Leibniz Center for Contemporary History
Leibniz Center for Contemporary History | |
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Leibniz Center for Contemporary History |
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Category: | research Institute |
Carrier: | none (legally independent) |
Membership: | Leibniz Association |
Facility location: | Potsdam |
Subjects: | Historical sciences |
Basic funding: | Federal government (50%), states (50%) |
Management: |
Frank Boesch Martin Sabrow |
Homepage: | zzf-potsdam.de |
The Leibniz Center for Contemporary History Potsdam (ZZF) eV is an interdisciplinary institute for research into German and European contemporary history, based in Potsdam . It is a member of the Leibniz Association and - with the Institute for Contemporary History in Munich - is one of the largest and most important research institutes in the field of contemporary history in Germany .
history
The ZZF emerged in early 1996 on the basis of the recommendations of the Science Council from the research focus on contemporary historical studies, which was founded in 1992 after the unification of Germany by the Förderungsgesellschaft Wissenschaftliche Neuvorhaben, a subsidiary of the Max Planck Society . In 2006, the Science Council recommended that the center be accepted into the Leibniz Association , which took effect on January 1, 2009. Until the ZZF was accepted into the Leibniz Association in 2009, the basic equipment of the ZZF was provided by the State of Brandenburg, while the German Research Foundation (DFG) and numerous other foundations financed the implementation of the projects.
Until 1996, the ZZF and the research focus on contemporary historical studies was headed by Jürgen Kocka , after which Christoph Kleßmann took over the management of the house, from 1998 together with Konrad H. Jarausch . In December 2004, Martin Sabrow succeeded Kleßmann. After the departure of the co-director Konrad H. Jarausch in 2006, the ZZF was managed solely by Martin Sabrow until 2011. Since Frank Bösch took up his work as director in October 2011, the institute has again been led by a dual leadership.
Research profile
The scientific work is currently divided into four departments, which deal with the following subject areas:
- Communism and society
- History of the economy
- Contemporary history of the media and information society
- Regime of the social.
The ZZF has an internationally oriented guest scientist program and works with numerous university and non-university research institutions in Germany and abroad. It is linked to the University of Potsdam and the Humboldt University of Berlin through joint appointments . In addition, it cooperates with universities in Berlin and Brandenburg in academic teaching and doctoral training. In addition, the center performs advisory tasks in the area of memorial and museum work .
The ZZF attaches great importance to communicating its tasks and work results to the specialist public. It publishes its research results in numerous scientific publishers. In 2010, scientists at the institute published a total of 21 specialist books on contemporary history topics. With public lecture series, conferences, workshops and multimedia websites, it contributes to historical-political clarification and to public discussion on contemporary historical topics.
Publications
Since 1993, the ZZF has published the series “Zeithistorische Studien”, which is published by Böhlau Verlag . By the end of 2010 it had published a total of 47 volumes in the series.
The History of the Present series has been published by Wallstein Verlag since 2010 . The series Media and Society Change in the 20th Century has also been published by Wallstein Verlag since 2014. 2016, the series began Communism and society in publishing Ch. Links .
In order to offer an insight into the diverse research projects, the institute has also published the almanac “ZeitRäume” every year since 2006 . The annual report provides information on the scientific work and the structural and personal development of the institute .
From 1994 to 2009 the ZZF published the “Potsdam Bulletin for Contemporary History Studies”. In addition to scientific contributions, it provided direct information about the work of the center.
Multimedia offers
One of the most important ZZF projects on the Internet is the Zeitgeschichte-online portal . With the portal, the ZZF has become the most important provider of specialist contemporary information on the Internet in Germany.
In addition, the electronic journal “ Zeithistorische Forschungen / Studies in Contemporary History ” appears three times a year . It is also available in print from the Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht publishing house and sees itself as a forum for German, European and global history of the 20th century.
At Clio-online , the specialist portal for the history sciences, the ZZF is a member of the sponsoring association. It also participates in the web platform H-Soz-u-Kult , a sub-project of Clio-online, which is both a specialist forum and moderated information and communication platform for historians.
With Docupedia Contemporary History , the ZZF created a specialist reference work for basic texts on contemporary history. The ZZF developed and operates it together with the Institute for Historical Studies at the Humboldt University in Berlin and Clio-online.
Together with the Federal Agency for Civic Education and Deutschlandradio , the ZZF also designed websites on the uprising of June 17, 1953 in the GDR (“17Juni53.de”) and the history of the Berlin Wall (“Chronik-der-Mauer.de”).
The website “Ungarn1956.de”, which sheds light on the background and effects of the Hungarian revolution of 1956, was created with the foundation for coming to terms with the SED dictatorship and the Collegium Hungaricum Berlin .
With this, the ZZF has not only succeeded in taking on a “pioneering role in the field of electronic specialist information” and a “leading position in communicating the results of basic research on contemporary history in social discourse”, but also in the capital region as “the decisive focal point of the contemporary historical debate “To be noticed.
courses
Since the 2008/09 winter semester, the ZZF has been offering the master's degree in " Public History " in cooperation with the Friedrich Meinecke Institute at the Free University of Berlin .
