Dahlem Humanities Center at Freie Universität Berlin Has a New Board

Historian Paul Nolte Is the New Director A new board consisting of four humanities scholars was appointed at the Dahlem Humanities Center (DHC), Freie Universität Berlin. The new board members took of their work on February 1, 2016. They are Beatrice Gründler, Professor of Arabic Language and Literatures, Anita Traninger, Professor of Romance Languages and Literature, Matthias Warstat, Professor of Theater Studies, and Paul Nolte, Professor of History. The previous director, who was also the founding director of the DHC, Professor Joachim Küpper (Romance Languages and Literatures), as well as board members Professor Erika Fischer-Lichte and Professor Klaus W. Hempfer have resigned from their posts. Professor Paul Nolte was appointed the new director. Born in 1963, Paul Nolte is Professor of Modern History with an emphasis on Contemporary History at the Friedrich Meinecke Institute of Freie Universität Berlin. He is also managing editor and co-editor of a number of renowned academic journals and book series. The new board members, just as the outgoing ones, are internationally experienced professors who have rendered outstanding services to research and teaching at Freie Universität. The president of Freie Universität Berlin, Professor Peter-André Alt, paid tribute to the work of the outgoing board, and in particular to that of Professor Joachim Küpper as pioneering and innovative.