Hagen Schulze

Hagen Schulze ( born July 31, 1943 in Tangier, Morocco ) is a German historian with a focus on modern history.

Hagen Schulze, son of the diplomat Peter H. Schulze (1919-2002) and Sigrid Hunke, studied medieval and modern history, philosophy and political science in Bonn and Kiel. In 1967 he received his doctorate and worked in the following years for the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation in Berlin and the Federal Archives in Koblenz. 1977 Habilitation Schulze on the subject "Otto Braun or Prussia democratic mission. A Biography. " This was followed by teaching positions as a lecturer or as a representation in Kiel and Berlin. From 1979 he was professor of Modern History at the Free University of Berlin and from 2000 to 2006 director of the German Historical Institute in London.

His teaching and research interests are in the comparative history of Europe and nationalism in European comparison.

Works (selection)

• Freikorps and Republic 1918-1920. ( = Military History Studies 8 ). Boppard 1968.
• Otto Braun or Prussia democratic mission. A Biography. Propylaea, Frankfurt M 1977 Ullsteinhaus, Frankfurt am Main ua1981. ISBN 3550073550th
• We are what we have become. On the Benefits of history for the German presence. Piper, Munich 1987
• Is there a German History? Siedler, Berlin 1989
• The road to nation-state. The German national movement from the 18th century to the Empire. In: Martin Broszat, Wolfgang Benz, Hermann Graml (ed.), German History of modern times from the 19th century to the present, Munich 1985.
• Weimar. Germany 1917-1933 ( = The Germans and their nation, vol 4), settlers, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-88680-056-3.
• State and the nation in European history. C. H. Beck, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-406-38507-9.
• Phoenix Europe. Modernity 1740-2000, Berlin 1996
• Small German history. With images from the German Historical Museum. C. H. Beck, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-406-40999-7.
• (Ed. with Étienne François ): German places of memory, Three volumes. C. H. Beck, Munich 2001, ISBN 978-3406509902