Jörg Seiler

Jörg Seiler (* 1966 in Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt ) is a German Catholic church historian .

Life

The civil service , he graduated from 1987 to 1989 in the nursing home Staigacker in Backnang . At the University of Würzburg he studied Catholic theology ( graduate theologian ) (1989–1994) and history (MA) (1990–1996). In November 1996 he became a research assistant at the professorship for church history at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main with Hubert Wolf . He trained as a systemic consultant (2000–2002) . From 2001 to 2003 he completed his doctorate as Dr. theol. in Würzburg with Klaus Ganzer . The dissertation was awarded the Prize of the Lower Franconian Memorial Year Foundation for Science . In December 2002 he became a marketing assistant at the Neuer Weg bookstore in Würzburg. In October 2003 he was appointed junior professor for church history at the University of Koblenz . From October 2009 he taught as a teacher at the Oberursel grammar school (religion, history, Latin). From February 2011 he headed the Office for Catholic Religious Education in Frankfurt am Main . From April 2015 he was the professor for church history of the Middle Ages and modern times at the University of Erfurt , which he took over in June 2015. In autumn 2019 he was elected dean of the theological faculty in Erfurt.

as editor with Hubert Wolf : Das Katholisches Sonntagsblatt (1850–2000). Württemberg Catholicism in the mirror of the diocese press . Schwabenverlag, Ostfildern 2001, ISBN 3-7966-1040-4 .
The Teutonic Order in Frankfurt. Shape and function of an ecclesiastical and knightly institution in its imperial public environment (= sources and studies on the history of the Teutonic Order . Volume 61). Elwert, Marburg 2003, ISBN 3-7708-1233-6 (also dissertation, Würzburg 2001).
as editor: Matthias Laros (1882-1965). Church reform from the spirit of Newman (= sources and studies on the recent history of theology . Volume 8). Pustet, Regensburg 2009, ISBN 3791722107 .
as editor with Sebastian Holzbrecher: Reconciliation in conflict. Historical perspectives on the correspondence between the Polish and German bishops in 1965 (= Erfurt Theological Writings . Volume 41). Echter, Würzburg 2017, ISBN 3429043603 .
as editor with Sebastian Holzbrecher, Julia Knop and Benedikt Kranemann : Revolt in the Church? The year 1968 and its consequences . Herder, Freiburg / Basel / Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-451-38065-5 .

Curriculum vitae and list of publications on uni-erfurt.de
Jörg Seiler in the Who is Who of the University of Erfurt (has not been updated since 2020)

^ New deans elected , report in the information portal of the University of Erfurt "Wortmelder" from October 1st, 2019.

personal data
SURNAME	Seiler, Jörg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Catholic church historian
DATE OF BIRTH	1966
PLACE OF BIRTH	Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt