Ralph Erbar

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Ralph Erbar (born December 19, 1960 in Koblenz ) is a German historian , history teacher and educator .

Life

Erbar studied history , German literature and philosophy at the University of Mainz and was established in 1990 in Winfried Baumgart with a dissertation on the administrative and economic history of the German colony of Togo to Dr. phil. PhD.

Today he works as a technical manager of History at the State Study Seminar for teachers at high schools in Bad Kreuznach , a teacher at the private school in Hildegardis Bingen and Teacher of Didactics history in the workspace history didactics of the History Department of the University of Mainz.

Ralph Erbar has been state chairman of the Rhineland-Palatinate history teachers association and member of the VGD's main board since 2001. At the same time he was an assessor from 2006 to 2012 and from 2016 to 2018 and from 2012 to 2016 Deputy Federal Chairman of the Federal Executive Board. He is co-founder and editor-in-chief of the magazine Geschichte für heute, published by the Association of German History Teachers .

Advisory boards and memberships

Ralph Erbar is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for Remembrance Work in Rhineland-Palatinate and a long-standing member of the state jury in the history competition of the Federal President of the Körber Foundation and the student and youth competition of the State Center for Civic Education Rhineland-Palatinate . He is also a founding member and board member of the Mainz community foundation "House of Remembrance - for Democracy and Acceptance".

In 2017 Ralph Erbar was elected chairman of the board of trustees of the state foundation "Grüner Wall im Westen - memorial former Westwall".

Awards

Ralph Erbar received the teaching award from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz in the 2010/2011 winter semester.

For his voluntary work, Ralph Erbar was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 2017 .

Fonts

Monographs
  • A place in the Sun? The administrative and economic history of the German colony Togo 1884–1914 (= contributions to colonial and overseas history. Vol. 51). Stuttgart 1991.
  • with Ulrich Bongertmann, Niko Lamprecht, Frank Schweppenstette, Sylvia Semmet: Guide to legal clerkship in history. Schwalbach / Ts. 2017.
Editing
  • Sources on Franco-German relations 1919–1963 (= sources on Germany's relations with its neighbors in the 19th and 20th centuries. Freiherr-vom-Stein-Gedächtnisausgabe, Vol. 6). Darmstadt 2003.
  • with Wolfgang Elz : "You are the Germany of the future". School in early National Socialism (1934–1936) using the example of the Mainz high school. Edition of a class diary and suggestions for teaching practice implementation (= PZ-Information. 2008, No. 7). Pedagogical Center Rhineland-Palatinate, Bad Kreuznach 2008.
  • Horizons. School books for history lessons in Rhineland-Palatinate.
  • History class practical. Schwalbach / Ts. 2012 ff.
  • with Mathias Kunz, Gisela Müller, Wolfgang Woelk: The double founding of the state. Germany 1945–1949. Sources from the Federal Archives for teaching. Schwalbach / Ts. 2016.
  • with Hans Berkessel, Hedwig Brüchert, Wolfgang Dobras, Frank Teske: Lamp of Exile. Evidence of Jewish life in Mainz and Bingen. Mainz 2016.
Essays and teaching contributions (selection)
  • Colonialism, Racism and Law. The attempted codification of African customary rights and their consequences for German colonial law in Togo. In: Wilfried Wagner (Ed.): Racial Discrimination, Colonial Policy and Ethnic-National Identity. Lectures at the 2nd International Colonial History Symposium, 1991 in Berlin (= Bremen Asia-Pacific Studies. Vol. 2). Lit, Münster / Hamburg 1992, pp. 134-144.
  • The Niederwald monument in Rüdesheim. In: Think! Monuments as a source basis for interdisciplinary teaching. Vol. 1: General monuments. Bad Kreuznach 1997, pp. 159-186.
  • The equestrian statue of Wilhelm I at the Deutsches Eck in Koblenz. In: Think! Monuments as a source basis for interdisciplinary teaching. Vol. 1: General monuments. Bad Kreuznach 1997, pp. 187-204 (PZ-Information 4/1997).
  • The Osthofen concentration camp. In: Think! Monuments as a source basis for interdisciplinary teaching. Vol. 1: General monuments. Bad Kreuznach 1997, pp. 263-280 (PZ-Information 4/1997).
  • Human rights in their historical development. In: Human rights in the classroom. Contributions and materials. Bad Kreuznach 1998, pp. 23-92 (PZ-Information 17/98).
  • The administration of the German colonies using the example of Togo. In: Yearbook of the Italian-German historical institute in Trento. Vol. 24 (1998), Bologna 1999, pp. 287-304.
  • The watch on the Rhine. The Niederwald monument near Rüdesheim. Nation and nationalism in Germany. In: Bernd Heidenreich , Klaus Böhme (Ed.): Hessen. History and politics (= writings on political regional studies of Hesse. Vol. 5). Stuttgart / Berlin / Cologne 2000, pp. 316–327.
  • Franco-German relations 1919–2004. Backbone of all developments in Europe. In: Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e. V., Rhineland-Palatinate Regional Association (ed.): Verdun. A name makes history. Mainz 2008, pp. 60-72.
  • Germany United fatherland? The Niederwald monument near Rüdesheim as an expression of nationalism in the German Empire. In: History for Today . Vol. 2 (2009), H. 1, pp. 20-35.
  • Witnesses of time? Conversations with contemporary witnesses in science and teaching. In: History for Today. Vol. 5 (2012), H. 3, pp. 5-20.
  • General and specific social and work forms. In: Michele Barricelli, Martin Lücke (Hrsg.): Handbuch Praxis des Geschichtsunterrichts. Vol. 2, Schwalbach / Ts. 2012, pp. 11–22 (Forum Historical Learning).
  • Question and question contemporary witnesses. In: Michael Sauer (Ed.): Spurensucher. A practical handbook for historical project work. Hamburg 2014, pp. 109–125.
  • Germanic mythology and National Socialism in class. In: Volker Gallé (ed.): Germanic mythology and right-wing extremism. Abuse of another world. Worms 2015, pp. 122-138.
  • with Christian Sieber: The Gordian knot. The new history curriculum for lower secondary level in Rhineland-Palatinate. In: History in Science and Education 11/12 (2017), pp. 654–664.
  • Marx and Marxism as a didactic challenge. In: Pedagogical State Institute Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): 200 years of Karl Marx. Teaching materials. Bad Kreuznach 2018, pp. 30–46.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Vademecum of the historical sciences. 3rd edition (1998/1999), p. 338.
  2. ^ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . May 13, 2015, p. 44.
  3. ↑ Home. Retrieved November 23, 2018 .
  4. ↑ JGU teaching award, award winners , Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz website, accessed on November 18, 2014.
  5. ↑ Award ceremony for the Day of German Unity , website of the Federal President, October 4, 2017, accessed on October 2, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Sorry, Ralph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian, history teacher and educator
DATE OF BIRTH December 19, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Koblenz