Bernd Bonwetsch Explained

Bernd Bonwetsch (17 October 1940 – 13 October 2017) was a German historian, the founding director in 2003 of the German Historical Institute Moscow.[1]

Early life and education

Bernd Bonwetsch was born in Berlin on 17 October 1940.[2] From 1962 to 1967 he studied History, Slavic studies and Comparative education at the University of Hamburg and at the Free University of Berlin. He then studied at Stanford University, 1968-69.

Career

Bonwetsch joined the History Department at University of Hamburg in 1972. From 1973 to 1980 he was assistant professor at the Department of East European History and Geography of the University of Tübingen. Bonwetsch taught from 1980 to 2003 as a professor of Eastern European history at the University of Bochum. This teaching activity was interrupted only by stays abroad in 1992 and 1993. In 1992 he was a visiting professor at the University of Innsbruck and 1993 at the Kemerovo State University. In 2000 he received an honorary doctorate from the Kemerovo State University and in 2004, he received from the Karasin National University Kharkiv another honorary doctorate.

In 2003, he was the founding director of the German Historical Institute Moscow.[3] [4]

Selected publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Der Russenversteher . Zekri . Sonja . 2017 . sueddeutsche.de . de . 2017-10-21.
  2. Web site: Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur | Publikationen | Jahrbuch für Historische Kommunismusforschung | Ausgabe 2009 | Abstract Bernd Bonwetsch . 2016-11-14 . 2016-11-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161114233246/https://www.bundesstiftung-aufarbeitung.de/abstract-bernd-bonwetsch-2009.html . dead .
  3. Web site: Webverzeichnis.
  4. Web site: Deutsches Historisches Institut in Moskau - Dienstleister und Mittler zwischen zwei Welten.