Ingo Kolboom

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Ingo Kolboom (left), here at the honor of the writer Manfred Flügge in Dresden

Ingo Kolboom (born February 16, 1947 in Hohenaspe ) is a German political scientist, historian and Romanist . Kolboom taught as a professor for French studies and Francophonie at the TU Dresden .

Life

Ingo Kolboom comes from an old Saxon family of theologians - his mother comes from Dresden ; his grandfather was a pastor at the Michaeliskirche in Dresden-Bühlau . Even as a teenager, Kolboom was particularly interested in history and politics before he discovered his interest in France. He was drafted into the army in 1966 and released as a reserve officer in 1968 .

From 1968 to 1975 Kolboom studied Romance studies , history , political science and German at the University of Saarbrücken , the University of Paris I (Sorbonne) , the TU Berlin and the FU Berlin . His degrees were the License des lettres at the Sorbonne , the state examination for the higher teaching post and the doctorate in history.

From 1975 to 1981 he worked as a research assistant for Romance studies at the Technical University of Berlin and until 1984 as a lecturer in political science at the Free University of Berlin and the University of Hamburg . From 1983 to 1994 he was director of research and head of the workplace France / Franco-German Relations in the Research Institute of the German Society for Foreign Policy (DGAP) in Bonn, where he from 1984 to 1994 as a coordinator of a discussion group France Standing - Franco-German relations had . In the 1992/1993 trimester he was visiting professor for Franco-German history and German studies at the University of Montreal in Québec , Canada .

From 1994 to March 31, 2012 Kolboom was Professor of French Studies and Francophonie at the TU Dresden, where he also held the position of Director at the Center for Interdisciplinary Franco-Canadian and Franco-American Research Québec - Saxony (CIFRAQS). From 1994 to 1997 Kolboom was Dean of Studies of the Faculty of Linguistics and Literature Studies and from 1995 to 1997 and 2001 to 2003 Managing Director of the Institute for Romance Studies at TU Dresden. From 1997 he was a member of the council of the TU Dresden. Since 1999/2000 he has been an associate professor at the Historical Institute of the University of Montreal .

Kolboom has written articles on French social and contemporary history, politics and culture, Franco-German relations, European security policy, Canadian and Quebec politics, history, culture and literature and international Francophonie.

Kolboom lives in Dresden and is married.

Other functions and offices

Ingo Kolboom has been a member of the Franco-German Cultural Council , established in 1988 , to which ten German and ten French representatives belong. He took on the issues of the new federal states in this committee in a special way and advocates the further expansion of French teaching in the new federal states . Most recently, he organized a campaign to improve reception of the French-language television channel TV5 Monde in the East German cable network .

In addition, Kolboom is still involved in numerous institutions:

  • Since 1985: Chairman of the Comité d'Etudes des Relations Franco-Allemandes (CERFA) at the Institut Français des Relations Internationales (IFRI) in Paris
  • Since 1992: Scientific Advisory Board of the Franco-German Association for Science and Technology (DFVWT / AFAST)
  • 1994 to 2005: Member of the German Society for Foreign Policy
  • Since 1994: Member of the Comité de Patronage of the Károlyi Foundation (Budapest / Paris)
  • Since 1994: Member of the Board of Trustees of the Committee for the Promotion of the Franco-German Friendship Treaty
  • 1996 to 2000: Deputy member of the Franco-German University College in Mainz
  • Since 1995: Member of the New York Academy of Sciences
  • Since 1998: Member of the International Scientific Advisory Board of Recherches Sociographiques at Laval University (Québec)
  • Since 1998: Board member of the Association internationale des Etudes québécoises (AIEQ)
    • 1999 to 2004: President of this society
  • Since 1998: Scientific advisory board of the Forum franco-allemand
  • Since 1999: Scientific Advisory Board of the Fédération des Maisons franco-allemandes en France
  • Since 2001: Member of Globe's International Scientific Advisory Board . Revue internationale d'études québéoises
  • Since 2001: Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the International Conference "Francophonie en Amérique"
  • Since March 2006: President of the Saxon-Breton Society
  • 1999–2012 Associate Professor at the Institute for History at the Université de Montréal , UQAM
  • Since 2012 Associate Researcher at the Chaire de recherche du Canada en études québécoises et canadiennes (CRÉQC), Université de Montréal

Awards

  • 1988: Strasbourg Prize for contributions to German-French understanding / Prix Strasbourg (awarded by the Alfred Toepfer Foundation FVS and the University of Strasbourg for the book La Revanche des Patrons )
  • 1990: Prix ​​France-Allemagne (for scientific and cultural services to German-French relations)
  • 1992: Knight of the French Ordre national du Mérite
  • 1995: Franco-German Journalism Award, Category: Print Media of the German Association of Journalists
  • 2000: Prix ​​franco-allemand du 22 janvier (for scientific and cultural services to German-French relations)
  • 2004: Honorary doctorate from the Université du Québec in Montréal (recognition of services to Québec research)
  • 2004: Officer des Ordre des Palmes Académiques (awarded by the French Minister for National Education, Research and Technology for services to universities, science and education)
  • 2005: Knighthood of the National Order of Merit of Québec (Kolboom was the first German scientist to receive this award, which was bestowed by Prime Minister Jean Charest for his extraordinary services to the culture of Québec, his Québec studies and his worldwide francophone studies.)
  • 2009: Officer of the French Ordre national du Mérite
  • 2010: Ordre des francophones d'Amérique
  • 2012: Cross of Merit 1st Class in recognition of his commitment to German-French relations

