News
Information about the colloquium in the summer semester of 2026 (Prof. Kössler) can be found here: Link
Book presentation and discussion with Prof. Dr. Till Kössler and Prof. Dr. Stefanie Middendorf
An event organized by the Topography of Terror Documentation Center in collaboration with C.H.Beck Publishers, on April 21, 2026
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-I6LIFhg74
Call for Papers
The Far Right, Universities, and Counter-Institutional Knowledge Places.
Conference, March 10–12, 2027, University of Cologne
PD Dr. Susanne Schregel
Deadline: May 1, 2026
Link to the Call for Papers:
Or here: PDF
HF-INFO: Summary on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Examinations
New Publications
Max Schellbach
Between Social Criticism and Culturalization
In: Yearbook for Historical Education Research 31, pp. 127–147
Available online at: https://jb-historische-bildungsforschung.de/band_31/Band_31_06.xml
Susanne Schregel
Nazi ‘Giftedness Promotion’ and the Promise of Social Opportunity.The Newsletter on Vocational Competition and Giftedness Promotion (1940–1944)
In: Yearbook for Historical Education Research 31, pp. 244–269
Online at: https://jb-historische-bildungsforschung.de/band_31/Band_31_11.xml
Interview by the Cologne High School and Foundation Fund with Professor Till Kössler: “Sometimes too much is expected of the education system”
Report on "Deutschlandfunk" about Prof. Kössler’s book: "Franco – The Eternal Fascist": Andruck – The Magazine for Political Literature – November 10, 2025
https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/till-koessler-franco-der-ewige-faschist-100.html
New Release
Till Kössler
Franco – The Eternal Fascist
C.H. Beck, 2025
In the winter semester of 2025/26, we welcome Dr. Susanne Schregel as a visiting scholar and Feodor Lynen Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (return phase) to our department.
Cologne-based historian PD Dr. Susanne Schregel has been awarded the prestigious Carl Erdmann Prize by the Association of German Historians for her Cologne-based habilitation thesis “Intelligence: A History of the Practices, Rules, and Doctrines of Discernment (Germany, Great Britain, ca. 1880–1990).” Announcement
Prof. Dr. Till Kössler assumed the leadership of the Chair of Historical Education Research effective September 1, 2025.
Dr. Petra Götte served as acting chair of the Chair of Historical Education Research from October 1, 2023, to September 30, 2025.
55th German Historians’ Conference at the University of Bonn
Lecture by Prof. Dr. Till Kössler: "Educational Society and 'Educational Marginalization.' Reflections on a Categorization of Differentiation in the 20th Century"
Link: Information
Link: Program
Our Mailbox: The Chair has a mailbox, No. 3, located in the foyer of the HF main building (Building 216). The mailboxes are situated to the right of the entrance to the Dean’s Office or to the left of the entrance to the HF gym.