Horst Möller
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Horst Möller is a German contemporary historian
. He is Professor of Modern History at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) and, from 1992 to 2011, Director of the Institut für Zeitgeschichte
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Möller was a student of history, philosophy and German studies at the University of Göttingen and the Free University of Berlin
, and earned his doctorate in 1972. He was Deputy Director of the Institut für Zeitgeschichte from 1979 to 1982, and from 1982 to 1989 he was Professor at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg. He was Director of the German Historical Institute in Paris from 1989 to 1992.
He has been a Visiting Fellow at St. Antony's College, Oxford (1986) and Sorbonne University (1988), Visiting Professor at Sciences Po in Paris (2002–2003). He is a member of the Historical Commission of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences.
Contemporary history
Contemporary history describes the period timeframe that is without any intervening time closely connected to the present and is a certain perspective of modern history. The term "contemporary history" has been in use at least by the early 19th century. In the widest context of this use,...
. He is Professor of Modern History at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) and, from 1992 to 2011, Director of the Institut für Zeitgeschichte
Institut für Zeitgeschichte
The Institut für Zeitgeschichte in Munich was conceived in 1947 under the name Deutsches Institut für Geschichte der nationalsozialistischen Zeit...
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Möller was a student of history, philosophy and German studies at the University of Göttingen and the Free University of Berlin
Free University of Berlin
Freie Universität Berlin is one of the leading and most prestigious research universities in Germany and continental Europe. It distinguishes itself through its modern and international character. It is the largest of the four universities in Berlin. Research at the university is focused on the...
, and earned his doctorate in 1972. He was Deputy Director of the Institut für Zeitgeschichte from 1979 to 1982, and from 1982 to 1989 he was Professor at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg. He was Director of the German Historical Institute in Paris from 1989 to 1992.
He has been a Visiting Fellow at St. Antony's College, Oxford (1986) and Sorbonne University (1988), Visiting Professor at Sciences Po in Paris (2002–2003). He is a member of the Historical Commission of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences.
Honours
- 1987: Federal Cross of Merit
- 1994: Prix France-Allemagne
- 1995: Officer of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques
- 1996: Prix Lémonon of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques, Paris (Institut de FranceInstitut de FranceThe Institut de France is a French learned society, grouping five académies, the most famous of which is the Académie française.The institute, located in Paris, manages approximately 1,000 foundations, as well as museums and chateaux open for visit. It also awards prizes and subsidies, which...
) - 1998: Honorary doctorate at the University of BordeauxUniversity of BordeauxUniversity of Bordeaux is an association of higher education institutions in and around Bordeaux, France. Its current incarnation was established 21 March 2007. The group is the largest system of higher education schools in southwestern France. It is part of the Academy of Bordeaux.There are seven...
- 2006: Prix Gay-Lussac - Humboldt, awarded by the French Ministry of Research
- 2006: Honorary doctorate at the Institut d’études politiques de Paris (Fondation nationale des sciences politiques)
- 2006: Honorary doctorate at the University of OrléansUniversity of Orléans-History:In 1230, when for a time the doctors of the University of Paris were scattered, a number of the teachers and disciples took refuge in Orléans; when pope Boniface VIII, in 1298, promulgated the sixth book of the Decretals, he appointed the doctors of Bologna and the doctors of Orléans to...
- 2007: Bavarian Order of MeritBavarian Order of MeritThe Bavarian Order of Merit is the order of merit of the Free State of Bavaria. It is awarded by the Minister-President of Bavaria as a "recognition of outstanding contributions to the Free State of Bavaria and the Bavarian people"....
Monographies
- Aufklärung in Preußen. 1974
- Exodus der Kultur. Schriftsteller, Wissenschaftler und Künstler in der Emigration nach 1933. 1984, engl. 1983
- Parlamentarismus in Preußen 1919-1932. 1985
- Die Weimarer Republik. Eine unvollendete Demokratie. Dtv, 1985, ISBN 3423340592
- Vernunft und Kritik. Deutsche Aufklärung im 17. und 18. Jahrhundert. 1986
- Fürstenstaat oder Bürgernation? Deutschland 1763-1815. btb Verlag, o. Ort 1989, ISBN 3442755247
- Theodor Heuss. Staatsmann und Schriftsteller. 1990
- Europa zwischen den Weltkriegen. Oldenbourg, o. Ort 1998, ISBN 348652321X
- Der rote Holocaust und die Deutschen. Die Debatte um das 'Schwarzbuch des Kommunismus. Piper VerlagPiper VerlagPiper Verlag is a German publisher based in Munich, printing both fiction and non-fiction works. It currently prints over 200 new paperback titles per year. Authors published by the company include Andreas von Bülow and Sara Paretsky. It owned by the Swedish media conglomerate Bonnier. It was...
