Jürgen Reulecke
German historian and emeritus professor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
German historian and emeritus professor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jürgen Reulecke (born 12 February 1940) is a German historian and emeritus professor.
Born in Düsseldorf, in his childhood Reulecke was a member of a catholic boys' group.[1] He studied history, German Studies and philosophy at the universities of Münster, Bonn and Bochum. In 1972 he received his doctorate under Wolfgang Köllmann and in 1979 his habilitation. From 1984 to 2003 he was professor of modern and contemporary history at the University of Siegen. During the academic year, Reulecke was a research fellow at the Historisches Kolleg in Munich. Since 2003 he has taught at the University of Giessen and was spokesperson of the special research area "Memory Cultures". He is a member of the PEN Centre Germany.
In 1985 Reulecke was elected as a full member of the Historical Commission for Westphalia.
Reulecke's research focuses on social history, especially the illumination of the youth movement. He has also distinguished himself as an urbanization historian.
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