Wolfgang Altgeld

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Wolfgang Altgeld (born February 8, 1951 in Homberg ) is a German modern historian and was a professor at the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg until 2013 .

Life

After graduating from high school in 1970, he began studying history , political science and education at the University of Cologne , where he became a research assistant in 1976 . In 1979 he became a research assistant at the chair for modern history at the University of Passau , which Rudolf Lill held from 1979 to 1983 . After completing his doctorate in 1982 on the Germans' image of Italy between the Enlightenment and the German Revolution of 1848/1849 , he became a university assistant at the Institute for History at the University of Karlsruhe in 1984 .

After his habilitation in 1990, he became a lecturer in modern history at the University of Karlsruhe in 1991 , before he was given a C3 professorship at the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg in 1992 . In 1996, he accepted the call to a C3 professorship at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz and was also temporarily acting head of the Institute for History at the University of Karlsruhe.

From May 1, 2000, Wolfgang Altgeld was the successor to Harm-Hinrich Brandt, professor and holder of the chair for modern history at the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg. As such, he dealt with the development of nationalism in the German-speaking area from the 18th to the 20th century, the history of German resistance from 1933 to 1945 , the history of Christianity and the history of Italy . He retired in 2013. His successor on the chair is the media historian Peter Hoeres .

Publications

In addition to specialist articles, he was also the author of several specialist books such as

  • Rudolf Lill (Ed.): Decline and seizure of power. Rise and Rule of National Socialism (= put up for discussion. Vol. 21, ISSN  0722-4435 ). Bavarian State Center for Political Education, Munich 1983.
  • The Germans' political image of Italy between the Enlightenment and the revolutions of 1848 (= library of the German Historical Institute in Rome. Vol. 59). Niemeyer, Tübingen 1984, ISBN 3-484-82059-4 (also: Passau, Univ., Diss., 1981/82).
  • Catholicism, Protestantism, Judaism. About religiously based contradictions and national-religious ideas in the history of German nationalism (= publications of the Commission for Contemporary History. Series B: Research. Vol. 59). Matthias-Grünewald-Verlag, Mainz 1992, ISBN 3-7867-1665-X (also: Karlsruhe, Univ., Habil.-Schr., 1990).
  • as editor with Michael Kißener and Harm-Hinrich Brandt: Resistance in Europe. Contemporary historical memories and studies (= Karlsruhe contributions to the history of National Socialism. Vol. 1). UVK Universitäts-Verlag, Konstanz 1995, ISBN 3-89669-850-8 .
  • as editor with Michael Kißener and Joachim Scholtyseck : People, ideas, events in the middle of Europe. Festschrift for Rudolf Lill for his 65th birthday. UVK Universitäts-Verlag, Konstanz 1999, ISBN 3-87940-683-9 .
  • as editor: Sources on German-Italian relations. 1861–1963 (= sources on Germany's relations with its neighbors in the 19th and 20th centuries. Vol. 11). Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2004, ISBN 3-534-14156-3 .
  • with Rudolf Lill: Brief Italian History (= Federal Agency for Political Education. Series of publications. 530). Federal Agency for Political Education, Bonn, 2005 ISBN 3-89331-655-8 .
  • as editor with Matthias Stickler : "Italy on the Main". Grand Duke Ferdinand III. Tuscany as Elector and Grand Duke of Würzburg (= historical studies of the University of Würzburg. Vol. 7). VML Leidorf, Rahden / Westphalia 2007, ISBN 978-3-89646-839-0 .
  • Josef Stangl 1907–1979. Bishop of Würzburg . Life stages in documents. Echter-Verlag, Würzburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-429-02905-0 .

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personal data
SURNAME Altgeld, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH February 8, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Homberg