Professor Dr. Silke Mende
Current affiliations
- Professorship of Modern and Contemporary History with a special focus on the 19th to the 21st century (Prof. Mende)
- Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics"
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- History of Germany, France and Western Europe
- 19th- and 20th-century history of France and the French colonial empire
- Social movements, protest and the emergence of the Greens
- History of Francophonie
- Democracy, parliamentarism and Europeanization since the 1970s
- New History of Ideas
- History of the Present
Academic Education | |
| 2018 | Habilitation in modern and contemporary history, University of Tübingen |
| 2009 | Doctorate, Faculty of Philosophy and History, University of Tübingen |
| 2003 | MA, University of Tübingen, and Maîtrise d’Histoire, Université de Provence |
| 1997 - 2003 | Studies in modern history (with a focus on contemporary history), medieval history and political science, Universities of Tübingen and Aix-en-Provence (as part of the integrated study programme TübAix) |
Work Experience | |
| since 04/2021 | Professorship in Modern and Contemporary History, with a focus on 19th-21st century, University of Münster |
| 11/2020 - 03/2021 | Professorship in European History (19th-21st century), Department of Historical Sciences, Humboldt University of Berlin |
| 10/2019 - 03/2021 | Deputy director, Centre Marc Bloch, Berlin |
| 10/2017 - 09/2019 | Research assistant, Department of Contemporary History, Munich-Berlin |
| 03/2019 - 08/2019 | Acting professorship in Transnational History of the 19th and 20th Centuries, European University Flensburg |
| 2010 - 2017 | Senior lecturer, Department of Contemporary History, University of Tübingen |
| 2009 - 2010 | Research assistant, Department of Contemporary History, University of Tübingen |
| 2006 - 2009 | Research assistant, German Research Foundation project “Emergence of the Green movement”, directed by Prof. Dr. Anselm Doering-Manteuffel |
| 2005 - 2006 | Acting research assistant, Department of Contemporary History, University of Tübingen |
| 2005 | Research assistant, VW junior research group “Governing in the 20th century”, directed by Prof. Dr. Gabriele Metzler |
Functions and Memberships | |
| since 2023 | Mitglied im Vorstand der "Association for Political History" , Vorstand, Board Member "Association for Political History" |
| since 2021 | Member, Advisory Board, Institut franco-allemand des sciences historiques et sociales (IFRA-SHS), Frankfurt am Main |
| since 2018 | Member, Board, "Deutsch-Französisches Historikerkomitee (DFHK)" (Franco-German Comitee of Historians) |
| since 2015 | Chercheuse associée, Centre d'Histoire, Sciences Po Paris |
| 04/2021 - 09/2024 | Associate researcher, Centre Marc Bloch, Berlin, Centre Marc Bloch, Berlin |
| 2021 | Member, Board Wissenschaftsfestival GLOBE21 #BorderCrossingSolidarities, Leipzig |
Publications
Mende, Silke; Rehling, Andrea (2024) In: Kleinöder, Nina; Marx, Christian; Gehlen, Boris; Czierpka, Juliane (eds.), Neue Perspektiven der Unternehmensgeschichte. Paderborn: Ferdinand Schöningh. Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution) | |
Droit, Emmanuel; Kwaschik, Anne; Mende, Silke (eds.) (2024) Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag. Type of Publication: Book (edited collection) | |
Droit, Emmanuel; Kwaschik, Anne; Mende, Silke (2024) In: Droit, Emmanuel; Kwaschik, Anne; Mende, Silke (eds.), France, Allemagne, Afrique. Représentations, transferts, relations / Frankreich, Deutschland, Afrika. Repräsentationen, Transfers, Beziehungen. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag. Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution) | |
Mende, Silke (2024) In: H-Soz-Kult, http://www.hsozkult.de/publicationreview/id/reb-133314 Type of Publication: Review in digital collection | |
Herausgegeben von:
Beaupré, Nicolas; Hartmann, Heinrich; Majerus, Benoît; Mende, Silke (2023) Type of Publication: Other scientific publication |
Projects
Duration: 01/01/2024 - 31/12/2025 | 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Cluster of Excellence Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster | |
Duration: 01/06/2022 - 31/12/2023 Funded by: Uni Münster-internal funding - Topical Programs Type of project: Internally at the University of Münster funded project | |
Duration: since 01/01/2022 | 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Cluster of Excellence Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster |
Prizes
| Dr. Leopold Lucas-Nachwuchswissenschaftler-Preis Awarded by: Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen Award given to: Mende Silke Date of awarding: 01/01/2011 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction |