Wolfgang Eichwede

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Wolfgang Eichwede (born June 12, 1942 in Friedrichshafen ) is a German historian and founding director of the Research Center for Eastern Europe at the University of Bremen .

biography

Eichwede studied history , politics , philosophy and Slavic studies in Tübingen , Heidelberg and Berlin .

Since 1974 he has been Professor of Politics and Contemporary History of Eastern Europe at the University of Bremen . He retired in 2007. His main research interests are the social movements and culture of Eastern Europe (especially the Soviet Union and Russia) after 1953, as well as Soviet and Russian-German relations in the 20th and 21st centuries.

With the establishment of the Research Center for Eastern Europe in 1982, he took over the management of the institute, which he held until 2008. His successor is the historian Susanne Schattenberg . Under his direction, one of the largest samizdat archives in the world was created at the Eastern Europe Research Center . This was made possible in particular by Eichwede's close personal relationship with dissidents in Eastern Europe. He is closely associated with the human rights organization Memorial . To this day, he is committed to the social, civil rights and freedom movements in Eastern Europe. The endeavor to create friendship with Russia, said Eichwede, must also show Putin's power politics "its limits - limits that result from international law and the rights of the smaller, not so powerful states".

Eichwede has been very successful in returning looted art goods in both directions (Germany - Eastern Europe). He played a mediating role in the reconstruction of the Amber Room in Katharinenpark.

Memberships

  • Vice President of the German Society for Eastern European Studies (DGO)
  • Advisory Board - Fund for Central and East European Book Projects / European Cultural Foundation , Amsterdam

Awards

Publications

Book series

  • Editor of the series of the Research Center for Eastern Europe until 2008: Analyzes of Culture and Society in Eastern Europe . 11 volumes since 1994
  • Documentation on culture and society in Eastern Europe . 8 volumes since 1994.
  • with Frank Golczewski and Günter Trautmann publishers of the Hamburg series Eastern Europe. History, economy, politics . Lit publishing house.

Books and edited volumes

  • Archive of the Research Center for Eastern Europe. Inventories at a glance. USSR / Russia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and GDR. Stuttgart 2009.
  • with Regina Kayser: Literature Between Power and Marginalization . Berlin 2003.
  • with Regina Kayser: Metropolises in Transition. Berlin - Moscow. Berlin 2003.
  • Samizdat. Alternative culture in Central and Eastern Europe. The 60s to 80s. Bremen 2000.
  • with Ulrike Hartung: Re .: Guarantee. Nazi art theft in the Soviet Union. Bremen 1998.
  • The Zhirinovsky Effect. Where is Russia going? Hamburg 1994.

Articles (selection)

