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Dieter Langewiesche

b. 1943

German historian of the modern age

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Born 1943. Dieter Langewiesche is a German historian of Modern Age, university teacher and historian.

Dieter Langewiesche (born 11 January 1943 in Sankt Sebastian, Mariazell) is a German historian. Langewiesche is one of the leading experts on the history of nationalism and liberalism.

In 1996 he received the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize.

Works In English Liberalism in Germany. Translated by Christiane Banerji. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ 2000, Europe 1848. Revolution and Reform. Edited by Dieter Dowe, Heinz-Gerhard Haupt, D. L. and Jonathan Sperber, New York, Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2001. Territorial Revisionism and the Allies of Germany in the Second World War: Goals, Expectations, Practices. Edited by Marina Cattaruzza, Stefan Dyroff & Dieter Langewiesche. New York: Berghahn Books 2012. (PB)

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Occupation
Historian of Modern Age, university teacher, historian
Nationality
Education
University of Würzburg
Employers
University of Tübingen, University of Hamburg, University of Würzburg
Awards
Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany; Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize; Wolf-Erich-Kellner Award; Lion-Feuchtwanger-Preis; Ludwig-Uhland-Preis

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German historian of the modern age

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Dieter Langewiesche was born on 11 January 1943 in Sankt Sebastian.

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Dieter Langewiesche is a historian of Modern Age, university teacher and historian.

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Dieter Langewiesche is German.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Dieter Langewiesche

· Wikidata: Q111847

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