Max Kerner (historian)

Maximilian Kerner (born December 1, 1940 ) is a German historian .

Life

Kerner studied history and Latin at the University of Cologne . In 1969 he was at RWTH Aachen University with a thesis decree of Bishop Burchard of Worms to Dr. phil. PhD . In 1974 he completed his habilitation in Aachen at the philosophical faculty with the script Johannes von Salisbury and the logical structure of his Policraticus .

1980 Kerner was the Chair of Medieval and Modern History at the RWTH Aachen University appointed ; From 2002 to 2008 he held the chair for Middle History and was managing director of the Historical Institute until 2007. He was Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy from 1982 to 1984 and Vice Rector of RWTH Aachen University from 1986 to 1991. In 2006 he was elected chairman of the RWTH Aachen Senate for the third time in a row.

In 2008, Kerner founded the interdisciplinary discussion and course series Project "Leonardo" at RWTH Aachen University in cooperation with the Senate. The seminars and lectures open to the university are intended to address “global challenges” and in this way to bring RWTH lecturers into discussion with students about important social issues.

Although Kerner officially retired from university in 2009, he is still actively involved in teaching at the university as Senior Advisor of the "Leonardo" project.

Kerner's main research areas are the history of church law, Charlemagne , the history of the political ideas of the high Middle Ages and the history of prophetic literature. Kerner has published numerous scientific papers and papers. From 1990 to 2007 he was co-editor of the Aachen Studies for Technology and Society .

Until 1999 he was chairman of the board of directors of the external institute of RWTH Aachen University and in 2000 he was organizational director of the 43rd German Historians' Day in Aachen. From 1990 to 2007 he was the spokesman for the interdisciplinary "Forum Technology and Society" at RWTH.

Fonts

• A dark and almost unbelievable story. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft 1988 (3rd edition), ISBN 3-534-03176-8 .
• with Hans Kloft : The Institutio Traiani. Teubner 1992.
• with Henning Beier , Klaus Töpfer , Joschka Fischer : Technology and fear: On the future of industrial civilization. Thouet 1997 (2nd edition), ISBN 3-930594-23-4 .
• with Karl R. Kegler : The networked person. Verlag Mainz 1999, ISBN 3-89653-549-8 .
• One world - one story? Oldenbourg 2001, ISBN 3-486-56614-8 .
• with Karl R. Kegler: The artificial man. Böhlau 2002, ISBN 3-412-16301-5 .
• with Karl R. Kegler: Technology World Culture. Böhlau 2003, ISBN 3-412-11203-8 .
• Charlemagne. A myth is unveiled. Patmos 2004, ISBN 3-491-96125-4 .
• with Thomas Müller: Split world? Technology access in the knowledge society. Böhlau 2006, ISBN 3-412-24805-3 .
• Charlemagne. A biography. Diederichs 2006, ISBN 3-7205-2863-4 .
• with Klaus Herbers : The Popess Johanna: Biography of a legend. Böhlau 2010 , ISBN 978-3-412-20469-3 .
• Edited with Paul Butzer , Walter Oberschelp : Charlemagne and his aftermath: 1200 years of culture and science in Europe. , 2 volumes, Turnhout: Brepols 1997/98.

literature

• Lotte Kéry (Ed.): Eloquentia copiosus. Festschrift for Max Kerner on his 65th birthday. , Thouet Aachen 2006, ISBN 3-930594-28-5

Web links

• Literature by and about Max Kerner in the catalog of the German National Library
• Page from Kerner at RWTH Aachen University
• Vita Max Kerner from the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (PDF file; 19 kB) accessed on September 28, 2012