PD Dr. Christian Kühner - Curriculum vitae
Curriculum vitae
2011 - today
1979 - 2011
Memberships
Contact
PD Dr. Christian Kühner (representing Prof. Dr. Thomas Maissen in the 2024 summer semester)
christian.kuehner@geschichte.uni-freiburg.de
Historisches Seminar
Grabengasse 3-5
69117 Heidelberg
Room 229
Personal page on the website of Freiburg University
Curriculum vitae
Since April 1st 2024
Representing Prof. Dr. Thomas Maissen in his role as professor for Early Modern History at Heidelberg University
February 2024
"Qualification" by the French Conseil national des universités (CNU) for the application to posts as "professeur des universités" (university professor) in the area of section 12 ("Etudes germaniques et scandinaves")
Since October 1st 2023
Privatdozentur am Historischen Seminar der Universität Freiburg
Winter semester 2022/2023 (October 1st 2022 - March 31st 2023)
Representing Prof. Dr. Ulrike Ludwig in her role as professor for Early Modern History at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (six months leave of absence at the post at Freiburg)
April 1st 2022 - September 30st 2023
Research associate at the Research Service at the Historischen Seminar of the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
Winter semester 2021/2022 (October 1st 2021 - March 31st 2022)
Representing professor for the vacant chair for Early Modern History at Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
March 2021
"Qualification" by the French Conseil national des universités (CNU) for the application to posts as "professeur des universités" (university professor) in the area of section 22 ("Histoire et civilisations : histoire des mondes modernes, histoire du monde contemporain, de l'art, de la musique"); this corresponds to a recognition of the German habillitation as the equivalent to a French habilitation
July 6th 2020
Habilitation for the subject of Modern History
Mai 1st 2020 - September 30th 2021
Research assistent in a temporary employment relationship
December 2019
Submission of the paper "Die Beichte in Bayern und Österreich im konfessionellen Zeitalter. Zur Rolle des Bussakraments in der katholischen Konfessionskultur" ("Confession in Bavaria and Austria in the age of denominations. On the role of the sacrament of penance in catholic denominational culture")
October 2014 - March 2015
Marie Curie Fellow of the Gerda Henkel Stiftung at the Faculty of History of the Cambridge University (six months leave of absence at the post at Freiburg)
November 2013
Temporary appointment as a German civil servant (until April 30th 2020)
October 1st 2013 - September 30th 2021
Research assistant at the Historischen Seminar at Freiburg University
July 2012 - September 2013
Marie Curie Fellow of the Gerda Henkel Stiftung at the Faculty of History at Cambridge University
September 2011 - December 2011 and March 2012 - June 2012
Visiting Scholar at the Department of History of Stanford University (archive trip to Germany in between from january to february 2012)
March 30th 2011
Dense (soutenance) of the doctoral thesis before a Franco-German commission at the EHESS in Paris; best grade in both systems ("très honorable avec félicitations"/"summa cum laude")
September 2010 - August 2011
Max Weber Postdoctoral Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence
April 2010
Submission of the doctoral dissertation
December 2006 - April 2010 (submission)/March 2011 (defense)
PhD (Franco-German cotutelle) at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg and at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) about the subject "Freundschaft im französischen Adel im 17. Jahrhundert/L'amitié nobiliaire en France au XVIIe siècle" ("Friendship in the French nobility of the 17th century)
November 2006
Magister Artium (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg)
November 2006
Staatsexamen (Civil service examination) (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg)
October 2003 - July 2004
Tutor for seminars in Modern History
October 2003
Continuation of studies at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
June 2003
Licence d'histoire (Université de Paris IV)
September 2002 - June 2003
Academic stay at the Université de Paris IV (Sorbonne)
April - July 2002
Tutor for a seminar in Modern and Eastern European History
October 1999
Start of studies at Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
October 1999 - November 2006
Studies in History, Romance Studies ("Romanistik") and Political Science at the Universities of Freiburg i. Br. and Paris IV (Sorbonne)
October 1998 - October 1999
Alternative service at the special needs school of the Lebenshilfe in Ottersweier (Rastatt county)
June 1998
Abitur at the Gymnasium Achern
1989-1998
Gymnasium Achern
1985-1989
Elementary school Achern
17. 2. 1979
Birth in Baden-Baden
Responsibilities in academic autonomous administration
November 2013 - October 2014 and April 2022 - September 2022
Subject cooridnator of Erasmus affairs at the Historisches Seminar of the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
November 2020 - September 2022
Member of the commission for teaching degree programs at the Philosophical faculty of the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
Memberships
Gruppo di Studio sul Cinquecento Francese
Verband der Historiker und Historikerinnen Deutschlands
Deutscher Hochschulverband
Gesellschaft zur Herausgabe des Corpus Catholicorum e. V.
Mitglied auf Lebenszeit (Life member) von Clare Hall, Cambridge
Freundeskreis Geschichte der Universität Freiburg e. V. (Förderverein des Historischen Seminars der Universität Freiburg)
Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft Freiburg
