Matthias Stickler (born 31 May 1967) is a German historian.

Career

Born in Aschaffenburg, Stickler attended the in Aschaffenburg and acquired there in 1986 the general university entrance qualification. From 1988 to 1993 he studied

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and citizenship education for a chair at the

University of Würzburg The Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg (also referred to as the University of Würzburg, in German ''Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg'') is a public research university in Würzburg, Germany. The University of Würzburg is one of ...

. In 1993 he became a member of the in the Cartellverband. After the first Staatsexamen, he received his doctorate in 1997 with a dissertation with .Dissertation: ''Erzherzog Albrecht von Österreich – Selbstverständnis und Politik eines konservativen Habsburgers im Zeitalter Kaiser Franz Josephs.'' Matthiesen Verlag, Husum 1997 (''Historische Studien'', vol. 450), . Afterwards, he was

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at the chair for Modern and Contemporary History II at the University of Würzburg with Harm-Hinrich Brandt and, from 2000, with Wolfgang Altgeld. He

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in 2003 and received the ''

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'' for more recent history.Matthias Stickler: ''Organisation, Selbstverständnis und heimatpolitische Zielsetzungen der deutschen Vertriebenenverbände 1949–1972'', Düsseldorf 2004 (''Forschungen und Quellen zur Zeitgeschichte'', vol. 46), . The Würzburg Faculty of Philosophy I appointed him in 2008 as representative for the Bologna Process. in 2010 Stickler was appointed professor at the University of Würzburg. His main research areas are

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and their

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in West Germany. Other areas of interest are the

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, genocide studies,

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, and . On 1 October 2011 he was appointed scientific director of the . Since 2014 he has been supporting the with the publication of the yearbook ''Einst und Jetzt''. He continues to lecture at the

University of Bonn The Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn (german: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn) is a public research university located in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was founded in its present form as the ( en, Rhine U ...

and the University of Mainz.

Honorary offices

Minister of State

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appointed Stickler in 2009 to the scientific advisory board of the . The University of Würzburg appointed him in 2012 as a representative on the board of the ''Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hochschulkunde''. He is a

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of the

Hanns Seidel Foundation The Christian Social Union of Bavaria, CSU-associated Hanns Seidel Foundation (german: Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung) is a German party-associated and taxpayer-money funded political research Foundation (charity), foundation. It was founded in November 19 ...

Publications

* with Harm-Hinrich Brandt (ed.): ''Der Burschen Herrlichkeit. Geschichte und Gegenwart des studentischen Korporationswesens'', Verlag Ferdinand Schöningh, Würzburg 1998 (''Veröffentlichungen des Stadtarchivs Würzburg'', volume 8), . * with Bernhard Grün, Johannes Schellakowsky and Peter Süß (ed.): ''Zwischen Korporation und Konfrontation. Beiträge zur Würzburger Universitäts- und Studentengeschichte'', SH-Verlag, Cologne 1999, . * ''Portraits zur Geschichte des deutschen Widerstands'' (''Historische Studien der Universität Würzburg'', vol 6), Marie Leidorf Verlag, Rahden/Westfalen 2005, . * with Wolfgang Altgeld (ed.): ''"Italien am Main". Großherzog Ferdinand III. der Toskana als Kurfürst und Großherzog von Würzburg.'' (''Historische Studien der Universität Würzburg'', volume 7), Rahden/Westf. 2007, . * ''Neuanfang und Kontinuität: Würzburg in der Weimarer Republik.'' In Ulrich Wagner (ed.): ''Geschichte der Stadt Würzburg.'' Vol. III/1–2: ''Vom Übergang an Bayern bis zum 21. Jahrhundert.'' Thesis, Stuttgart 2007, , pp. 177–195 and 1268–1271. * with Markus A. Denzel and Matthias Asche (ed.): ''Religiöse und konfessionelle Minderheiten als wirtschaftliche und geistige Eliten (16. bis frühes 20. Jahrhundert).'' (''Deutsche Führungsschichten in der Neuzeit'', vol. 28), Winkel Stiftung, St. Katharinen 2009, . * (ed.) / Matthias Asche, Thomas Nicklas, Matthias Stickler (coordination): ''"Was vom Alten Reiche blieb". Deutungen, Institutionen und Bilder des frühneuzeitlichen Heiligen Römischen Reiches Deutscher Nation im 19. und frühen 20. Jahrhundert'', Munich 2011. * ''Die Krise der Deutschen Burschenschaft''. In the '' Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung'' dated 14 February 2014
Online version
* with Michaela Neubert: ''Jahreskalender der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Hochschulkunde (DGfH)''.''Jahreskalender der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Hochschulkunde (DGfH)''
on WorldCat ** 2016, ''mit dem thematischen Schwerpunkt "Das paritätische und jüdische Verbindungswesen"''. In ''Einst und Jetzt'', vol. 61 (2016), . ** 2017, ''mit dem thematischen Schwerpunkt „Universitäten in Franken“''. In ''Einst und Jetzt'', vol. 62 (2017), . ** 2018, ''mit dem thematischen Schwerpunkt "150 Jahre Deutsche Landsmannschaft"''. In ''Einst und Jetzt'', vol. 63 (2018), .

References

External links

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Website von Matthias Stickler (Universität Würzburg)

Matthias Stickler on WorldCat
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