Sebastian Venske, geb. Kunze (associated)

Born 1987

Studied Middle Eastern Studies and Political Science (BA) 2007-2011 at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. Subsequently, Master in Jewish Studies at the University of Potsdam (2012-2016) with stays at the University of Southampton (WS 2013/14) and the Hebrew University Jerusalem (WS 2014/15).

Since 10/2016 Research assistant to Prof. Dr. Andreas Gotzmann at the Chair of Jewish Studies, University of Erfurt.

Since 10/2016 research for the dissertation.

04/2017-12/2017 Research assistant at the Moses Mendelssohn Center for European-Jewish Studies in Potsdam.

PhD Project

Gustav Landauer as a Jewish Intellectual (Working Title)

My dissertation project aims to situate Gustav Landauer (1870-1919) in Jewish intellectual and cultural history. The intellectual space in which Landauer moved, was received, and had an impact will be reconstructed. The aim of the work is to trace and uncover the traces (loosely based on Gadamer) of Landauer's works and activities. Thus an existing, but so far hardly noticed and not concisely described, line of his life and work within Jewish intellectual and cultural history will become visible.

Detailed description in: Dialog Heft 74, Potsdam, 1/2017. http://www.mmz-potsdam.de/files/MMZ-Potsdam/Download-Dokumente/NL_Dialog_PDFs/Dialog%2074.pdf

Contact: https://www.venske.info/kontakt/