Klaus Landfried

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Klaus Landfried (born January 26, 1941 in Heidelberg ; † October 11, 2014 there ) was a German political scientist and former President of the University Rectors' Conference .

Life

Landfried studied economics, history, modern German literature, public law and political science at the universities of Basel and Heidelberg . In 1970 he received his doctorate with a thesis on the political and ideological ideas of Stefan Georges and his circle at the University of Heidelberg, where he worked at the Institute for Political Science from 1968 to 1971. From 1972 to 1973, Landfried was John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow at Harvard University .

Since 1974 he has been a professor of political science at the University of Kaiserslautern , and in 1982 he was entrusted with the establishment of the contact office for innovation and technology consulting. From 1981 to 1987 he was first Vice President and then President of the University of Kaiserslautern until 1997. At the same time he was chairman of the regional conference of the presidents of the universities in Rhineland-Palatinate .

From 1991 to 1997 Landfried was Vice-President of the University Rectors' Conference, and in 1997 he was elected President. During his term of office until 2003, the radical changes to the courses (and the German universities in general) began in accordance with the guidelines of the Bologna Process . In addition, Landfried has been a member of the advisory board of the Center for University Development in Gütersloh since 1994 and a board member of the Rhineland-Palatinate Initiative for the Future since 1993.

Landfried denied that humans cause global warming ; he was a signatory of the EIKE petition to Angela Merkel .

Klaus Landfried lived in his native Heidelberg until his death.

Fonts (selection)

  • Stefan George. Politics of the apolitical . Stiehm, Heidelberg 1975.
  • Is the Middle East conflict just a Middle East conflict? in: Der Bürger im Staat 25 (2), 1975, pp. 135–142
  • Strong monarch or weak head of authority? Perspectives of the American Presidency. in: Peter Haugns (Ed.) Res Publica. Constitutional Studies. Dolf Sternberger on his 70th birthday. Munich 1977, pp. 196-218
  • Politics of Utopia. Stefan George and his circle in the Weimar Republic. in: Werner Link (Ed.) Writers and Politics in Germany. Düsseldorf 1979, pp. 62-81
  • Opportunities for cooperation between the university and independent providers of adult education. in: University of Kaiserslautern (Ed.) 1970–1980. Ten years at the University of Kaiserslautern. Kaiserslautern 1980, pp. 183-186
  • The cooperation of business and universities in the USA. in: Mitteilungen des Hochschulverbandes 35 (3), 1987, pp. 131-134
  • Excellence thrives better without elitist behavior. in: Horst Eilermann (Ed.) Raw material education. The German university between change and standstill. Berlin 1999, pp. 201-207
  • Lifelong learning. The contribution of universities. in: vwh-Mitteilungen 28 (2), 2002, pp. 4–7
  • About universities as communities of knowledge and values. in vwh-Mitteilungen , 30 (1), 2004, pp. 19–24
  • Innovation through universities? in: Walter Zimmerli (Ed.) Freedom from art and science, research and teaching. What does that mean after Bologna? Cottbus writings on university policy and law 3 . Baden – Baden 2012, pp. 59–67

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ex-President of the University Rectors' Conference Landfried has died. Announcement on schwaebische.de of October 18, 2014 (accessed October 19, 2014).
  2. ↑ Klaus Kremp: Commitment is part of life. Klaus Landfried commemorative. In: Helmut J. Schmidt (Ed.): Kaiserslauter contributions to the history of universities and science . tape 2 . University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern 2017, ISBN 978-3-95974-039-5 , p. 200 .
  3. ^ Jürgen Kaube : Trip to Bologna. On the death of Klaus Landfried . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of October 18, 2014, p. 14.
personal data
SURNAME Landfried, Klaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German political scientist, professor of political science and president of the German Rectors' Conference
DATE OF BIRTH January 26, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Heidelberg
DATE OF DEATH October 11, 2014
Place of death Heidelberg