Georg Gerson Iggers (December 7, 1926 – November 26, 2017) was an American historian of modern Europe,

historiography Historiography is the study of the methods of historians in developing history as an academic discipline, and by extension is any body of historical work on a particular subject. The historiography of a specific topic covers how historians ha ...

, and European intellectual history. Iggers was born in

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, in 1926. Being a

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he fled Germany with his family to the US in 1938, only few weeks before the

Kristallnacht () or the Night of Broken Glass, also called the November pogrom(s) (german: Novemberpogrome, ), was a pogrom against Jews carried out by the Nazi Party's (SA) paramilitary and (SS) paramilitary forces along with some participation fro ...

. Iggers belonged to the young émigrés from the Third Reich who later in life, as academic scholars in the United States, had a decisive impact on reviewing critically the history of Germany. In 1957, Iggers became the first White brother initiated into Phi Beta Sigma, Inc, a historically Black fraternity. He was visiting professor at the

Technische Universität Darmstadt The Technische Universität Darmstadt (official English name Technical University of Darmstadt, sometimes also referred to as Darmstadt University of Technology), commonly known as TU Darmstadt, is a research university in the city of Darmstadt ...

in 1991. He was Distinguished Professor Emeritus at

University of Buffalo The State University of New York at Buffalo, commonly called the University at Buffalo (UB) and sometimes called SUNY Buffalo, is a public research university with campuses in Buffalo and Amherst, New York. The university was founded in 18 ...

and 2007 recipient of the First Class Cross of the

Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (german: Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, or , BVO) is the only federal decoration of Germany. It is awarded for special achievements in political, economic, cultural, intellect ...

. Iggers received the

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, honorary doctorate degrees from the

University of Richmond The University of Richmond (UR or U of R) is a private liberal arts college in Richmond, Virginia. It is a primarily undergraduate, residential institution with approximately 4,350 undergraduate and graduate students in five schools: the School ...

, and

Philander Smith College Philander Smith College is a private historically black college in Little Rock, Arkansas. It is affiliated with the United Methodist Church and is a founding member of the United Negro College Fund (UNCF). Philander Smith College is accredited by ...

, and fellowships from the

American Philosophical Society The American Philosophical Society (APS), founded in 1743 in Philadelphia, is a scholarly organization that promotes knowledge in the sciences and humanities through research, professional meetings, publications, library resources, and communit ...

, Fulbright Foundation, Guggenheim Foundation,

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, and Rockefeller Foundation. He was especially noted for his writings on historiography. He died on November 26, 2017, of complications from a cerebral hemorrhage.

Writings

Autobiography * Georg G. Iggers, Wilma A. Iggers: ''Zwei Seiten der Geschichte. Lebensbericht aus unruhigen Zeiten.'' Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2002, . ** ''Two Lives in Uncertain Times. Facing the Challenges of the 20th Century as Scholars and Citizens.'' Berghahn, New York/ Oxford 2006, . * Georg G. Iggers: "History and Social Action beyond National and Continental Borders." In: Andreas W. Daum,

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: ''The Second Generation. Émigrés from Nazi Germany as Historians. With a biobibliographical guide.'' Berghahn, New York 2016, , 82–96. Monographies * ''The Cult of Authority. The Political Philosophy of the Saint-Simonians. A Chapter in the Intellectual History of Totalitarianism''. Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague 1958. * ''The German Conception of History. The National Tradition of Historical Thought from Herder to the Present''. Wesleyan University Press, Middletown, Connecticut 1968. ** (German translation: ''Deutsche Geschichtswissenschaft. Eine Kritik der traditionellen Geschichtsauffassung von Herder bis zur Gegenwart''. dtv 1971) * ''New Directions in European Historiography''. With a contribution by Norman Baker. Wesleyan University Press, Middletown, Connecticut 1975. ** German: ''Neue Geschichtswissenschaft. Vom Historismus zur historischen Sozialwissenschaft. Ein internationaler Vergleich''. dtv 1978. * ''Marxismus und Geschichtswissenschaft heute''. Becker, Velten 1996, . * ''Geschichtswissenschaft im 20. Jahrhundert. Ein kritischer Überblick im internationalen Zusammenhang. Mit einem Nachwort''. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 1993, ; 2nd ed. 1996. ** ''Historiography in the twentieth century. From scientific objectivity to the postmodern challenge''. Wesleyan University Press, Hanover, NH 1997, . * ''Geschichtswissenschaft im 20. Jahrhundert. Ein kritischer Überblick im internationalen Zusammenhang''. Neuausgabe, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2007, . *with Q. Edward Wang and Supriya Mukherjee: ''A Global History of Modern Historiography.'' Routledge 2008 (2nd ed. 2017), .

References

External links

* Andreas W. Daum, "Iggers, Georg Gerson." Deutsche Biographi

* * Oral History projec
Zwei Seiten der Geschichte
documenting the life work of Georg and Wilma Iggers 1926 births 2017 deaths Writers from Hamburg The New School alumni University at Buffalo faculty University of Chicago alumni University of Richmond alumni 20th-century American historians Historians of Germany Historiographers Humboldt Research Award recipients Intellectual historians Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United States Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany {{Germany-historian-stub Academic staff of Technische Universität Darmstadt

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