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History at the RUB

The Institute of History at the Ruhr University Bochum is dedicated to the researching and communicating history in all its facets. From antiquity to the present day, we offer a broad spectrum of research research projects and courses that enable us to delve deep into the past into the past and reconstruct historical developments that shape our and to reconstruct and understand historical developments that shape our present. Our lecturers and lecturers as well as our diverse resources and co-operations make the Institute of History a lively place of exchange and academic and scholarly discoveries.

Find out more about our work, our degree programmes and our current current projects on the following pages. We look forward to your visit!

Current dates & terms (22.4 - 4.5.2025)

all dates & terms

23.04.
Kolloquium
Judith Grosch (München)

German title:

Kranke Moral. Eine Geschichte des Moralisierens in der bundesdeutschen Gesundheitspolitik des ausgehenden 20. Jahrhunderts

23.04.
Kolloquium
Hannes Schrader (Hamburg/Berlin)

German title:
Das Pergamonster: Wie ich ohne Kontakte, Ahnung und Vorwissen investigativ zu einem deutschen Bauprojekt recherchierte (und warum Sie das auch können)

30.04.
Kolloquium
Timo Mohr (München)

Thawing Arctic, Freezing Relations? Shifting Energy Relations between Russia, Japan, and Northeast Asia in Contemporary Times

30.04.
Kolloquium
Constantin Goschler (Bochum)

German title:
Überlegungen zur Kompromisskultur in der Bundesrepublik



New publications from the Institute

Archive of publikations

Jörn Rüsen, Michele Barricelli, Nicola Brauch, Estevão Chaves de Rezende Martins, Friedrich Jaeger: Handbuch der Historik

Wiesbaden, Springer VS, 2025

link to the book

von Lorena de Vita und Constantin Goschler: Redefining Reparation.

Wassenaar 1952 and the Global Politics of Repair

London (Routledge), 2025

link to the book

Daniela Rüther: Die Sex-Besessenheit der AfD

Rechte im 'Genderwahn'

Bonn, Verlag J.H.W. Diet, 2025

link to the book

Lutz Budrass, Eva-Maria Roelevink: Die Macht der Entwässerung.

Die Emschergenossenschaft und die Erfindung des Ruhrgebiets

Bielefeld, Transcript, 2024

link to the book