Harald Welzer
Harald Welzer (born 27 July 1958, Wedemark) is a German social psychologist. He studied sociology, psychology and literature at the University of Hannover Leibniz University Hannover (), also known as the University of Hannover, is a public research university located in Hanover, Germany. Founded on 2 May 1831 as Higher Vocational School, the university has undergone six periods of renaming, its .... He has been a professor of transformation design at the University of Flensburg since 2012. His research is focused on memory, violence and the social impacts of climate change. His books have been translated into 15 languages. Welzer was one of the first signers of the Open Letter to the German Position on Russo-Ukrainian War in April 2022, who demanded not to support Ukraine with heavy arms in order to "prevent a third world war". Books in English *2012 ''Climate Wars: What People Will Be Killed For in the 21st Century'', Polity Press *2012 ''Soldaten: On Fighting, Killing ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Wedemark
Wedemark (; Eastphalian: ''Wiemark'') is a municipality in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Wedemark is a historical landscape description for the area and is situated approximately 20 km north of Hanover. It ranks third on average per capita income in Lower Saxony. Geography Wedemark's neighbors are the municipalities Burgwedel, Isernhagen, Langenhagen, Garbsen, Neustadt am Rübenberge, Lindwedel and Wietze (clockwise, beginning in the East). Division of the town Wedemark consists of 16 formerly independent villages, with a total of nearly 30,000 inhabitants all together. *Abbensen * Bennemühlen *Berkhof (with Plumhof and Sprockhof) *Bissendorf *Brelingen *Duden-Rodenbostel *Elze *Gailhof *Hellendorf * Meitze *Mellendorf *Negenborn *Oegenbostel (with Bestenbostel and Ibsingen) *Resse *Scherenbostel (with Schlage-Ickhorst and Wiechendorf) *Wennebostel (with Wennebostel-Wietze) Transport Car Motorway A7 (Hamburg – Hanover) marks the East border of We ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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University Of Hannover
Leibniz University Hannover (), also known as the University of Hannover, is a public research university located in Hanover, Germany. Founded on 2 May 1831 as Higher Vocational School, the university has undergone six periods of renaming, its most recent in 2006. Leibniz University Hannover is a member of TU9, an association of the nine leading Institutes of Technology in Germany. It is also a member of the Conference of European Schools for Advanced Engineering Education and Research, a non-profit association of leading engineering universities in Europe. The university sponsors the German National Library of Science and Technology, the largest science and technology library in the world.Profile of the TIB at Leibniz University Hannoveonline (English) retrieved 26 May 2012 History The roots of the university begin in the Higher Vocational College/Polytechnic Institute (), founded on 2 May 1831. In 1879 the Higher Vocational School moved into the historic Guelph palace ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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University Of Flensburg
The University of Flensburg (; EUF) is a university in the city of Flensburg, Germany. It was founded in 1994 and is the northernmost university in Germany. Although it has full university status and the right to award PhDs, mainly offers courses in education and other fields of the social sciences. The university holds German-Danish undergraduate courses in cooperation with the University of Southern Denmark at Sønderborg, which involve an association with the Fachhochschule Flensburg. Academics The university has around 450 academic staff and 200 administrative staff, as of 2022. In the winter semester 2006/2007, the university received around 4,200 applications for places, but in the winter semester of the previous academic year the number was only 2,566. At the top of the applications in the winter semester 2006/2007 was the B.A. course in Teaching Science, 1977 applicants, followed by the B.A. course in International Management with 547 candidates. The B.A. course in S ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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EMMA (magazine)
''EMMA'' is a German feminist magazine. Its print edition is published every two months in Cologne, Germany. History and profile The first issue of ''EMMA'' was published on 26 January 1977. The founder of the magazine was Alice Schwarzer, who is still publisher and editor-in-chief. The magazine was modelled on the American magazine ''Ms. (magazine), Ms.'' in terms of content, targeted audience and layout. It has its headquarters in Cologne. In December 2002, the ''EMMA'' website was launched. The name of the magazine is a wordplay of the term ''emancipation'' (). Since its foundation, ''EMMA'' has been the leading feminist magazine in Germany, and the only political magazine in Europe entirely run by women. The magazine has often been criticised for its opinionated and activist stance. However, it has affected German society, creating awareness for and instigating debates on social and women's issues. Until 2010 the magazine was published every two months. It began to come out ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sönke Neitzel
Sönke Neitzel (born 26 June 1968) is a German historian who has written extensively about the Second World War. He is editor of the journal ''German History in the 20th Century'' and has written several books such as ''Soldaten: On Fighting, Killing and Dying; The Secret Second World War Tapes of German POWs'' based on recordings of German POWs held at Trent Park which he wrote with Harald Welzer. Neitzel edited the book ''Tapping Hitler's Generals'' (with Harald Welzer).List of Publications from Neitzel's personal website (in German) Early life and career Neitzel was educated at the and is currently Professor o ...[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Living People
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1958 Births
Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third overland journey to the South Pole, the first to use powered vehicles. ** Sputnik 1 (launched on October 4, 1957) falls towards Earth from its orbit and burns up. * January 13 – Battle of Edchera: The Moroccan Army of Liberation ambushes a Spanish patrol. * January 27 – A Soviet-American executive agreement on cultural, educational and scientific exchanges, also known as the "Lacy-Zarubin Agreement, Lacy–Zarubin Agreement", is signed in Washington, D.C. February * February 1 – Egypt and Syria unite to form the United Arab Republic. * February 2 – The ''Falcons'' aerobatic team of the Pakistan Air Force led by Wg Cdr Zafar Masud (air commodore), Mitty Masud set a World record loop, world record performing a 16 aircraft diamon ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |