Dr. Jörn Rüsen
(Senior Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities in Essen)

Speaker biography
1974-1989 Professor, University of Bochum
1989-1997 Professor, University of Bielefeld
1997-2007 President, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities in Essen　(Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut Essen)
From 2008 Senior Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities in Essen

Fields of research
Theories of historical studies, culture and humanism

Major publications
Humanism in Intercultural Perspective - Experiences and Expectations (Co-authored, 2009) Kultur macht Sinn (2006), History: Narration . Interpretation - Orientation(2005), Geschichte im Kulturprozesβ (2002), Historische Orientierung (1994), Zeit und Sinn (1990), and many others