Rolf Steininger (August 2, 1942,
Plettenberg
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) is a German historian and former university professor for
contemporary history.
Steininger studied English language and literature and history at the universities of
Marburg
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,
Göttingen
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The ori ...
,
Munich
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,
Lancaster and
Cardiff
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. He received a doctor's degree in 1971 and habilitated at
Leibniz University Hannover in 1976. In 1980, he became a professor in Hannover. In 1983 he was appointed to a professorship at the
University of Innsbruck.
From 1984, Steininger has led the Institute for Contemporary History in Innsbruck. His work concentrates in particular on the history of Post-War Germany, Austria and
South Tyrol
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.
From 1995, Steininger has held a
Jean Monnet chair
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, and is Senior Fellow of the ''Eisenhower Center for American Studies'' at the
University of New Orleans
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and member of the executive committee of the ''European Community Studies Association''. He was visiting professor at the universities of
Hanoi
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,
Saigon and
Cape Town
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.
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Website of Rolf SteiningerWebsite of the Institute for Contemporary History in Innsbruck
20th-century German historians
Contemporary historians
1942 births
Living people
German male non-fiction writers
21st-century German historians
Academics of the University of Innsbruck
University of New Orleans faculty
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