Matthias Asche (born 16 May 1969) is a German historian specialising in the early modern period.
Born in Hamburg, [1] from 1988 to 1993, Asche studied History, Political Science and German at the University of Osnabrück, the University of Vienna and the University of Rostock. From 1995 to 1997 he was Research Assistant at the University of Tübingen. In 1997, he won his Doctorate there with the work [2] From 1997 to 2003 Asche was a research assistant at Tübingen. In 2003 he received a doctorate for his dissertation Neusiedler im verheerten Land. Kriegsfolgenbewältigung, Migrationssteuerung und Konfessionspolitik im Zeichen des Landeswiederaufbaus. Die Mark Brandenburg nach den Kriegen des 17. Jahrhunderts habilitiert. From 2003 to 2011 he worked as Hochschuldozent at the University of Tübingen, interrupted by chair substitutions at the University of Jena in the winter semester 2005/06 and in the academic year 2007/08. An Außerplanmäßiger Professor since 2011, he has been Akademischer Rat auf Zeit . [3]
In the summer semester 2015 and winter semester 2015/16 Asche represented the chair "Cultural History of the Modern Era" at the University of Potsdam. Since the winter semester 2016/17, he has held the professorship for "General History of the Early Modern Period" at the University of Potsdam. [4]
Asche is a member of the catholic student fraternities A.V. Widukind Osnabrück, AV Cheruskia Tübingen and K.Ö.St.V. Nibelungia Wien. [5]