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Matthias Schulz
DAAD-Visiting Associate Professor, and Director, Center for European and German Studies; advises on DAAD-exchange programs and other opportunities for graduate and post-graduate studies in Germany
Department:
History
Email: matthias.schulz@vanderbilt.edu
Office: Buttrick Hall 243 and Benson Hall 123
Phone: 322.2528 (Center for European and German Studies), and 322-5948 (History)
Fax: 343-6002
Degrees
- M.A. (Hamburg 1993)
- DES en relations internationales (HEI Geneva, 1995)
- Dr. phil. (Hamburg 1995)
- Dr. phil. habil. (Rostock 2001)
Research Area
- General and comparative European History, in particular:
- Comparative history of modern political systems
- History of socio-political movements (esp. national, regional and transnational movements, European movement)
- History of the European idea and European integration in long-term perspective
- Modern peace research, esp. history of international institutions and normative change in the international system with a focus on 19th century origins of IO's, and the League of Nations in the interwar period
- Economic history and globalization, 1850 to the present
- Theory of transnational and international history
Current Research
- Finalizes monograph on institution-building and peace management in the 19th century international system (expected 2006)
- Co-editor, conference volume on cooperation and conflict in U.S.-European relations from Nixon to Carter (expected 2007)
Current Courses
- "Europe in the 19th Century", "History Workshop" (19th Century Europe), "Europe from WWI to WWII", "Europe since 1945", "European Integration", "Towards World Society? A History of Globalization Since 1780", "20th Century European Culture", "20th Century European Society and Politics", "German History in the 20th Century", Graduate Seminars: "Interdependance and Internationalism in European History", "Europe from Division to Unity: Culture, Society, and International Relations Since 1945"
Current Positions
- 2001 to present DAAD-Visiting Associate Professor of History, Vanderbilt University, since 2005 Director, Center for European and German Studies
- 2002 to present 'Privatdozent' in Modern and Contemporary History, University of Rostock, Germany
Previous Positions
- 1996 to 2001 Assistant Professor at the Jean Monnet Chair for European History and European Integration, University of Rostock
- 1993-1995 DAAD-scholarship for dissertation research on the League of Nations, Geneva, and doctoral candidate at University of Hamburg
- 1992-1993 T.A. at the Jean Monnet Chair for European History and European Integration Studies, University of Hamburg
Professional Societies
- e.g. Commission of History of International Relations, Deutsch-franzoesisches Historikerkomitee, Historikerverband Deutschland e. V., Peace History Society (Arbeitskreis Historische Friedensforschung), German Studies Association (U.S.), Council for European Studies, European Union Studies Association
Selected Publications
- Regionalismus und die Gestaltung Europas. Hamburg 1993, 305 p.
- Deutschland, der Völkerbund und die Frage der europäischen Wirtschaftsordnung 1925-1933. Hamburg 1997, 427 p.
- (Brochure, co-authored with Yves Bizeul:) Die deutsch-franzosischen Beziehungen: Rueckblick und aktueller Stand. Rostock 2001, 90 p.
- (Co-edited with Mareike König:) Die Bundesrepublik und die europäische Einigung, 1949-2000: Politische Akteure, gesellschaftliche Kräfte, internationale Erfahrungen. Fs. für Wolf D. Gruner zum 60. Geburtstag. Stuttgart 2004, 599 p.
- Das Europaeische Konzert der Grossmaechte als Sicherheitsrat: Normen und Praxis plurilateraler Konfliktloesung im 19. Jahrhundert (1815-1852). [Habilitationsschrift, Universitaet Rostock, 2001] 517 p., book version in preparation for 2005/6.
