Gregor Thum
Encyclopedia
Gregor Thum is a German
historian of Central and Eastern Europe.
From 1988 through 1995, Thum studied history and Slavic studies at the Free University of Berlin
. From 1995 to 2001, he was a lecturer at professor Karl Schlögel's chair for East European history at Viadrina European University in Frankfurt an der Oder. There he worked on a Ph.D. thesis about the transformation of German Breslau into Polish Wrocław from 1945 onwards. Completed in 2002 and published as a book the following year, the thesis was very successful on the general book market by the standards of historical monographies. Thum received several awards in both Germany and Poland. From 2003 until 2008, Thum held the position of a DAAD
visiting assistant professor at the Department of History of the University of Pittsburgh. Since 2008, he has been a Junior Fellow at the University of Freiburg
's Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS). He is currently working on a research project titled "Mastering the East. The German Frontier from 1800 to the Present".
In 2007, Thum was awarded the honorary title "Ambassador of Wrocław" by the local edition of Gazeta Wyborcza
, prevailing over prominent nominees like Lech Janerka
, Marek Krajewski
, Maciej Łagiewski, Jan Miodek
, and Bogdan Zdrojewski
.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
historian of Central and Eastern Europe.
From 1988 through 1995, Thum studied history and Slavic studies at the Free University of Berlin
Free University of Berlin
Freie Universität Berlin is one of the leading and most prestigious research universities in Germany and continental Europe. It distinguishes itself through its modern and international character. It is the largest of the four universities in Berlin. Research at the university is focused on the...
. From 1995 to 2001, he was a lecturer at professor Karl Schlögel's chair for East European history at Viadrina European University in Frankfurt an der Oder. There he worked on a Ph.D. thesis about the transformation of German Breslau into Polish Wrocław from 1945 onwards. Completed in 2002 and published as a book the following year, the thesis was very successful on the general book market by the standards of historical monographies. Thum received several awards in both Germany and Poland. From 2003 until 2008, Thum held the position of a DAAD
German Academic Exchange Service
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visiting assistant professor at the Department of History of the University of Pittsburgh. Since 2008, he has been a Junior Fellow at the University of Freiburg
University of Freiburg
The University of Freiburg , sometimes referred to in English as the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, is a public research university located in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.The university was founded in 1457 by the Habsburg dynasty as the...
's Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS). He is currently working on a research project titled "Mastering the East. The German Frontier from 1800 to the Present".
In 2007, Thum was awarded the honorary title "Ambassador of Wrocław" by the local edition of Gazeta Wyborcza
Gazeta Wyborcza
Gazeta Wyborcza is a leading Polish newspaper. It covers the gamut of political, international and general news. Like all the Polish newspapers, it is printed on compact-sized paper, and is published by the multimedia corporation Agora SA...
, prevailing over prominent nominees like Lech Janerka
Lech Janerka
Lech Janerka is a Polish songwriter, vocalist and bassist. In the 1980s he was leader of a notable Polish post-punk/new wave band called Klaus Mitffoch, based in Wrocław.- Discography :...
, Marek Krajewski
Marek Krajewski
Marek Krajewski is an award-winning Polish crime writer and linguist.He is best known for his series of five Chandleresque novels set in pre-war Wrocław with the policeman Eberhard Mock as the protagonist...
, Maciej Łagiewski, Jan Miodek
Jan Miodek
Jan Miodek , Professor of Wroclaw University, is a Polish linguist in the normative tradition....
, and Bogdan Zdrojewski
Bogdan Zdrojewski
Bogdan Zdrojewski is a Polish politician who was the first president of Wrocław after the fall of communism in Poland, and held the seat from 1990 to 2001. Afterwards he was a senator and member of the Polish Sejm. Since November 2007, he has been the Minister of Culture and National...
.
Books
- 1998 (ed. with Katharina Kucher, Karl Schlögel, Bernhard Suchy): Chronik russischen Lebens in Deutschland, 1918-1941 [A Chronicle of Russian Life in Germany, 1918-1941]. Berlin: Akademie Verlag, ISBN 3-03-003297-9
- 2003: Die fremde Stadt. Breslau nach 1945, Berlin: Siedler, ISBN 978-3886807956 (english ed.: Uprooted: How Breslau became Wroclaw, Princeton University Press, 2011, ISBN:978-0-691-14024-7)
- 2006 (ed.): Traumland Osten. Deutsche Bilder vom östlichen Europa im 20. Jahrhundert [Dreamland East. German Images of Eastern Europe in the 20th century], Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, ISBN 3525362951