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Thomas Maissen
Thomas Maissen (born 23 October 1962 in Zurich, Switzerland) is a professor of modern history at Heidelberg University and co-director of the Cluster of Excellence "Asia and Europe in a Global Context". As of September 2013 he is detached as director of the German Historical Institute in Paris.
Career.
Born to a Finnish mother and a Swiss father, Maissen studied history, Latin and philosophy in Basel, Rome, and Geneva. He completed his dissertation in 1993 under the guidance of the
, among them the GHIP, and funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The program will investigate the topics of democratic governance, conflict management, and sustainable transformations.
Directors.
The following have been directors of the Institute:
- 1966–1968 Alois Wachtel
- 1968–1989 Karl Ferdinand Werner
- 1989–1992 Horst Möller
- 1993–2007 Werner Paravicini
- 2007–2012 Gudrun Gersmann
- since 2013 Thomas Maissen
Mission and objectives.
The main tasks of the GHIP are: research, mediation