Volker Depkat

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Volker Depkat (born December 26, 1965 in El Paso (Texas) ) is a German historian .

Depkat studied history, English and German for teaching at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn , at the University of Oregon , Eugene and at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen . In 1992 he passed the first state examination in history and English in Göttingen, and in 1996 he started working on “Images of America in Political Discourses. German Journals 1789–1830 ”. The dissertation was awarded the sponsorship prize of the German-American Academic Council and the city of Krefeld. From 1997 to 2003 he was a research assistant at the Chair for General History of the Modern Age at the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University of Greifswald. In 2003 he completed his habilitation at the University of Greifswald with a study on “Turns of Life and Turns of Times. German politicians and the experiences of the 20th century ”. In 2004/2005 he was senior research assistant at the John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies at the Free University of Berlin . In 2005 he was appointed to a university professor for American studies at the University of Regensburg .

Fonts

Monographs

  • History of the USA , Stuttgart: Kohlhammer 2016.
  • History of north america. An introduction , Cologne, Weimar, Vienna: Böhlau 2008 (= History of the Continents , Vol. 2).
  • Turns of life and turn of times. German politicians and the experiences of the 20th century , Munich: Oldenbourg 2007 (= Ordnungssysteme , Vol. 18).
  • with Astrid Blome: About the 'civilization' of Russia and the 'blossoming' of North America. Leitmotifs of the Enlightenment using the example of German images of Russia and America , Bremen: edition lumiere 2002 (= Press and History - New Contributions , Vol. 2).
  • Images of America in political discourse. German magazines 1789–1830 , Stuttgart: Klett-Cotta 1998 (= language and history , vol. 24).

Editions

  • Edited with Kurt Aland and Hermann Wellenreuther in collaboration with Beate Köster, Karl-Otto Strohmidel: Die Korrespondenz Heinrich Melchior Mühlenberg. From the early days of German Lutheranism in North America. Vol. 5: 1777–1787 , Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter 2002.

Edited volumes / themed booklets

  • Edited with Wolfram Pyta : Autobiography between Text and Source , Berlin: Duncker & Humblot 2017 (= History and Literature Studies in Conversation , Vol. 1).
  • Edited with Jürgen Martschukat : Religion and Politics. Transnational Historical Approaches , Washington DC / Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press 2013.
  • Edited with Meike Zwingenberger: Visual Cultures - Transatlantic Perspectives , Heidelberg: Winter 2012.
  • Edited with Piero Graglia: The decision for Europe. The era consciousness of German and Italian politicians and the project of European integration / Decidere l'Europa. La via verso l'Europa. Esperienza, mentalità e sfide politiche agli albori dell'integrazione europea , Tübingen: Niemeyer 2010.
  • American History / ies in Germany. Assessments, transformations, perspectives. Special issue of the journal Amerikastudien / American Studies 54, 3 (2009).
  • Edited with Matthias Müller a. Andreas Urs Sommer : Why story (s)? History and philosophy of history in conflict , Stuttgart: Steiner 2004.

Web links

  • Website at the University of Regensburg

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Vademecum of the historical sciences , 10th edition, 2012/2013, Steiner, Stuttgart 2012, p. 330.
personal data
SURNAME Depkat, Volker
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH December 26, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH El Paso, Texas