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Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Fakultät für Geschichtswissenschaft
Historisches Institut
Professur Geschichte Nordamerikas
Universitätsstraße 150
44780 Bochum
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Victoria Junkernheinrich
Room: GA 4/157
Tel. +49-234-32-28635
Fax. +49-234-32-14083
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Dr. Jens Wegener

 

 

 

Curriculum Vitae

  • 2018-: Postdoctoral researcher, Project "Security, Democracy and Transparency," funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG)"
  • 2016-18: Adjunct lecturer, Department of History, William Paterson University, New Jersey
  • 2015-16: Adjunct lecturer, Department of History, Montclair State University, New Jersey
  • 2015: Doctor of Philosophy; European University Institute, Florence, Italy; title of dissertation: “Creating an ‘International Mind’? The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Europe, 1911-1940” (Prof. Dr. Kiran Klaus Patel)
  • 2011: Doctoral Fellow, German Historical Institute, Washington, DC
  • 2011: Global Visiting Scholar, Department of History, New York University
  • 2010: Master of Research, European University Institute, Florence, Italy
  • 2009-2012: Research assistant to Prof. Dr. Kiran Klaus Patel, Department of History and Civilization, European University Institute and Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, Florence
  • 2009-2013: DAAD Doctoral Researcher at European University Institute, Department of History and Civilization European University Institute, Florence, Italy
  • 2007-2009: Research assistant to Prof. Dr. Michael Wala, History of North America, Department of History, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
  • 2007:  M.A. (Magister Artium) in History and American Studies, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany; topic of final thesis: “The Gehlen Organization and U.S. Central Intelligence, 1945-49” (Die Organisation Gehlen und amerikanische Gehemdienstinteressen, 1945-49), supervisor: Michael Wala
  • 2006: DAAD short-term grant for M.A. thesis research at National Archives and Library of Congress, Washington, DC
  • 2005-2007: Student assistant to Prof. Dr. Michael Wala, History of North America, Department of History, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
  • 2001-2003: Student teaching assistant; various tutorials on reseach methods and writing skills, Department of History, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
  • 1980: Born in Unna, Germany

Selected Publications

  • Die Organisation Gehlen und die USA: Deutsch-amerikanische Geheimdienstbeziehungen 1945-1949, Berlin 2008 (Studies in Intelligence History 2).
  • "An Organization, European in Character": European Agency and American Control at the Centre Européen”, in: John Krige u. Helke Rausch (Hrsg.), American Foundations and the Coproduction of World Order in the 20th Century, (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Rupert, 2012), 37-60.
  • “Shaping Germany’s Post-War Intelligence Service. The Gehlen Organization, the U.S. Army and Central Intelligence, 1945-1949”, in: Journal of Intelligence History 7.1 (2007), S. 41-59.