Miriam Gebhardt (born 28 January 1962) is a German
historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the stu ...
and writer.
Life
Gebhardt was born in
Freiburg, Germany and trained as a journalist. From 1982, she worked as an editor.
From 1988 to 1993 she studied
social
Social organisms, including human(s), live collectively in interacting populations. This interaction is considered social whether they are aware of it or not, and whether the exchange is voluntary or not.
Etymology
The word "social" derives from ...
and
economic history
Economic history is the academic learning of economies or economic events of the past. Research is conducted using a combination of historical methods, statistical methods and the application of economic theory to historical situations and ins ...
, regional history and modern German literature at
Munich University
The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich or LMU; german: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) is a public research university in Munich, Germany. It is Germany's sixth-oldest university in continuous operatio ...
. In 1988 she obtained a doctorate in Modern History under
Clemens Wischermann at the
University of Münster with a thesis on family memories.
From 2003 Gebhardt held an academic post at Collaborative Research Centre 485 (Norm and Symbol) at the
University of Konstanz
The University of Konstanz (german: Universität Konstanz) is a university in the city of Konstanz in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Its main campus was opened on the Gießberg in 1972 after being founded in 1966. The university is Germany's ...
, where she obtained her
habilitation
Habilitation is the highest university degree, or the procedure by which it is achieved, in many European countries. The candidate fulfills a university's set criteria of excellence in research, teaching and further education, usually including a ...
in Modern and Contemporary History in July 2008. She currently lectures at the University of Konstanz as an
adjunct professor
An adjunct professor is a type of academic appointment in higher education who does not work at the establishment full-time. The terms of this appointment and
the job security of the tenure vary in different parts of the world, however the genera ...
and writes non-fiction books.
Gebhardt also works as a journalist and publicist and has written for ''
Die Zeit
''Die Zeit'' (, "The Time") is a German national weekly newspaper published in Hamburg in Germany. The newspaper is generally considered to be among the German newspapers of record and is known for its long and extensive articles.
History
The ...
''.
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In a book published in 2015, ' (When the Soldiers Came), she drew attention to rapes committed by allied soldiers, including the western allies, in the aftermath of World War II. It drew media attention in Germany][ and abroad.][
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Publications
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As editor
* With Katja Patzel-Mattern and Stefan Zahlmann:
''Das integrative Potential von Elitenkulturen: Festschrift für Clemens Wischermann'' 'The Integrative Potential of Elite Cultures: Festschrift for Clemens Wischermann'' Steiner, Stuttgart 2013, .
Notes and references
External links
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Personal Web site
Miriam Gebhardt on the Web site of the University of Konstanz
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1962 births
Living people
Writers from Freiburg im Breisgau
German non-fiction writers
20th-century German historians
21st-century German historians
Contemporary historians
German newspaper journalists
German women journalists
University of Konstanz faculty
20th-century German women writers
German women historians
20th-century German writers
21st-century German writers
21st-century German women writers