!!Jörn Rüsen - Curriculum Vitae

*1958-1966 Study of history, philosophy, German literature and education, University of Cologne  \\
*1966   Ph.D. University of Cologne\\
*1966-1968 Member of the staff of the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes (German People's Foundation to foster highly gifted students) \\
*1969-1972 Assistant professor for philosophy, University of Braunschweig \\
*1972-1974 Assistant and Associate professor for theory of history, Free University of Berlin \\
*1974-1989 Professor for modern history, University of Bochum \\
*1977-1978 Chair of the department of history, University of Bochum\\
*1989-1997 Professor for general history with special respect to theory of history, University of Bielefeld \\
*Summer 1991 Visiting professor at the Karnatak University Dharwad (India)\\
*1991-1992 Chair of the department of history, University of Bielefeld\\
*1990-1994 Co-Director of the Zentrum für interdisziplinäre Forschung (Center for Interdisciplinary Research) at the University of Bielefeld\\
*1994-1997 Executive director of the Center for Interdisciplinary study of the University of Bielefeld\\
*1997-2007 President of the Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut in Essen im Wissenschaftszentrum Nordrhein-Westfalen (Institute for advanced study in the humanties, Science Centre of Northrhine-Westfalia),\\
*1996/7 – 2009 Professor for General History and Historical Culture, University of Witten/Herdecke, Department of Studium Fundamentale \\
*2004-2010 Executive Director of the “Stiftung für Kulturwissenschaften” (Foundation for the Humanities) at Essen\\
*2005-2007 Professor Extraordinary in the School of the Basic Sciences at the Vaal Triangle Campus of the North-West University, South Africa\\
*Since 2007 Senior Fellow at the Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut, Essen;  Head of the Project "Humanism in the era of globalisation - An intercultural dialogue on culture, humanity, and values"\\
*Since 2007 Member of the department for the humanities at the University of Duisburg-Essen\\
*March 2008 Fellow at the Stellenbosch-Institute for Advanced Studies (STIAS), South Africa\\
*Since 2009 Professor emeritus of the department of Kulturreflexion and Studium Fundamentale of the University Witten/Herdecke\\
*September/October 2009 Visiting Chair Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences, National Taiwan University\\
*October/November 2011 Visiting Chair Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences, National Taiwan University\\
*September-December 2012 Visiting Professor at Graduate Institute for National Development, National Taiwan University\\
*July 2014 till June 2017 Extraordinary Professor in der School of Basic Sciences am Vaal Triangle Campus der North-West University, South Africa\\
*November 2014 Visiting Chair Professor des Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, National Taiwan University\\
*November 2015 Visiting Chair Professor des Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, National Taiwan University
\\
__Honours__
\\
*August 2008 Order of Merit of the State of Northrhine-Westfalia\\
*2009 honorary member of the department of Kulturreflexion and Studium Fundamentale of the University Witten/Herdecke\\
*28.05.2010 Honorary Doctor of the University of Lund in Sweden\\
*Since 2011 Honorary Fellow of the American Association of Teachers of German\\
*2015 Corresponding Scholar of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Science (IHS) at National Taiwan University of the entire year of 2015\\
*7. July 2015 Honorary Doctor of the Universidade de Brasilia\\
*22. August 2016 Honorary Doctor of the Universidade Federal de Parana in Curitiba
\\
__Memberships in Advisory Boards__
\\
*1980-1987 Landesschulbuchkommission Politische Bildung, Sektion Geschichte (state committee for textbooks on political education, section for history) of the Ministry for Culture and Education in Northrhine-Westfalia \\
*1986-2001 Member, since 1993 chair of the wissenschaftlicher Ausschuß (scientific advisory board) of the Georg-Eckert-Institut für Internationale Schulbuchforschung (Georg-Eckert-Institute for International Textbook Research) at Braunschweig \\
*1988-1990 Member of the committee for curriculum development in history, Sekundarstufe I Gymnasium, of the ministry for culture and education in Northrhine-Westfalia \\
*1998-2001 Member of the advisory board "Wissenschaft, Literatur und Zeitgeschehen" (Science, Literature and Current Affairs) of the Goethe-Institut München\\
*2000-2010 Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Foundation Bibliothek des Ruhrgebiets (Library of the Ruhr-Area) \\
*Since 2002 Academic Advisor of the book-series "Frontiers in Historiography", Chinese Academy of the Social Sciences, Peking\\
*2002-2008 President of the International Advisory Board of the Center for Advanced Historical Studies at the Central European University (CEU) in Budapest\\
*2004-2006 Recourse Faculty Member of the project "Professional Development of Faculty Members" of the University of Lviv (Ukraina)\\
*2011-2012 member of the board of trustees of the Hans-Kilian-Award\\
*Since 2012 Member of the Advisory Board of the International Network for Theory of History\\
*Since 2014 Member of the advisory board of the book series Global East Asia (National Taiwan University Press and V&R unipress)
\\
__Memberships in Boards of Journals__
\\
*Since 1987 Member of the editorial committee of the journal "Theory and History" \\
*Since 1999 Member of the Advisory Board of the Journal "Zeitschrift für Genozidforschung"\\
*Since 2002 Academic Advisor of "The Frontiers of Historiography" (Beijing, Chinese)\\
*Since 2002 Member of the Advisory Board of "History, Culture and Archaeology: The Interdisciplinary Crossroad" (India)\\
*Since 2003 Member of the Editorial Board of “Historiography East & West. A Multi-lingual On-line Journal for Studies in Comparative Historiography and Historical Thinking”\\
*Since 2005 member of the board of "Problemos" (University of Vilnius Press, Lithuania)\\
*Since 2005 member of the International Advisory Board of "The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa"\\
*Since 2006 member of the Advisory Board of "Taiwan Journal of East Asian Studies"\\
*Since 2008 member of the Editorial Committee von "História da Historiografia" (Brazil)\\
*Since 2010 member of the Conselho Consultivo of the journal "Revista de Teorie da Historia" (Universidade Federal de Goias, Brazil)\\
*Since 2012 member of the Editorial Board of the Chinese Journal "Journal of History and Thought"\\
*Since 2013 member of the Editorial Board of the (Australian) journal "Historical Encounters. A Journal of Historical Consciousness, Historical Cultures, and History Education"\\
*Since 2016 member of the editorial board of the journal "Geschichtsdidaktik diskursiv. Public History und Historisches Denken“\\
*Since 2016 member of the Editorial Board of the Chinese journal "Global History and China" (journal of the Institute for Global History at Beijing Foreign Studies University)
\\
__Other Academic Activities and Positions__
\\
*2011-2013 President of the Summer-Academy "Europolis 2050" of the Theaterfestival Bad Hersfeld
\\
__Fields of Research:__\\
\\
Theory and methodology of historical studies; history of historiography; intercultural comparison of historiography; structure and development of historical consciousness; theory of historical learning; theory, empirical manifestations and historical development of historical culture; history of human rights; intercultural communication, humanism in intercultural comparison. \\
\\
__Lecturing and conference-papers in__ \\
\\
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, South Africa, Sovjetunion, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, Yugoslavia.\\
\\
__Books and Articles translated into__\\
\\
Bulgarian, Chinese, English, Estonian, French, Finnish, Hungarian, Italian, Islandic, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Romanian, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Ukrainian.\\
\\
\\
\\