Stefanie Schüler-Springorum | |
|---|---|
| Born | Stefanie Schüler-Springorum 1962 (age 62–63) |
| Occupation(s) | Historian Writer |
| Parent | Horst Schüler-Springorum (1928–2015) |
Stefanie Schüler-Springorum (born 1962) is a Germanhistorian.
Since June 2011 she has headed[1] theBerlin-basedCentre for Anti-Semitism Research (Zentrum für Antisemitismusforschung / ZfA).[2]
Stefanie Schüler-Springorum was born inHamburg,West Germany. Her father was the German Professor ofJurisprudence andCriminality,Horst Schüler-Springorum (1928–2015).[3] She grew up in Hamburg, Göttingen and Munich.[4] Her university level studies covered Medieval and Modern History,Ethnology andPolitical Science, taking her toGöttingen andBarcelona.[4] She received her doctorate in 1993 fromBochum in return for a substantial piece of work on the Jewish minority in Königsberg between 1871 and 1945. Her doctorate was supervised byHelga Grebing (who did much to focus her choice of topic) andHans Mommsen. The dissertation won her the distinction of a"summa cum laude" grading.[5]
Between 1994 and 1995 she worked as a research assistant at the"Topography of Terror" ("Topographie des Terrors") Foundation in Berlin.[6] where she remains a member of the advisory board.[7] Since 1999 she has also held a teaching post atTechnische Universität Berlin.[4] In 2001 she took over fromMonika Richarz as director of the Institute for the History of German Jews (Institut für die Geschichte der deutschen Juden / IGdJ) in Hamburg.[6] She also, in 2009, took over as chair of theLeo Baeck Institute's Academic Working Group in Germany (Wissenschaftliche Arbeitsgemeinschaftdes Leo Baeck Instituts in Deutschland), of which she had been a member since 1996.[4] For many years she has taught at the history department ofHamburg University. In June 2011 Stefanie Schüler-Springorum succeededWolfgang Benz as director of theCentre for Anti-Semitism Research (Zentrum für Antisemitismusforschung / ZfA) atTechnische Universität Berlin.[8]
Her work is centred on German history and German Jewish history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. She has also undertaken work ongender history and on twentieth century Spanish history, with a particular focus on theSpanish Civil War.[9]
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