Horst founder

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Horst founder (born February 7, 1939 in Teplitz-Schönau ) is a German historian and was professor for modern and contemporary as well as non-European history at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster from 1984 to 2004 . His focus is the German colonial history .

life and work

After studying German , history, pedagogy , psychology and philosophy in Würzburg and Münster , the 1st and 2nd state exams followed in Detmold and Bielefeld and in 1973 the doctorate to Dr. phil. with a dissertation on Walter Simons . In 1981 he received his habilitation in Münster under Heinz Gollwitzer with the text Christian Mission and German Imperialism. A political history of their relations during the German colonial period (1884–1914) with a special focus on Africa and China . Since 1984 he was initially an adjunct professor at the University of Münster , after which he held a professorship for non-European history.

Founder's interests are particularly in comparative European colonial and overseas history, above all the relationship between mission and colonialism, German colonial history and the relationship between state and church. His work History of the German Colonies is the standard work on the subject. He was a scientific advisor to the three-part ZDF television documentaries "German Colonies" (2005) and " Das Weltreich der Deutschen " (2010). He has also compiled a collection of sources for school use on imperialism .

The founder is an honorary member and advisory board of the Society for Overseas History eV (GÜSG).

In 1974 he was awarded the Wolf-Erich-Kellner Prize .

Fonts (selection)

  • Walter Simons, the ecumenical movement and the Evangelical Social Congress. A contribution to the history of political Protestantism in the 20th century (= ecumenical writings of the archive of the Evangelical Church in Germany. Volume 8, ZDB -ID 519618-8 ). Mocker & Jahn, Soest 1974.
  • Christian mission and German imperialism. A political history of their relations during the German colonial period (1884–1914) with a special focus on Africa and China. Ferdinand Schöningh, Paderborn 1982, ISBN 3-506-77464-6 (also: Münster, Universität, habilitation paper, 1980/1981).
  • History of the German colonies (= UTB , 1332). Schöningh, Paderborn et al. 1985, ISBN 3-506-99369-0 (6th, revised and expanded edition. Ibid 2012, ISBN 978-3-8252-3639-7 ).
  • World conquest and Christianity. A manual on the history of modern times. Gütersloher Verlags-Haus Mohn, Gütersloh 1992, ISBN 3-579-00136-1 .
  • A history of European expansion. From explorers and conquerors to colonialism. Theiss, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-8062-1757-2 .
  • Christian message of salvation and worldly power. Studies on the relationship between mission and colonialism. Collected essays (= Europe - overseas. Historical studies. Volume 14). Edited by Franz-Joseph Post, Thomas Küster, Clemens Sorgenfrey. Lit, Münster 2004, ISBN 3-8258-7366-8 ( excerpts from googlebooks ).
  • as editor: "... found a young Germany here and there". Racism, colonies and colonial thought from the 16th to the 20th century (= dtv , 30713). Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-423-30713-7 (original edition, 3rd edition, ibid 2006).
  • with Gisela Graichen : German colonies. Dream and trauma. Ullstein, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-550-07637-1 (Unabridged edition (= Ullstein , 36940). Ibid 2007, ISBN 978-3-548-36940-2 ).
  • with Hermann Joseph Hiery (ed.): The Germans and their colonies. An overview. be.bra Verlag, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-389809137-4 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ DVD: German Colonies: From Explorer to Conqueror - Africa is on fire (FWU).
  2. ↑ Modern imperialism. 6th edition, Düsseldorf 2000 , ISBN 3-590-54805-3 .
  3. ↑ Prize winners of the Wolf Erich Kellner Prize. (PDF) Wolf-Erich-Kellner-Gedächtnisstiftung, accessed on December 9, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Founder, Horst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian
DATE OF BIRTH February 7, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Teplitz-Schönau