- Selected articles and contributions: "The League of Nations, the Great Powers, and the International Economic Order, 1919-1933", in: United Nations Library and League of Nations Archives (ed.), The League of Nations: A Retrospect on the First Organisation for the Establishment of Peace. New York/Genf 1996, S. 39-46. "The Merton-Plan for a European Central Bank System: German Commercial Elites and the Beginning of European Integration 1947-1957", in: Eric Bussière & Michel Dumoulin (ed.), Milieux économiques et intégration européenne en Europe occidentale au XXe siècle. Arras 1998, S. 85-104. "Die politische Freundschaft Jean Monnet - Kurt Birrenbach, die Einheit des Westens und die 'Präambel' zum Elysée-Vertrag von 1963", in: Andreas Wilkens (ed.), Interessen verbinden: Jean Monnet und die europäische Integration der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Bonn 1999, S. 299-327. "Die gescheiterten Revolutionen und das europäische Staatensystem 1848-1851", in: Heiner Timmermann (ed.), 1848 - Revolution in Europa. Verlauf, politische Programme, Folgen und Wirkungen. Berlin 1999, S. 111-131. "Verhaltensnormen und Konfliktlösung in der Krise des europäischen Staatensystems 1848-1851: Die Außenpolitik Preußens unter Friedrich Wilhelm IV.", in: Wolf D. Gruner (ed.), Jubiläumsjahre - Historische Erinnerung - Historische Forschungen. Rostock 1999, S. 45-76. "Ludwig Erhard, 'l'ordoliberalisme' et l'integration europeenne, du plan Schuman au Kennedy Round, in: Michel Catala (ed.): Histoire de la construction europeenne: cinquante ans apres la declaration Schuman. Nantes 2001, p. 397-410. "A Balancing Act: Domestic Pressures and International Systemic Constraints in the Foreign Policies of the Great Powers, 1848-1851", in: German History 21/3 (2003), p. 319-346. (Together with Mareike König:) "Die Bundesrepublik und die europäische Einigung: Trends und Kontroversen der Integrationshistoriographie", in: König/Schulz (eds.): Die Bundesrepublik Deutschland und die europäische Einigung 1949-2000, S. 15-38. „Vom ‚Atlantiker’ zum ‚Europäer’? Helmut Schmidt, deutsche Interessen und und die Europäischen Gemeinschaften“, in: König/Schulz (eds.), Die Bundesrepublik Deutschland und die europäische Einigung 1949-2000, p. 183-217. "The Atlantic Community Unraveling? States, Protest Movements, and the Transformation of US-European Relations, 1969-1983", Conference Report, Nov. 10, 2004, in: http://hsozkult.geschichte.hu-berlin.de/tagungsberichte. „Netzwerke und Normen in der internationalen Geschichte: Überlegungen zur Einführung“, in: Historische Mitteilungen [HMRG] 17 (2004), p. 1-14; „'Wächter der Zivilisation'? Institutionelle Merkmale und normative Grundlagen des Europäischen Konzerts im 19. Jahrhundert", in: HMRG 17 (2004), p. 35-47; „E pluribus unum? Historical Perspectives on European Integration and Its Prospects“, in: Eurostudia. Transatlantic Journal for European Studies/Revue transatlantique de recherche sur l’Europe, 2 (2005), S. 66-80 [http://www.cceae.umontreal.ca/revue-Eurostudia]; "Integration durch eine europaeische Atomstreitmacht? Nuklearambitionen und die deutsche Europa-Initiative vom Herbst 1964", in: Vierteljahreshefte fuer Zeitgeschichte 2/2005, S 275-314; „Globalisierung, transnationale Zivilgesellschaft und der Völkerbund” [introduction to a focus topic], appears in: Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaft, 2006; „Globalisierung, Regionalisierung oder Desintegration? Der Völkerbund und die Weltwirtschaft“, appears in: Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaft, 2006; numerous further peer-reviewed articles accepted for publication.
- Book reviews e.g. in: Historische Zeitschrift (U of Frankfurt), International History Review (Simon Fraser University), Sehepunkte (U of Munich), Journal of Modern History (U of Chicago)
Miscellaneous
Ca. 55 invited lectures and conference presentations in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Poland, and the U.S. since 1996, most recently on the German Historikertag (Kiel, 2004), a WWI conference at Emory University (Atlanta, 2004), the German Studies Association (Washington D.C. 2004), the Consortium on Revolutionary Europe (Lakeland, FL 2005), the International Congress of Historical Sciences, Commission for the History of International Relations (Sydney, Australia, 2005), the European Congress for Global and World History (Leipzig, Germany, 2005), at the University of Montreal (Montreal, 2005), at the conference of the American Historical Association (Philadelphia, 2006).
Other memberships and activities Europa-Union e. V. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Vereinte Nationen e. V. Amis des Archives de la France Anciens de l'Institut Universitaire de Hautes Etudes Internationales 2002-2005, DAAD-Selection Committee for graduate, post-graduate, and post-doctoral fellowships in the Social Sciences (History, Sociology, Political Science, International Relations, Anthropology), DAAD Office New York
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