Short bio
Born in Brixen/Bressanone. Sudies of history an German at the University of Innsbruck. Dissertation in the field of contemporary history. Teaching qualification for history, German language, philosophy and geography in secondary schools. High school teacher in South Tyrol. Research doctorate at the Free University of Bolzano in the field of general didactics an pedagogy. Lecturer at the Universities of Bozen/Bolzano, Innsbruck, Mainz, Augsburg and Hildesheim. Author of several books on Tyrolean contemporary history and historical biographies. Currently researcher at the Free University of Bozen/Bolzano in the field of contemporary history and lecturer in the field of teaching history in primary school.
Courses
Contemporary South-Tyrolean history and the teaching of it (lab.)
12395 · M-STO/04 · 5 year master degree in Primary Education - German section · DE
Didactics of History with an Emphasis on the Age Range 5-12 (Lab.)
12414B · M-STO/04 · 5 year master degree in Primary Education - German section · DE
Didactics of History: In-depth Analysis of Selected Topics
12414A · M-STO/04 · 5 year master degree in Primary Education - German section · DE
Main Research Areas
Contemporay History in Tyrol
The development of the press in Tyrol from the mid 19th century to the mid 20th century
Research on the historical counsciosness through "products of Geschichtskultur" in primary school