Chair for Applied and Public History Prof. Dr. Cord Arendes
Contact
Postal Address:
Historisches Seminar
Grabengasse 3-5
D-69117 Heidelberg
Visiting Address:
Marstallstraße 6, Room 325 (3rd floor)
D-69117 Heidelberg
Phone: +49 (0) 6221-54 3706
E-Mail: cord.arendes@zegk.uni-heidelberg.de
Curriculum Vitae
seit 2012: Professor for Applied and Public History, History Department, Heidelberg University
2017-18: PLACE-Fellow, Heidelberg School of Education (HSE)
2010/11: Substitute Professor of Modern History with a focus on the 19th and 20th centuries, History Department, Heidelberg University
2010: Habilitation, Heidelberg University, Venia Legendi “Recent and Contemporary History”
2008-12: Lecturer (temporary) Contemporary History, History Department, Heidelberg University
2006-07: Research Assistant, Contemporary History, History Department, Heidelberg University
2004-06: Research assistant, Research Project “Images of Holocaust Perpetrators in German Jurisprudence after 1945” (VW) , History Department, Heidelberg University
2003/04: Doctorate (Dr. Phil.), University of Greifswald
2001-03: Research assistant, Research Project “History of Political Science at Universities in Germany 1949-1999” (DFG), Department for Political Science, University of Greifswald
2000-01: Doctoral scholarship State of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
1999: Research assistant, Research Project “Publication of Ernst Fraenkel's collected writings” (DFG), Department of Political and Social Sciences, Free University of Berlin
Research Associations and Networks
2025-: D-A-CH Professional Association for Public History Research (phfv), Deputy spokesperson
2024-: SFB Collaborative Research Centre 1671 “Heimat(en): Phenomena, Practices, Representations” (DFG), Principal Investigator TP C01 “Modelling Heimat(en) in Museums”; Spokesperson for the ‘Artefacts’ working group
2023-: Ladenburg College Resarch Project “The Aggressor: Self-perception and external perception of an actor between nations” (Ladenburg Colleg), Member of the cooperation network
2019/2025-: Project group/LLF Project “Doing History – Practices of History Making in Transmedial History Cultures”, Member/Extended steering group
2024-25: D-A-CH Professional Association for Public History Research (phfv), Spokesperson
2017-21: Doctoral College “Art, Culture and Markets. History of the European Cultural Industry from the 18th Century to the Present” (Landesgraduiertenförderung), Spokesperson
2016-19: heiEDUCATION Cluster “Cultural Heritage”, Heidelberg School of Education, Spokesperson
2010-12: Network platform “Industrial Crisis Communication in the 20th Century”, Konstanz/Heidelberg
Memberships and Roles in Professional Associations, Editorial Boards, and Advisory Boards
D-A-CH Professional Association for Public History Research (phfv)
Association of Historians in Germany (VHHD)
International Federation of Public History (IFPH)
Working Group on Applied History / Public History in the VHHD
German Association for Political Science (DVPW)
German Association of University Professors and Lecturers (DHV)
2023-: Scientific Advisory Board of the Federal Agency for Civic Education (bpb) “Lernort Landshut”
2021-: Public History Weekly. The Open Peer Review Journal, Co-director and Executive Board
2021-: Scientific Advisory Board for the series “Cultural Heritage: Materiality - Text - Edition” (KEMTE)
2021-24: Scientific Advisory Board for the exhibition “L'Histoire du Luxembourg pendant la Seconde Guerre Mondiale"
2018-23: Friends of Public History Weekly
2018-20: Expert network “Creative Collections”, Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe
2015-19: Public History Weekly. The Open Peer Review Journal, Core Author
2013-15: Advisory Board Delisted Books, Springer Verlag Berlin/Heidelberg
2012-13: Project group Memorial for the Victims of National Socialism, City of Schwetzingen
Science Administration and Committee Work, Heidelberg University
2023-: Faculty of Philosophy, Vice Dean
2023-: Heidelberg School of Education, Council (Representative Faculty of Philosophy)
2018-: Heidelberg School of Education, Examination Board for the Ed. Profile
2016-: Board of Trustees of the City of Heidelberg Foundation
2018-22: Faculty of Philosophy, Dean of Studies
2020-21: History Department, Executive Director
2016-19: Heidelberg School of Education, Council (Cluster Spokesperson)
2014-16: Centre for European History and Cultural Studies, Executive Director
2013-20: Rectorate Commission for General Studies
2012-16: Faculty of Philosophy, Study Commission
Expert Activities
- German Research Foundation (DFG), Project Proposals
- Accreditation, Certification and Quality Assurance Institute (ACQUIN), Degree Programs
- Agency for Quality Assurance through Accreditation of Degree Programmes (AQUAS), Degree Programs
- Thuringian Development Bank (economic and innovation promotion), Project Proposals
- Margarete von Wrangel Habilitation Programme for Women Baden-Württemberg, Postdoctoral Fellowships
- Daimler and Benz Foundation, Postdoctoral Fellowships
- Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS), COFUND Fellowship Program
- Evangelisches Studienwerk e.V. Villigst, Doctoral Fellowships
- Bielefeld University Press, Manuscripts (Micro Monographs)
- Yearbook for Politics and History, Manuscripts (Research Articles)