Joachim Schlör

Joachim Schlör (* 1960 in Heilbronn) is a cultural scientist and since 2006 professor at the Parkes Institute for Jewish / non- Jewish Relations at the University of Southampton. Previously, he taught at the University of Potsdam and directed the Competence Network Jewish and Rabbinic studies. As a " spiritual father " of the DFG Research Training Group Makom (place and places in Judaism, 2001-2007 ), he made ​​a lasting contribution to the " spatial turn " in Jewish studies.

Life

1980/81 was Joachim Schlör with Andreas Maislinger volunteer in Poland Unit of Action Reconciliation / Service for Peace. From 1993 to 1999 he worked as a research assistant at the Moses Mendelssohn Center for European -Jewish Studies, and later as a research assistant at the Chair of Modern History II at the University of Potsdam. In 2006 Joachim Schlör was appointed Professor of Modern Jewish / non- Jewish Relations at the University of Southampton.

Publications (excerpt)

• The ego of the city. Debates on Judaism and urbanity. Cambridge University Press, Göttingen
• The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe. Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe. Prestel Verlag, Munich
• Finally, in the Promised Land? German Jews go to a new home. Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin
• Hotel Europa. Notes from the margins of the continent. University Press, Darmstadt
• Tel - Aviv: From Dream to City. Journey through culture and history. Bleicher, Gerlingen English: Tel -Aviv. From dream to city. Reaction, London 1999

• English: Nights in the Big City. Reaction, London 1998