Heinz-Gerhard Haupt was born on 21 March 1943 in
Göttingen
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. Since 1998 he is Professor of Social History at Faculty of History, Theology, and Philosophy at the
Bielefeld University
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Academia
Heinz-Gerhard Haupt is Professor of Social History at the
Bielefeld University
Bielefeld University (german: Universität Bielefeld) is a university in Bielefeld, Germany. Founded in 1969, it is one of the country's newer universities, and considers itself a "reform" university, following a different style of organization a ...
, but until August 30, 2011, on a Sabbatical at the
European University Institute
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in
Florence
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. He heads two research projects of the Collaborative Research Center 584 “The Political as Communication Space in History”. He is co-applicant of the German Research Foundation's research unit “Youth Violence“ and board member of the
His research focuses on the history of and relations between nationalism and religion in Europe, 19th and 20th century European history of consumption, and on the history of political violence in
Europe
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since 1800. He is a member of advisory board of the Academia istropolitana (Bratislava), member of advisory board of the journal Genèse (Paris) and member of advisory board of the journal Comparativ (Leipzig).
Research
*Political violence in
Germany
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and
France
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, 1870-1914 (Collaborative Research Center 584, 2008–2012)
*International Research Unit “Control of Violence“ (Center for Interdisciplinary Research, 2007–2008)
*Violence in Germany and France, 2nd half of the 19th Century (Collaborative Research Center 584, 2004–2008)
*Political radicalization in Europe (European Forum at the European University Institute, 2007–2008)
Selected publications
*with
Wilhelm Heitmeyer
Wilhelm Heitmeyer (born 28 June 1945, in Nettelstedt, Germany) is sociologist and professor of education specializing in socialisation. From 1996 to 2013 he headed the Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence (IKG) at Bie ...
, S.Malthaner, and A. Kirschner, eds. 2010. Control of Violence. Historical and International Perspectives on modern Societies. New York: Springer.
*with J. Kocka. 2010. Comparison and Beyond. Traditions, Scope, and Perspectives of Comparative History. In Comparative and Transnational History. Central European Approaches and New Perspectives, eds. H.-G. Haupt and
Jürgen Kocka
Professor Emeritus Jürgen Kocka (born 19 April 1941 in Haindorf, Sudetenland) is a German historian.
A university professor and former president of the Social Science Research Center Berlin (2001–2007), Kocka is a major figure in the new ...
, 1–30. New York: Berghahn.
*with N. Bulst, and I. Gilcher-Holthey, eds. 2008. Gewalt im politischen Raum
iolence in Political Space Frankfurt a. M.: campus.
*with K. Weinhauer, and J. Requate, eds. 2007. Terrorismus in der Bundesrepublik. Medien, Staat und Subkulturen in den 1970er Jahren.
errorism in the Federal Republic of Germany: Media, State, and Subcultures in the 1970s.Frankfurt a. M.: campus.
*with R. Gerwardt, eds. 2006. Terrorism in Twentieth Century Europe: Comparative and Transnational Perspectives. Special Issue Revue Européenne d'Histoire 14(3): 275–281.
*with U. Frevert, eds. 2005. Neue Politikgeschichte
ew Political History Frankfurt a. M.: campus.
*with
Christoph Gusy, eds. 2005. Exklusion und Partizipation – Politische Kommunikation im historischen Wandel
xclusion and Participation – Political Communication in Historical Transition Frankfurt a. M.: campus.
*ed. 2004. Au bonheur des Allemands. Special issue: Le Mouvement social 206
*with D. Langewiesche, eds. 2004. Nation und Religion in Europa. Mehrkonfessionelle Gesellschaften im 19.und 20.Jahrhundert.
ation and Religion in Europe. Multiconfessional Societies in the 19th and 20th Century Frankfurt /New York: campus
*2001. “Comparative History” and “History of Violence”. In International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioural Sciences, eds.
Neil Smelser
Neil Joseph Smelser (1930–2017) was an American sociologist who served as professor of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. He was an active researcher from 1958 to 1994. His research was on collective behavior, sociological theo ...
, and P. B. Baltes, 2397–3403 and 16196–16202. Oxford: Pergamon
* See also publications with
Geoffrey Crossick
Geoffrey Joel Crossick FRHistS (born 13 June 1946) is a British academic who is Professor of Humanities at the School of Advanced Study, a postgraduate school of the University of London. He was Vice-Chancellor of London University from 2010 to 20 ...
References and external links
Personal Website* He is a member of the interdisciplinary working grou
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1943 births
Academic staff of Bielefeld University
20th-century German historians
Living people
German male non-fiction writers
21st-century German historians