Fonts

Monographs

  • The Acadians - France's forgotten children. The long road to a nation without borders. Partial monograph in: Ingo Kolboom & Roberto Mann: Acadia: a French dream in America. Four centuries of academic history and literature. Synchron Wissenschaftsverlag der Authors / Synchron Publishers, Heidelberg 2005
  • Pièces d'identité. Signets d'une décennie allemande 1989 - 2000 . Presses de l ' Université de Montréal , Montréal 2001 ( Coll. Champ libre )
  • The Mitterrand era 1981–1995. Attempt to take stock . Forum Politicum Jenense 2, Jena 1997
  • From divided to united Germany. Germany pictures in France . Europa Union, Bonn 1991 in Working Papers on International Politics 61 , ISBN 3-7713-0394-X
  • La Revanche des Patrons: Le patronat français face au Front popular . Flammarion, Paris 1986, ISBN 2-08-064912-4 (In French, foreword by Henri Weber)
  • The problem of the French with German identity. France and the German question, past and present . FU Berlin, Department of Political Science, Occasional Papers 12, 1985
  • French entrepreneurs during the Popular Front period 1936–1937 . 2 volumes. Series: Collection Romanistik, 28. Schäuble, Rheinfelden 1983

Editorships

  • with Vivian Fischer: "Ma France". Students from Dresden write about France . Hille, Dresden 2013
  • with Alain-G. Gagnon and Boris Vormann : Québec. State and society . Synchron Wissenschaftsverlag der Authors / Synchron Publishers, Heidelberg 2011
  • Victor Armony: Living in Québec. Socio-cultural considerations of an immigrant . Synchron Wissenschaftsverlag der Authors / Synchron Publishers, Heidelberg 2010
  • Sara Thomas: Francophonie in the far north of Canada: Yukon , Northwest Territories , Nunavut . Synchron Wissenschaftsverlag der Authors / Synchron Publishers, Heidelberg 2009
  • with Thomas Kotschi and Edward Reichel : Handbuch French. Language, literature, culture, society. For studies, teaching, practice. 2nd ext. and actual Output. Erich Schmidt, Berlin 2008
  • with Andreas Ruppert: Time stories from Germany, France, Europe and the world. In honor of Lothar Albertin . Jacobs Verlag, location 2007.
  • with Roberto Mann: Acadia: a French dream in America. Four centuries of academic history and literature . Synchron Wissenschaftsverlag der Authors / Synchron Publishers, Heidelberg 2005
  • Manuel Feifel: Regions as “Global Players”. The example of the interregional cooperation between Bavaria and Québec . Synchron Wissenschaftsverlag der Authors / Synchron Publishers, Heidelberg 2003 (Foreword Ingo Kolboom, with CD-ROM)
  • with Sabine A. Grzonka: Places of Memory in the Other America. Tradition and modernity in Québec. Lieux de mémoire dans l'autre America. Tradition et modernité au Québec . Synchron Publishers / Wissenschaftsverlag der Authors, Heidelberg 2002
  • Hans-Jürgen Greif , François Ouellet Ed .: Literature in Québec. An anthology. Littérature québecoise. Une anthology. 1960-2000 . Synchron Wissenschaftsverlag der Authors / Synchron Publishers, Heidelberg 2000 (Foreword Ingo Kolboom)
  • XIV. Franco-German Conference. Germany and France in Europe / XIVe Conference franco-allemande. La France et l'Allemagne dans l'Europe nouvelle . Berlin Reichstag , 28-30. May 1990. Working papers on international politics 59, Europa-Union , Bonn 1991
  • XIII. Franco-German Conference / XIIIe Conference Franco-Allemande: European Assertion? / L'enjeu européen. Hamburg, June 3-5, 1987 . Working papers on international politics 46, Europa Union, Bonn 1987
  • XII. Franco-German Conference / XIIe Conférence Franco-Allemande: The contribution of the Federal Republic of Germany and France to the development of the European Union / La contribution de l'Allemagne et de la France au développement de l'Union européenne. Bonn-Bad Godesberg November 28-30, 1984 . Working papers on international politics 35, Europa Union, Bonn 1985 (2nd edition 1988)
  • The measurement of the Nouvelle-France - historical maps and sea maps of Canada from the 17th and 18th centuries in the Electoral Library in Dresden. This research project was funded by: Technische Universität Dresden. Layout, typesetting and printing of this volume were sponsored by: Ministère des Relations internationales, Gouvernement du Québec, Society for Canadian Studies ( publisher information )

Others

  • with Hans Stark: France in the world. World politics between reality and claim, in Adolf Kimmel, Henrik Uterwedde Ed .: Country Report France. BpB , 3rd edition Bonn 2012 ISBN 9783838902647
  • “Et maintenant, que vais je faire avec ma blessure?” Essai sur la résilience acadienne. Border crossings. Contributions to a modern Romance studies, 15th year 2008, no . 30 ISSN  0944-8594

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Mathias Bäumel (Press Office TU Dresden): High Franco-American distinction for TU Professor Ingo Kolboom , in: Informationsdienst Wissenschaft , October 7, 2010, accessed on October 7, 2010
  2. ↑ Stanislaw Tillich presents the Federal Order of Merit. Sachsen Fernsehen , October 12, 2012, accessed on November 15, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Abstract
personal data
SURNAME Kolboom, Ingo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Romance studies and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH February 16, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Hohenaspe