Konrad H. Jarausch (born 14 August 1941 in

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) is a German-American historian and the Lurcy Professor of European Civilization at the

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. The focus of his work has been German history, with his earlier work being on

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's rise to power. Later works of Jarausch are more concerned with

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and cultural democratization. He is the son of a German soldier and considered a critic of

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(see Shattered Past). He served as a president of the

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(1985–86) and as the editor of '' Zeithistorische Forschungen/Studies in Contemporary History''.German Studies Association(2012) Thirty-Sixth annual conference, October 4–7, 2012 Programme (See list of Former Presidents of the Association)
(Accessed July 2013)

Selected publications

* * Jarausch, Konrad H. ''Out of Ashes: A New History of Europe in the Twentieth Century'', Princeton University Press (2015). * Jarausch, Konrad Hugo. "Contemporary History as Transatlantic Project: The German Problem, 1960-2010; n the Occasion of Konrad H. Jarausch's 70th Birthday, this Supplement... Presents a Retrospective of the Work Produced by this German American Historian" ''Zentrum für Historische Sozialforschung" 2012
online
* Jarausch, Konrad H. ''Reluctant Accomplice: A Wehrmacht Soldier's Letters from the Eastern Front'', Princeton University Press (2011). * Jarausch, Konrad H. ''Gebrochene Wissenschaftskulturen : Universität und Politik im 20. Jahrhundert'' Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht (2010). * Jarausch, Konrad H. ''After Hitler: Recivilizing Germans, 1945-1995'' (2008) * Jarausch, Konrad H. ''“Das stille Sterben…”: Feldpostbriefe von Konrad Jarausch aus Polen und Russland'', Paderborn: Schöningh (2008). * Jarausch, Konrad H. ''Shattered Past: Reconstructing German Histories'', Princeton University Press (2002). * Jarausch, Konrad H. ''Dictatorship as Experience: Towards a Socio-Cultural History of the GDR '' (1999) * Jarausch, Konrad H. ''The Rush to German Unity'' (1994) * Jarausch, Konrad H. and Kenneth A. Hardy. ''Quantitative Methods for Historians: A Guide to Research, Data, and Statistics'' (1991) * Jarausch, Konrad H. and Geoffrey Cocks. ''German Professions, 1800-1950'' (1990)

External links

* Rüdiger Graf, Konrad Jarausch
''“Crisis” in Contemporary History and Historiography''
in "Docupedia Zeitgeschichte", March 27, 2017.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jarausch, Konrad H. 21st-century American historians 21st-century American male writers 20th-century German historians German male non-fiction writers Living people University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty 1941 births Historians of Germany American male non-fiction writers