. ISBN 978-3492041195. - Wolfgang Neugebauer (ed.): Preußen von 1918 bis 1947: Weimarer Republik, Preußen und der Nationalsozialismus, in: Handbuch der preußischen Geschichte, Bd. 3, 2001
- with Hildegard Möller: Saint-Gobain in Deutschland. Von 1853 bis zur Gegenwart. Geschichte eines europäischen Unternehmens. 2001
- Andreas Wirsching (ed.): Aufklärung und Demokratie. Historische Studien zur politischen Vernunft. 2003
Co-author
- with Martin BroszatMartin BroszatMartin Broszat was a German historian specializing in modern German social history whose work has been described by The Encyclopedia of Historians as indispensable for any serious study of the Third Reich. Broszat was born in Leipzig, Germany and studied history at the University of Leipzig and...
: Das Dritte Reich. Herrschaftsstruktur und Geschichte. C.H. Beck Verlag, 1983, ISBN 3406092802 - with Hannah Caplan, Egon Radvany, Dieter M. Schneider, Herbert A. Strauss (Hrsg.), Werner Röder (Hrsg.): Biographisches Handbuch der deutschsprachigen Emigration nach 1933-1945. Band II. Kunst, Wissenschaft und Literatur. Saur KG, 1983, ISBN 3598100892
- with Udo Wengst: Einführung in die Zeitgeschichte. Beck, 2003, ISBN 3406502466
Editor
- Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte and Schriftenreihe der VfZ (with K. D. Bracher and H.-P. Schwarz)
- with K. Hildebrand and G. Schöllgen: Akten zur Auswärtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland.
- with G. Raulet and A. Wirsching: Gefährdete Mitte. Mittelschichten und politische Kultur zwischen den Weltkriegen: Italien, Frankreich und Deutschland. 1993
- with J. Morizet: Allemagne - France. Lieux de mémoire d'une histoire commune. Paris 1995
- with A. Wirsching and W. Ziegler: Nationalsozialismus in der Region. 1996
- with I. Mieck and J. Voss: Paris und Berlin in der Revolution 1848. 1995
- with Rainer EppelmannRainer EppelmannRainer Eppelmann , is a German politician. Known for his opposition in the German Democratic Republic, he became Minister for Disarmament and Defense in the last cabinet. He is now a member of the CDU....
, Dorothee WilmsDorothee WilmsDorothee Wilms is a German politician.From 1982 to 1987 she was the Federal Minister for Education and Science and from 1987 to 1991 the Federal Minister for Inner-German relations.-Education and career:...
und Günter NookeGünter NookeGünter Nooke is a German CDU politician and a former civil rights activist.- Background :Nooke was born in Forst , Germany, a small town in Brandenburg...
: Lexikon des DDR-Sozialismus. 1996 - with K. Hildebrand: Die Bundesrepublik Deutschland und Frankreich. Dokumente 1949-1963. 1997/99 (4 Bde.)
- with Udo Wengst: 50 Jahre Institut für Zeitgeschichte: eine Bilanz. 1999
- with L. Gall et al.: Enzyklopädie deutscher Geschichte.
- Jahrbuch der historischen Forschung. 1982-2003
- Historische Bibliographie. 1987-2003
- with Eberhard JäckelEberhard JäckelEberhard Jäckel is a Social Democratic German historian, noted for his studies of Adolf Hitler's role in German history. Jäckel sees Hitler as being the historical equivalent to the Chernobyl disaster.-Career:...
, Hermann Rudolph: Von Heuss bis Herzog. Die Bundespräsidenten im politischen System der Bundesrepublik. 1999 - with Volker Dahm, Hartmut Mehringer: Die tödliche Utopie. Bilder, Texte, Dokumente, Daten zum Dritten Reich. 2002
- with Manfred Kittel: Demokratie in Deutschland und Frankreich 1918-1933/40. Beiträge zu einem historischen Vergleich. 2002
- with Maurice Vaïsse: Willy Brandt und Frankreich. 2005
- with Manfred Kittel, Jirí Pešek, Oldrich Tuma: Deutschsprachige Minderheiten 1945. Ein europäischer Vergleich. 2006 (tschech. Ausgabe unter dem Titel: Nemecké menšiny v právnich normách 1938-1948. Ceskoslovensko ve srovnáni s vbybranými evropskými zememy)
- Les relations franco-bavaroises. Textes réunis et publiés par Jacques Bariéty et Horst Möller, Revue d'Allemagne, tome 38 - no. 3, Juli - September 2006.