Mentoring in History and Historical Thinking

I offer individual mentoring for people who wish to engage more deeply with history or further develop their historical thinking and writing. In a personal and flexible setting, I support you in contextualising historical topics, sharpening your own questions, and gaining confidence in engaging with the past and the present. Perhaps you have been interested in historical questions for a long time, would like to develop your

own project, or need support with a text or manuscript? Perhaps you are looking for a space in which to think about history beyond formal educational pathways?

I offer such a space through conversation, reading, and shared reflection.

The mentoring is intentionally informal and individually tailored. It can take place one to one or in a small, private group and is adapted to your interests, prior knowledge, and personal goals.

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Thematic focus

The following topics may be at the centre of the mentoring:

What is history?
Fundamental questions of historical thinking and how we engage with the past in the present.

Can we learn from history?
Possibilities and limits of historical experience and memory.

Public history
Communicating history between scholarship, the public, and responsibility.

National Socialism and the Holocaust
Historical context, cultures of remembrance, and contemporary perspectives.

The Near and Middle East
Historical developments, entanglements, and long-term perspectives. Gaining orientation in one of the most complex conflicts of our time.

German history 

A range of topics, just reach out! 

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These thematic areas serve as points of orientation. The sessions can, however, be individually curated and adapted to your personal interests, questions, and projects. 

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