Michael Gehler

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Michael Gehler (2008)

Michael Gehler (born January 15, 1962 in Innsbruck ) is an Austrian historian . Since 2006 he has been teaching as Professor of Modern German and European History and Head of the Institute for History at the University of Hildesheim . He is one of the most profound experts on the European integration process .

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The son of an insurance salesman graduated from the Arnold-Gymnasium Neustadt in 1981 and studied history and German at the Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck from 1981 to 1987 . From 1992 to 1996 he was a Research Fellow of the Fund for the Promotion of Scientific Research (FWF) Vienna . In 1999 Gehler completed his habilitation at the University of Innsbruck , where he was an associate professor at the Institute for Contemporary History until 2006. In 2001/02 he was an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow. Between 2004 and 2005 Gehler was also a visiting professor at the Universities of Rostock (2004), Salzburg (2004/05) and Löwen (2005).

Since 2006 he has been teaching as professor and head of the Institute for History at the University of Hildesheim . Since 2008 he has been a corresponding member of the Philosophical-Historical Class of the Austrian Academy of Sciences . The EU Commission awarded him a “Jean Monnet Chair” for European History, which was followed in 2011 by the renewed award of a Jean Monnet ad personam Chair . In 2012, he turned down an offer at the University of Innsbruck for a professorship in contemporary history. In 2013 Gehler accepted a call to head the Institute for Modern and Contemporary History Research (INZ) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna while retaining his professorship at the University of Hildesheim. In February 2014 he took on a visiting professorship at the Faculty of European Studies at the Babeș-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca ( Klausenburg ) as part of the “Cultural Diplomacy and International Relations” program and in March at the Ege Üniversitesi in Izmir as part of the Erasmus lecturer exchange and the partnership with the University of Hildesheim. For the years 2016 to 2019, he was awarded the Jean Monnet ad-personam-Chair by the European Commission for the third time for the Institute for History of the University of Hildesheim Foundation. He has been married since 1994 and has four children.

Gehler conducts research on Austrian, German and European contemporary history . The main research areas are regional history with special consideration of the South Tyrolean question as well as international relations with special consideration of European integration. Gehler has received numerous scientific honors and memberships for his research. He was awarded the Ludwig Jedlicka Memorial Prize in Vienna (1988), the Dr. Wilfried Haslauer Research Prize in Salzburg (1994), the Theodor Körner Foundation Prize for the Promotion of Science and Art in Vienna 1994, the Cardinal Innitzer Promotion Prize in Vienna 1996 and the Prize of the State Capital for Scientific Research at the University of Innsbruck in 2001. He was an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow from 2001 to 2002 at the University of Bonn. He was awarded the Karl von Vogelsang State Prize Vienna (2004) and the Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art (2011).

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  • Students and politics. The struggle for supremacy at the University of Innsbruck 1918–1938 (= Innsbruck research on contemporary history. Vol. 6). Haymon-Verlag, Innsbruck 1990, ISBN 3-85218-079-1 (also: Innsbruck, Universität, Dissertation, 1988).
  • Contemporary history in a dynamic multi-level system. Between regionalization, nation-state, Europeanization, international arena and globalization (= challenges. Vol. 12). Winkler, Bochum 2001, ISBN 3-930083-85-X .
  • Finis neutrality? Historical and political aspects in a European comparison: Ireland, Finland, Sweden, Switzerland and Austria (= Center for European Integration Research. Discussion Paper. C 92). Center for European Integration Research, Bonn 2001, ISBN 3-933307-92-9 .
  • Europe. From utopia to the EURO: Charlemagne cult , early visions, utopias for peace ... (= Fischer. Vol. 15360). Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2002, ISBN 3-596-15360-3 .
  • The long way to Europe. 2 volumes (Vol. 1: Austria from Paneuropa to EU accession. Documents. Vol. 2: Austria from the end of the monarchy to the EU. Presentation ). Studien-Verlag, Innsbruck et al. 2002, ISBN 3-7065-1559-8 .
  • Europe. Ideas, institutions, association. Olzog, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-7892-8129-8 (3rd, completely revised and considerably expanded edition, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-9576-8188-1 ).
  • Austria's Foreign Policy of the Second Republic. From the allied occupation to 21st century Europe. 2 volumes. Studien-Verlag, Innsbruck et al. 2005, ISBN 3-7065-1414-1 .
  • From the Marshall Plan to the EU. Austria and European Integration from 1945 to the Present. StudienVerlag, Innsbruck et al. 2006, ISBN 3-7065-1913-5 .
  • Eduard Reut-Nicolussi and the South Tyrol Question 1918–1958. Champion for freedom and the unity of Tyrol (= Schlern-Schriften. Vol. 333, part 1–2). 2 volumes (Vol. 1: Biography and Presentation. Vol. 2 [as editor]: document edition, mainly from the estate ). Wagner, Innsbruck 2007, ISBN 978-3-7030-0413-1 .
  • Tyrol in the 20th century. From the crown land to the European region. Tyrolia-Athesia, Innsbruck-Bozen 2008, ISBN 978-3-7022-2881-1 .
  • Austria's way into the European Union. Studien-Verlag, Innsbruck et al. 2009, ISBN 978-3-7065-4706-2 .
  • Germany. From division to agreement. 1945 until today. Böhlau, Vienna et al. 2010, ISBN 978-3-205-78584-2 (in English: Three Germanies. West Germany, East Germany and the Berlin Republic since 1945. Reaction, London 2011, ISBN 978-1-86189-778- 7 ; in Italian: Le tre Germanie. Germania Est, Germania Ovest e Repubblica di Berlino. Odoya Library 102, Bologna 2013, ISBN 978-8862881692 ).
  • Failed self-determination. The South Tyrol question, the Gruber-De Gasperi Agreement and its inclusion in the Italian peace treaty 1945–1947 (= files on South Tyrol policy 1945–1958. Vol. 1). Studien-Verlag, Innsbruck et al. 2011, ISBN 978-3-7065-4367-5 .
  • Europe. From utopia to reality (= Haymon Taschenbuch. Vol. 138). Haymon, Innsbruck a. a. 2014 (= greatly expanded and updated new edition of Europe. From utopia to the EURO).
  • Model case for Germany? The Austrian solution with a state treaty and neutrality 1945–1955. Studien-Verlag, Innsbruck-Vienna-Bozen 2015, ISBN 3-7065-4062-2 .
  • with Silvio Vietta and Sanne Ziethen (eds.): Dimensions and perspectives of a global society: questions, problems, findings, research approaches and theories. Böhlau, Vienna-Cologne-Weimar 2018, ISBN 978-3-205-20627-9 .

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SURNAME Gehler, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian historian
DATE OF BIRTH January 15, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH innsbruck