Franz Bosbach (born 11 January 1952) is a German historian and university professor.[1]
Life
editBosbach 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).
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Professor Dr. phil. Franz Bosbach". Personen im Historischen Institut. Die Universität Duisburg-Essen (UDE). Retrieved 2 November 2016.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Monarchia universalis. Ein politischer Leitbegriff der frühen Neuzeit. Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, Göttingen. 1988. ISBN 978-3-525-35931-0.
- ^ Jürgen Abel (Pressestelle) (24 April 2008). "Bayreuther Vizepräsident Prof. Franz Bosbach auf dem Sprung an die Universität Duisburg-Essen". Retrieved 2 November 2016.
- ^ "The Prince Albert Society ... History". Technische Universität Chemnitz. Retrieved 2 November 2016.