Jürgen Reulecke (born 12 February 1940) is a German historian and emeritus professor.

Life

Born in

Düsseldorf Düsseldorf is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in the state after Cologne and the List of cities in Germany with more than 100,000 inhabitants, seventh-largest city ...

, in his childhood Reulecke was a member of a catholic boys' group. He studied history,

German Studies German studies is an academic field that researches, documents and disseminates German language, literature, and culture in its historic and present forms. Academic departments of German studies therefore often focus on German culture, German h ...

and philosophy at the universities of Münster, Bonn and Bochum. In 1972 he received his

doctorate A doctorate (from Latin ''doctor'', meaning "teacher") or doctoral degree is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism '' licentia docendi'' ("licence to teach ...

under Wolfgang Köllmann and in 1979 his

habilitation Habilitation is the highest university degree, or the procedure by which it is achieved, in Germany, France, Italy, Poland and some other European and non-English-speaking countries. The candidate fulfills a university's set criteria of excelle ...

. From 1984 to 2003 he was professor of modern and contemporary history at the

University of Siegen The University of Siegen () is a public research university located in Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia and is part of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, a society of Germany's leading research universities. The university was founded in 1972. ...

. During the academic year, Reulecke was a research fellow at the in Munich. Since 2003 he has taught at the

University of Giessen University of Giessen, official name Justus Liebig University Giessen (), is a large public research university in Giessen, Hesse, Germany. It is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the German-speaking world. It is named afte ...

and was spokesperson of the special research area "Memory Cultures". He is a member of the

PEN Centre Germany PEN Centre Germany is part of the worldwide association of writers founded in London in 1921, now known as PEN International. One of over 140 autonomous PEN centres around the world, PEN Centre Germany is based in Darmstadt, Hesse. Work PEN Ce ...

. In 1985 Reulecke was elected as a full member of the .

Research

Reulecke's research focuses on social history, especially the illumination of the

youth movement The following is a list of youth organizations. A youth organization is a type of organization with a focus upon providing activities and socialization for minors. In this list, most organizations are international unless noted otherwise. ...

. He has also distinguished himself as an

urbanization Urbanization (or urbanisation in British English) is the population shift from Rural area, rural to urban areas, the corresponding decrease in the proportion of people living in rural areas, and the ways in which societies adapt to this change. ...

historian.

Publications

* ''Eine junge Generation im Schützengraben: "Der Wanderer zwischen beiden Welten" by Walter Flex''. In

Dirk van Laak A dirk is a long-bladed thrusting dagger.Chisholm, Hugh (ed.); "Dagger", ''Encyclopædia Britannica'', 11th ed., Vol. VII, New York, NY: Cambridge University Press (1910), p. 729. Historically, it gained its name from the Highland dirk (Scott ...

: ''Literatur, die Geschichte schrieb''.

Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht (V&R) is a scholarly publishing house based in Göttingen, Germany. It was founded in 1735 by (1700–1750) in connection with the establishment of the Georg-August-Universität in the same city. After Abraham Vandenh ...

, Göttingen 2011, * ''Bergische Miniaturen''.: Geschichten und Erfahrungen , Essen 2010 * ''100 Jahre Jugendherbergen 1909–2009.'' (together with

Barbara Stambolis Barbara Stambolis (born 1952 in Kiel) is a German historian and university lecturer. From 1971, Stambolis studied history and German studies at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität and the Ruhr University Bochum. She received her doctorate in 198 ...

). Klartext, Essen 2009. * ''Kriegskinder in Ostdeutschland und Polen'', vbb, Verlag für Berlin-Brandenburg, 2008 * ''Wissenschaften im 20. Jahrhundert''. Steiner, Stuttgart 2008 * ''Söhne ohne Väter''. Chr. Links, Berlin 2004 * (ed.): ''Generationalität und Lebensgeschichte im 20. Jahrhundert (Schriften des Historischen Kollegs. Kolloquien 58)''. Munich 2003,
Numerised
. * ''Das Ruhrgebiet und die „Volksgesundheit“''.,''Das Ruhrgebiet und die "Volksgesundheit" : Ansichten über das Revier in der Zwischenkriegszeit Klartext''
on WorldCat Essen 2001 * ''Rückkehr in die Ferne''. Juventa, Weinheim 1997 * ''Spagat mit Kopftuch''. Ed. Körber-Stiftung, Hamburg 1997 * ''Geschichte der Urbanisierung in Deutschland'', Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 1992 * as editor with Diethart Kerbs: ''Handbuch der deutschen Reformbewegungen 1880–1933.'' Wuppertal 1998.

References

External links

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Persönliche Seite im Internetauftritt der Universität Gießen
{{DEFAULTSORT:Reulecke, Jurgen 20th-century German historians Academic staff of the University of Siegen Academic staff of the University of Giessen 1940 births Living people Writers from Düsseldorf