Sylke Temple

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Sylke Tempel's grave in the Heerstrasse cemetery in Berlin-Westend

Sylke Tempel (born May 30, 1963 in Bayreuth ; †  October 5, 2017 in Berlin ) was a German political scientist , journalist and publicist . Since 2008 she has been editor-in-chief of the magazine Internationale Politik .

Life

Tempel grew up in Bayreuth. After finishing school, she studied history , political science and Jewish studies at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . As a scholarship holder of the Volkswagen Foundation , she carried out research in New York from 1989 to 1991 . At the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Munich , Tempel was Michael Wolffsohn's research assistant . There she was in 1993 with a thesis on the relations of the American Jewish organizations to the Federal Republic of Germany from 1945 to the Dr. phil. PhD.

That same year, Tempel was named Middle East Correspondent of the Week . She reported in particular on the Oslo peace process and during the first and second intifada from Israel and the Palestinian territories . In addition, Tempel wrote as a freelance author for the weekly Jüdische Allgemeine , for the news magazine Profil and Facts and for the Berliner Tagesspiegel . Tempel wrote book reviews and political feature articles for Deutschlandradio . She was a guest in television programs such as the “ Press Club ” from WDR and in “ Kulturzeit ” from 3sat, as well as a guest author on The Axis of the Good .

Since 1994, Tempel has taught at the Berlin branch of Stanford University . She has been a visiting professor at the Institute for German Studies at Stanford University in Stanford several times . Since 2008 she has been editor-in-chief of the journal Internationale Politik published by the German Society for Foreign Policy . In addition, Sylke Tempel has been honorary chairwoman of the German section of Women in International Security (WIIS.de) since 2014 .

Tempel was the author of several books for young people and adults, all of which were published by Rowohlt Berlin . The Letter Collection We both want to live here. A difficult friendship in Jerusalem with correspondence between an Israeli and a Palestinian schoolgirl was awarded the " Quadriga Prize ".

Tempel lived in Berlin. On October 5, 2017, at the age of 54, she was killed by a tree in the Tegeler Forst during the storm Xavier . She left her partner behind.

The funeral service took place on October 20, 2017 in the St. Ludwigs Church in Berlin-Wilmersdorf . The funeral took place later in the immediate family circle. Sylke Tempel's grave is in the state-owned cemetery in Heerstraße in Berlin-Westend .

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Commons : Sylke Tempel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Obituaries

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Curriculum Vitae. (pdf, 66 kB) In: Stanford Knowledgebase. June 17, 2004, accessed July 7, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Christian Schindler: Long-term consequences of Xavier: Walks in the woods are still dangerous. In: Berlin Week . October 11, 2017, accessed July 7, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Anna Sauerbrey : Storm depression "Xavier": Foreign policy expert Sylke Tempel killed in a storm accident. In: tagesspiegel.de . October 6, 2017, accessed July 7, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Shimon Stein : Obituary for Sylke Tempel: "Analytical acumen combined with great warmth of the heart". In: tagesspiegel.de. October 6, 2017, accessed July 7, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Obituary notice of the family in the Berlin Tagesspiegel from October 15, 2017. Accessed on November 18, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Temple, Sylke
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and book author
DATE OF BIRTH May 30, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Bayreuth
DATE OF DEATH 5th October 2017
Place of death Berlin