Prof. Dr. Hedwig Richter

Advisory Council

About Hedwig Richter

Hedwig Richter is Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at the “Universität der Bundeswehr” in Munich. Her research has been awarded the Offermann Hergarden Prize of the University of Cologne (2010) and the Democracy Foundation Prize (2018). Her book “Demokratie. Eine deutsche Affäre” is nominated for the Bavarian Book Prize 2020 in the category Non-Fiction. Richter´s research focuses on the topics of democracy, migration and gender equality. She also writes for newspapers, such as Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Süddeutsche Zeitung, ZEIT and taz.

Publications

“Creeping into Power” analyses historical interpretations of the New Right

The book is edited by Policy Fellow Andreas Audretsch and historian Claudia Gatzka
Dr. Andreas Audretsch, Dr. Claudia C. Gatzka, Prof. Dr. Hedwig Richter, Paul Jürgensen, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Kocka

News

„Schleichend an die Macht“

Reaktionen auf das Buch unserer Fellows Andreas Audretsch und Claudia Gatzka
Dr. Andreas Audretsch, Dr. Claudia C. Gatzka, Prof. Dr. Hedwig Richter, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Kocka, Paul Jürgensen, Tereza Novotná
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