Wolfgang Schmidt (historian)

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Wolfgang Schmidt (* 1958 in Regensburg ) is a German military historian .

Life

Schmidt joined the Bundeswehr in 1978 as a reserve officer candidate . From 1980 to 1985 he studied history and political science at the University of Regensburg with a master's degree . In 1988 he received a scholarship from the Free State of Bavaria at the chair for Bavarian regional history ( Wilhelm Volkert ) with the dissertation The Garrison City of Regensburg in the 19th and early 20th centuries as a Dr. phil. PhD. The work was awarded the Professor Josef Engert Prize of the City of Regensburg.

From 1989 to 1995 he was a teaching staff officer for military history at the Air Force Officer's School (OSLw) in Fürstenfeldbruck . In 1995 he came to the Military History Research Office (MGFA) in Potsdam as a historian staff officer . From 1999 he was a lecturer at the Otto Suhr Institute at the Free University of Berlin , at the Center for Research on Antisemitism at the TU Berlin and at the University of Potsdam ("Military Studies" course).

From 2008 to 2010 he was a senior lecturer in military history in the security policy and strategy department at the Federal Armed Forces Leadership Academy (FüAkBw) in Hamburg . Since 2010 he has been head of the social analysis and history department in the human and social sciences department. His work focuses on military history, the history of civil-military relations and the cultural history of the armed forces. He currently holds the rank of Colonel in the Air Force .

Fonts (selection)

Monographs

  • A city and its military. Regensburg as a Bavarian garrison town in the 19th and early 20th centuries (= studies and sources on the history of Regensburg , Volume 7). Mittelbayerische Druckerei- und Verlagsgesellschaft, Regensburg 1993, ISBN 3-927529-52-4 .
  • Historic military architecture in Potsdam today . Edited by the Military History Research Office, Trafo Verlag, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89626-340-4 .
  • Integration and Change. The infrastructure of the armed forces as a factor of socio-economic modernization in the Federal Republic from 1955 to 1975 (= Security Policy and Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Germany , Volume 6). Oldenbourg, Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-486-57957-4 .

Editorships

  • with Bernhard Chiari , Matthias Rogg : War and the military in the film of the 20th century (= contributions to military history , volume 59). Commissioned by the Military History Research Office, Oldenbourg, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-486-56716-0 .
  • with Bernd Lemke , Dieter Krüger , Heinz Rebhan: The Air Force 1950 to 1970. Conception, structure, integration (= security policy and armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany , Volume 2). Oldenbourg, Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-486-57973-4 .
  • with Rudolf J. Schlaffer : Wolf Graf von Baudissin, 1907–1993. Modernizer between totalitarian rule and free order . Commissioned by the Military History Research Office, Oldenbourg, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-486-58283-3 .
  • with Jörg Echternkamp , Thomas Vogel : Perspectives on military history. Space, violence and representation in historical research and education (= contributions to military history , volume 67). Commissioned by the Military History Research Office, Oldenbourg, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-486-58816-3 .
  • with Eberhard Birk , Heiner Möllers : The air force between politics and technology (= writings on the history of the German air force , volume 2). Hartmann, Miles-Verlag, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-937885-56-8 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Wolfgang Schmidt: A city and its military . Website of the Regensburg University Press, accessed on February 12, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Schmidt, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German military historian and lieutenant colonel
DATE OF BIRTH 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH regensburg