Franz Bosbach

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Franz Bosbach (born 11 January 1952) is a German historian and university professor. [1]

Life

Bosbach was born in Bornheim, a small town situated on the left bank of the Rhine, between Cologne and Bonn.

He received his doctorate from Bonn University in 1981 for a piece of analytical research on the longer lasting effects of the 1648 Peace of Westphalia. [2] His habilitation (higher academic qualification), also from Bonn followed in 1986, this time for a piece of work entitled "Monarchia Universalis. Ein politischer Leitbegriff der frühen Neuzeit" ("Universal monarchy: a political precept for the early modern period"). [3] Between 1987 and 1989 he was supported by a bursary from the German Research Foundation's Heisenberg Programme. [1]

In 1989 Bosbach was appointed visiting fellow at Clare College, Cambridge. [1] He held a teaching chair in early modern history between 1989 and 2008 at the recently established University of Bayreuth, [1] where between 2005 and 2008 he served as vice-president for study and teaching. [4] Between 1995 and 2008 he was also "at the helm" of the Anglo-German (Coburg based) Prince Albert Society. [5]

In 2008 he switched to the University of Duisburg-Essen where he was elected full-time vice-rector for study and teaching. His term in office ended in 2014, since which time he has remained at the university as a professor of early modern history. [1]

In 2024, the University of Prešov awarded him the title of Dr.h.c.(Prešovská univerzita v Prešove).

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Professor Dr. phil. Franz Bosbach". Personen im Historischen Institut. Die Universität Duisburg-Essen (UDE). Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  2. Franz Bosbach (1984). Die Kosten des Westfälischen Friedenskongresses: Eine strukturgeschichtliche Untersuchung (Schriftenreihe der Vereinigung zur Erforschung der neueren Geschichte). Aschendorff. ISBN   978-3-402-05632-5.
  3. Monarchia universalis. Ein politischer Leitbegriff der frühen Neuzeit. Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, Göttingen. 1988. ISBN   978-3-525-35931-0.
  4. Jürgen Abel (Pressestelle) (24 April 2008). "Bayreuther Vizepräsident Prof. Franz Bosbach auf dem Sprung an die Universität Duisburg-Essen" . Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  5. "The Prince Albert Society ... History". Technische Universität Chemnitz. Retrieved 2 November 2016.