weidenberg.

Publications

  • Reichstag elections in the Reichsland. A contribution to the regional history of Alsace-Lorraine and the electoral history of the German Empire 1871–1918 (plus dissertation, University of Freiburg (Breisgau), 1984). Droste Verlag, Düsseldorf 1985, ISBN 3-7700-5132-7 .
  • The German Empire in the South Seas (1900–1921). An approach to the experiences of different cultures (including habilitation thesis, University of Freiburg (Breisgau), 1993). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1995, ISBN 3-525-36322-2 .
  • The neglected was. The German South Pacific and the Influence of World War I . University of Hawai'i Press, Honolulu 1995, ISBN 0-8248-1668-4 .
  • Everyday life and cultural exchange. Germans and Chinese in Tsingtau 1897–1914 . Edition Minerva, Wolfratshausen 1999, ISBN 3-932353-31-5 (also published in Chinese).
  • The spirit of the times and history . JH Röll Verlag, Dettelbach 2001, ISBN 3-89754-184-X .
  • The German South Seas 1884–1914. A manual , Verlag Ferdinand Schöningh, Paderborn 2001, 2nd, reviewed and improved edition 2002, ISBN 3-506-73912-3 .
  • Pictures from the German South Seas: Photographs 1884–1921 . Verlag Ferdinand Schöningh, Paderborn 2004, ISBN 978-3-506-70112-1 .
as a co-author
  • with John M. MacKenzie: European Impact and Pacific Influence. British and German Colonial Policy in the Pacific Islands and the Indigenous Response . IB Tauris, London 1997, ISBN 1-86064-059-1 .
  • with Franz Bosbach : Imperium, Empire, Reich. A concept of political rule in a German-British comparison . KG Saur Verlag, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-598-21416-2 .
  • with Frank Spörrer: Creussen . History of an Upper Franconian town (1800–2000) . City of Creußen, Creußen 2003, ISBN 3-926621-26-5 .
  • with Arthur Knoll: The German Colonial Experience. Select Documents on German Rule in Africa, China, and the Pacific 1884-1914 . University Press of America Lanham, Boulder, New York, 2010.
as (co) editor

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hermann Joseph Hiery: Vita , kulturausch.de, accessed on August 11, 2015.
  2. ↑ a b c Hermann Hiery: Globetrotters and book lovers at nordbayern.de, accessed on March 11, 2020.
  3. ↑ Information on the habilitation , bsz-bw.de, accessed on August 11, 2015.
  4. ↑ Hiery: Brief CV .
  5. ↑ Editor of the Yearbook for European Overseas History , harrassowitz-verlag.de, accessed on August 11, 2015.
  6. ↑ Bayreuth historian Prof. Hiery further chairman of the Society for Overseas History , idw-online.de, message from June 13, 2007.
  7. ↑ GÜSG Board of Directors ( Memento from March 30, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), newest.uni-bayreuth.de, accessed on August 11, 2015.
  8. ↑ Kuratorium of the Wolf-Erich-Kellner-Gedächtnispreis of the Friedrich-Naumann-Foundation ( Memento of September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), freiheit.org, accessed on August 11, 2015.
  9. ↑ Board of Trustees of the Wolf-Erich-Kellner Foundation , newest.uni-bayreuth.de, accessed on August 11, 2015.
  10. ↑ a b With passion at the head of the district , nordbayern.de, message from March 8, 2014.
  11. ↑ Hermann Hiery tries again at kurier.de, accessed on March 11, 2020.
  12. ^ Historian Hermann Hiery: “It's like in the GDR” at nordbayern.de, accessed on March 11, 2020.
  13. ↑ Answer to urgent questions in: Nordbayerischer Kurier from 7./8. March 2020, p. 18.
  14. ↑ Bayreuth District Administrator candidate Hermann Hiery from the FDP: "It's too late for environmental protection" at bayreuther-tagblatt.de on March 7, 2020, accessed on March 11, 2020.
  15. ^ Helmut Heinzlmeir: Book presentation Die deutsche Südsee 1884-1914. A manual , deutschlandfunk.de, article from August 12, 2002.
personal data
SURNAME Hiery, Hermann Joseph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hiery, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian for recent history and East Asian researcher
DATE OF BIRTH April 17, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Saarlouis