  • Ot statusa trofeev - k roli poslov. In: neprikosnovennyj zapas. 1, (069), 2010, pp. 125-135.
  • At a loss in Moscow. In: Special volume 2010 from Back then The Cold War. Pp. 115-126.
  • Anti-politics. The civil rights movement in Central Eastern Europe (conversation). In: Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (ed.): In view: German-German town twinning. The contribution of the municipalities in the unity process . Bremen 2010, pp. 61–64.
  • German units. In: Kurier am Sonntag / Weser-Kurier. October 3, 2010.
  • Trophy Art as Ambassadors: Reflections Beyond Diplomatic Deadlock in the German-Russian Dialogue. In: International Journal of Cultural Property. Vol. 17, (2010), No 2, pp. 387-412.
  • Honoring a dissident. ( Andrei Sakharov ). In: Back then. 42. Vol. 12, 2010, pp. 10-13.
  • Relaxation with a human face - CSCE, human rights, samizdat. In: Eastern Europe. 60. Vol. 11, 2010, pp. 59-84.
  • Don Quixote's victory. Civil rights activists and the revolutions of 1989. In: Eastern Europe. 59th vol., H. 2-3, 2009, pp. 61-84.
  • The Eastern Europe Research Center. Archive and history. In: W. Eichwede (Ed.): The archive of the Eastern Europe Research Center. Inventories at a glance. USSR / Russia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and GDR. Stuttgart 2009, pp. 7-21.
  • Helsinki and the Civil Rights Movement in Eastern Europe. In: V. Bilandzic, M. Kosanovic (Eds.): From Helsinki to Belgrade - The First CSCE Follow-up Meeting in Belgrade 1977/78. Beograd 2008, pp. 141-149.
  • Helsinki and Hanka. In: M. Janisova, J. Kren (eds.): Krizovatky dvou zivotu. Sbornik k pocte Hany Mejdrove a Milose Hajka. Praha 2008, pp. 43-56.
  • Communism. In: St. Gosepath, W. Hinsch, B. Rössler (Ed.): Handbook of Political Philosophy and Social Philosophy. Volume 1, Berlin 2008, pp. 625-631.
  • Germany - Poland - Russia. History - Natural Gas - Geography. Eleventh German-Polish panel discussion with Wolfgang Eichwede and others. Documentation, Darmstadt 2008.
  • Friendship yes, Dürer no. About the depths of the looted art dispute between Russia and Germany. In: Eastern Europe. 56th vol., H. 1-2, 2006, pp. 71-84.
  • Contradiction as a culture. In: H. Hamersky (Ed.): Gegenansichten. Photographs on the political and cultural opposition in Eastern Europe 1956–1989. Berlin 2005, pp. 14-21.
  • Kaliningrad in the year 2020. A Not Quite Fictitious Conversation. In: E. Tsvetaeva (Ed.): Art Guide. Koenigsberg / Kaliningrad Now. Kaliningrad 2005, pp. 28–31 (also in Russian).
  • Address of the award winner. In: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (Ed.), Danziger Erich-Brost-Preis, awarded to the Research Center for Eastern Europe at the University of Bremen on November 10, 1999 in Berlin, Bonn 2000, pp. 29–34.
  • Normality as a perspective. In: Traces - Sledy. Germans and Russians in history. Book accompanying the exhibition in the House of History of the Federal Republic of Germany. Bonn 2003, pp. 184–191.
  • Europe sees Germany. Russia's Post-1989 Expectations - Fulfilled or Disappointed? In: At the limits of life. Osnabrück Yearbook Peace and Science. H. 10, 2003, pp. 91-101.
  • Russia in Europe. New wine in old bottles? Questions about history. In: Eastern Europe. 53rd vol., H. 9-10, 2003, pp. 1245-1261.
  • The Cold War. In: P. Choroschilow, J. Harten (Ed.): Berlin - Moscow. Moscow - Berlin. 1950-2000. Chronik, Berlin 2003, pp. 25–35 (also in Russian).
  • Revolution as self-control. Europe and its samizdat. In: The political opinion. 47th vol., H. 397, 2002, pp. 39-42.
  • The Conception of the Exhibition. In: W. Eichwede (Ed.): Samizdat. Alternative Culture in Central and Eastern Europe from the 1960s to the 1980s. Bremen 2002, pp. 15-19.
  • Laudation on the memorial on the occasion of the award of the Erich Maria Remarque Peace Prize of the City of Osnabrück to Swetlana Alexijewitsch and Memorial on June 22, 2001, Osnabrück 2002, pp. 32–37.
  • Seen from the outside. Russian developments - Western perceptions. In: H.-H. Höhmann, H.-H. Schröder (Ed.): Russia under new leadership. Politics, economy and society at the beginning of the 21st century. Münster 2001, pp. 292-302.