Selection of current and former employees
- Ralf Ahrens
- Klaus Jochen Arnold
- Simone Barck
- Udo Baron , from November 2005 to October 2007 research assistant for the project Deaths on the Berlin Wall
- Jan C. Behrends
- Rüdiger Bergien , research associate since 2009
- Jürgen Danyel , research associate since 1992; since 2017 head of the library, since 2009 head of the department "Contemporary History of the Media and Information Society", since 2008 deputy director
- Jens Gieseke , since 2008 project manager of the department "Communism and Society"
- Olaf Groehler , from 1990 until 1994, when his work as an unofficial employee of the State Security became public.
- Rüdiger Hachtmann , head of the project The Fordist Century since 2007 , until 2018
- Enrico Heitzer , until 2010
- Hans-Hermann Hertle , research assistant
- Beatrice Heuser
- Peter Hübner , research assistant from 1996 to 2009
- Renate Hürtgen , research assistant from 1997 to 2012
- Petra Kabus , was a research assistant
- Thomas Klein , research associate from 1996 to 2009
- Árpád von Klimó , research associate until June 2008
- Scott Krause , Visiting Fellow from January to December 2017
- Sabine Kuder , research assistant from 1996 to 2000
- Thomas Lindenberger , from 1996 to 2017 project and department manager
- Siegfried Lokatis , former research assistant
- Andreas Ludwig , research associate since 2013
- Ulrich Mählert
- Thomas Mergel
- Maren Möhring , from 2012 to 2014 Head of Department III The Change in Politics
- Bodo Mrozek
- Dietrich Mühlberg , since 1998
- Christian Th. Müller , research associate from 2001 to 2003
- Joachim Petzold , from 1992 to 1998
- Jörg Roesler , until 1995
- Susanne Schattenberg
- René Schlot
- Wilhelm Heinz Schröder , speaker of the general assembly of the ZZF association
- André Steiner , project manager since 2000
- Bernd Stöver , research associate from 2001 to 2006
Members of the Scientific Advisory Board
Members of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Leibniz Center for Contemporary History Research Potsdam (ZZF) e. V.
Chair
Members
- Dolores Augustine
- Thomas Grossbölting
- Saskia Handro
- Christina von Hodenberg
- Joachim von Puttkamer
- Alexander utility needle
- Lutz Raphael
- Brigitte Studer
Members of the association
Members of the Leibniz Center for Contemporary History Research Potsdam (ZZF) e. V.
- Frank Bösch , board member
- Martin Sabrow , board member
- Wilhelm Heinz Schröder , Speaker of the General Assembly, GESIS - Leibniz Institute for Social Sciences, Cologne
- Ministry of Science and Research of the State of Brandenburg , represented by Ulrike Gutheil
- University of Potsdam , represented by Oliver Günther
- Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences , represented by Wolf-Hagen Krauth
- Humboldt University of Berlin , represented by Sabine art
- Federal Archives (Germany) Berlin, represented by Petra Rauschenbach
- Federal Ministry of Education and Research , represented d. Gisela Helbig
- Gunilla Budde , Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Fellows
Web links
- Official website
- "Contemporary history online" web portal
- Journal "Zeithistorische Forschungen / Studies in Contemporary History"
- Docupedia contemporary history
- Chronicle of the Wall
Individual evidence
- ↑ See press release of the Federal and State Commission for Educational Planning and Research Funding from November 19, 2007, http://www.blk-bonn.de/pressemitteilungen/pm2007-14.pdf (accessed on February 21, 2008).
- ↑ Wissenschaftsrat: Recommendation of the Science Council for the Promotion of Humanities Centers, in: Recommendations and Statements 1994, Vol. II, Cologne 1995, pp. 35–72.
- ↑ Press release of the Science Council of July 10, 2006 (PDF; 22 kB).
- ↑ ZZF - News from December 2008 ( Memento from December 20, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Information on the visiting scholar program on the ZZF website ( Memento from July 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Publications 2015 ( Memento from December 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Potsdam Almanac of the Center for Contemporary History ( Memento from December 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Annual reports for download on the ZZF website ( Memento from May 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Most of the 46 editions can be viewed in full text on the ZZF website ( memento of March 5, 2010 in the Internet Archive ).
- ↑ www.17Juni53.de
- ↑ www.Chronik-der-Mauer.de
- ↑ Focus: The mass demonstration of October 23, 1956 in Budapest - the start of the uprising ( Memento of October 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Statement of the Science Council on the application for inclusion of the ZZF in joint funding by the federal and state governments of July 7, 2006, http://www.wissenschaftsrat.de/download/archiv/7355-06.pdf , p. 10.
- ↑ Public History Master
- ↑ https://www.enricoheitzer.de/%C3%BCber-mich/
- ↑ https://zzf-potsdam.de/de/mitarbeiter/rene-schlott
- ↑ https://www.uni-giessen.de/fbz/dfgk/tme/Kollegiatinnen/schlott-rene
- ↑ Members of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Leibniz Center for Contemporary History Potsdam eV ( Memento from December 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Prof. Dr. Brigitte Studer. April 26, 2018, accessed February 21, 2019 .
- ↑ https://zzf-potsdam.de/de/institut/gremien/trägererversammlung
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