Jürgen Reulecke (born 12 February 1940) is a German historian and emeritus professor.
Life
Born in Düsseldorf, in his childhood Reulecke was a member of a catholic boys' group.[1] He studied history, German Studies and philosophy at the universities of Münster, Bonn and Bochum. In 1972 he received his doctorate under Wolfgang Köllmann and in 1979 his habilitation. From 1984 to 2003 he was professor of modern and contemporary history at the University of Siegen. During the academic year, Reulecke was a research fellow at the Historisches Kolleg [de] in Munich. Since 2003 he has taught at the University of Giessen and was spokesperson of the special research area "Memory Cultures". He is a member of the PEN Centre Germany.
Reulecke's research focuses on social history, especially the illumination of the youth movement. He has also distinguished himself as an urbanization historian.
Bergische Miniaturen.:[3] Geschichten und Erfahrungen Klartext Verlag [de], Essen 2010
100 Jahre Jugendherbergen 1909–2009.[4] (together with Barbara Stambolis). Klartext, Essen 2009.
Kriegskinder in Ostdeutschland und Polen, vbb, Verlag für Berlin-Brandenburg, 2008
Wissenschaften im 20. Jahrhundert. Steiner, Stuttgart 2008
Söhne ohne Väter. Chr. Links, Berlin 2004
(ed.): Generationalität und Lebensgeschichte im 20. Jahrhundert (Schriften des Historischen Kollegs. Kolloquien 58). Munich 2003, ISBN978-3-486-56747-2 (Numerised).
Das Ruhrgebiet und die „Volksgesundheit“.,[5] Essen 2001
Rückkehr in die Ferne. Juventa, Weinheim 1997
Spagat mit Kopftuch. Ed. Körber-Stiftung, Hamburg 1997
Geschichte der Urbanisierung in Deutschland, Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 1992
as editor with Diethart Kerbs: Handbuch der deutschen Reformbewegungen 1880–1933. Wuppertal 1998.
References
^F. Bayohr among others (ed.), More than a story. Contemporary historical perspectives on the Federal Republic of Germany. Göttingen 2016, p. 53