  • Russia and the West a decade after the turnaround. The reform determines the content. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. No. 96, April 26, 2001, p. 12.
  • Children of the Enlightenment. In: Kafka. Journal for Central Europe. H. 3, 2001, pp. 8-15.
  • Power calculations. In: Tages-Anzeiger. Zurich, January 8, 2000.
  • Two steps forward, one step back. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. February 2000.
  • Samizdat archipelago. In: W. Eichwede (Ed.): Samizdat. Alternative culture in Central and Eastern Europe. The 60s to 80s. Bremen 2000, pp. 8-19.
  • The exhibition. Concept, structure, structure. In: W. Eichwede (Ed.): Samizdat. Alternative culture in Central and Eastern Europe. The 60s to 80s. Bremen 2000.
  • Reflections on Political Culture in Today's Russia. In: K. Eimermacher, A. Hartmann (Ed.): Fluchtlinien. Topography of the educational landscape of Russia. Bochum 2000, pp. 21-43.
  • Monologues in the Dialogue of Cultures? References to the change in Germany and Russia. In: Confrontation or Cooperation? Ecumenism in Central and Eastern Europe. 4th International Congress Renovabis (4/2000), pp. 67–74.
  • Tied up in history. In: H.-H. Höhmann (Ed.): An underestimated dimension? On the role of economic and cultural factors in the Eastern European transformation. Bremen 1999, pp. 132-138.
  • Paradigms, symbols and stagings in transition. Reflections on Political Culture in Today's Russia. In: A. Nußberger, M. Mommsen (Ed.): Crisis in Russia. Political and social law solutions. Berlin 1999, pp. 28-37.
  • Loss of Soviet cultural property in World War II. Numbers, odysseys and puzzles. In: Eastern Europe. 48th vol., H. 3, 1998, pp. 225-238.
  • Russia in transition. Federation of the Strong Hand or Democracy? In: U. Carstens, C. Schlüter-Knauer (Ed.): The will to democracy. Lines of tradition and perspectives. Berlin 1998.
  • Introduction. Russia on the way to a civil society? In: Research Center Eastern Europe (Ed.): The new Russia in politics and culture. Bremen 1998, pp. 7-23.
  • Introduction. War on culture. In: W. Eichwede, U. Hartung (Hrsg.): "Re .: Guarantee" Nazi art theft in the Soviet Union. Bremen 1998, pp. 7-17.
  • Thief greetings to Moscow. From secret files. Return of looted art to Russia. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. March 15, 1997.
  • Responsibility and history. In: H.-G. Thiele (Ed.): The Wehrmacht Exhibition. Documentation of a controversy. Bremen 1997, pp. 76-80.
  • Models of Restitution (Germany, Russia, Ukraine). In: E. Simpson (Ed.): The Spoils of War. World War II and its aftermath. The Loss, Reappearance, and Recovery of Cultural Property. New York 1997, pp. 216-224.
  • The German nation. Stigma and change to normal (an incomplete attempt). In: J. Calließ (Ed.): Stigma and normality. 50 years after the fall of the first German nation-state in search of the nation. (= Loccumer Protocols. 22/95 ). Loccum 1996, pp. 85-100.
  • German-Russian irritations. Art as prey between law and history. In: Germany archive. 29th vol., H. 1, 1996, pp. 86-92.
  • Stability in contradictions? Russia's Realities 1996. In: Eastern Europe. 46th vol., H. 9, 1996, pp. 843-854.
  • Contradictions in the Reconstruction of Civil Societies in Eastern Europe. In: H. Mandt (Ed.): The future of civil society in Europe. Baden-Baden 1994, pp. 11-26.
  • Where is Russia going? On the splendor and misery of the reforms. In: W. Eichwede (Ed.): The Schirinowski Effect. Hamburg 1994, pp. 11-34.

Web links

supporting documents

  1. ↑ so under the title Dangerous Counselors in the book review of the anthology published by Adelheid Bahr Why we need peace and friendship with Russia . Westend Verlag, Frankfurt 2018
  2. ↑ Press release of the Bremen Senate.
  3. ↑ FAZ . June 9, 2011, p. 28.
personal data
SURNAME Eichwede, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian
DATE OF BIRTH June 12, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Friedrichshafen