Karsten Brüggemann

Karsten Brüggemann (born 1965) is a German historian. Since 2024 he has been professor at Tallinn University, School of Humanities. His research interests include history, culture and society.

Topics of his publications include Baltic and Russian/Soviet common history, nationalism(s) in empires, Stalinist culture, the history of sport and tourism, and memory conflicts between the Baltic states and the Russia.

Education 2012–2013: University of Giessen, Giessen Center for Eastern European Studies, habilitation with the study a study on the perception of the Baltic provinces in Russian imperial culture 1994–1999: University of Hamburg, Faculty of Philosophy, History Department, PhD (summa cum laude) ) 1986–1993: University of Hamburg, Faculty of Philosophy, MA in History and Slavic literature

Awards 2022: Estonian State Award in Humanities 2012: Special prize for best monograph "Tallinn Eine kleine Geschichte" (co-authored with ) by Tallinn University