Dr. Daniel Gerster

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Curriculum Vitae (CV)

History of Masculinity
History of Education and Youth
History of Religion, with special focus on the History of Catholicism
Historical Peace and Conflict Research

Academic Education
09/2011	PhD from the Department of History and Civilization, European University Institute, Florence
09/2007 - 08/2011	PhD Student and Researcher at the Department of History and Civilization, European University Institute, Florence
10/2003 - 08/2007	Studies of History, Catholic Theology, and Educational Sciences at the Freie Universität Berlin
04/2007	State Examination Degree ("1. Staatsexamen für Gymnasiallehramt") at the Freie Universität Berlin
09/2005 - 03/2006	Studies of History at the University of Warsaw (Poland) in the Erasmus/Sokrates programme
04/2002 - 09/2003	Studies of History, Catholic Theology and Educational Sciences at the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Work Experience
since 12/2019	Researcher at the Department of History, WWU Münster (DFG Eigene Stelle)
08/2012 - 11/2019	Research Assistant at the Center for Religion and Modernity at the University of Münster
09/2011 - 07/2012	Visiting Scholar at the Department for Contemporary History at the Freie Universität Berlin (Prof. Dr. Paul Nolte)
05/2006 - 08/2007	Student Assistant at Department for Contemporary History at the Freie Universität Berlin
10/2004 - 09/2005	Student Assistant at the Center for Contemporary Research Potsdam
11/2002 - 09/2003	Student Assistant at the Institute for European History Mainz
Functions and Memberships
since 2019	Vice Spokesperson of the German Association for Historical Peace and Conflict Research
since 04/2018	Co-Editor of the Book Series "Frieden und Krieg. Beiträge zur Historischen Friedensforschung" (Klartext Verlag Essen)
since 2014	Spokesperson of the Schwerter Arbeitskreises für Katholizismusforschung
since 2010	Member of the Verband der Historikerinnen und Historiker Deutschlands

Publications

Schreiben als Protest. Zum Verhältnis von Walter Dirks, katholischen Friedensaktivisten und gesellschaftlichen Protestbewegungen nach 1945 Gerster Daniel (2019) In: Brunner Benedikt, Großbölting Thomas, Große Kracht Klaus, Wolke Meik (eds.), Sagen, was ist'. Walter Dirks in den intellektuellen und politischen Konstellationen Deutschlands und Europas. Bonn: Dietz-Verlag. Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution)
Retreat into the 'pedagogical province'? Boarding schools and the changing perception of 'nature' in German secondary education around 1900 Gerster, Daniel (2019) In: Paedagogica Historica (Online), 2019 Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Katholiken und deutsche Gesellschaftsgeschichte Gerster Daniel (2018) In: Holzbrecher Sebastian, Knop Julia, Kranemann Benedikt, Seiler Jörg (eds.), Revolte in der Kirche? Das Jahr 1968 und seine Folgen. Freiburg: Herder Verlag. Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution)
Masculinities in World Religions. Some Introductory Remarks Gerster Daniel, Krüggeler Michael (2018) In: Gerster Daniel, Krüggeler Michael (eds.), God's Own Gender? Masculinities in World Religions. Würzburg: Ergon Verlag. Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution)
How to Bring About 'Peace on Earth'? Catholic 'Moralities of Warfare' and Their Shifts after 1945 Gerster Daniel (2018) In: Journal for Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society. Special Edition on 'Moralities of Warfare, 4(1) Type of Publication: Research article (journal)

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Projects

Cloistered Boyhood. Becoming a Man at Boarding Schools in Germany and England, 1870 to 1930

Duration: 01/12/2019 - 31/07/2020 | 1st Funding period

Funded by: DFG - Individual Grants Programme

Type of project: Individual project