Nikolaus Buschmann
Nikolaus Buschmann
Dr. Nikolaus Buschmann ist wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter im Arbeitsbereich "Soziologie und Sportsoziologie" des Instituts für Sportwissenschaft und Geschäftsführer des Wissenschaftlichen Zentrums "Genealogie der Gegenwart". Er studierte Neuere Geschichte, Politikwissenschaft und Soziologie an der Universität Tübingen. Nach der Promotion im Rahmen des Tübinger Sonderforschungsbereichs "Kriegserfahrungen. Krieg und Gesellschaft in der Neuzeit" folgten Stationen als Fellow am Kulturwissenschaftlichen Kolleg Konstanz und am Historischen Kolleg München. Seit 2010 forscht und lehrt er an der Universität Oldenburg.
Curriculum vitae
Since 2019 | Member of the focus group ‘Diagnoses (in) the Present’ at the Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg Delmenhorst |
| Research Associate in the joint project ‘Transformation through Community: Processes of Collective Subjectivation in the Context of Sustainable Development’, funded by the Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture and the Volkswagen Foundation |
Since 2018 | Research associate in the ‘Sociology and Sociology of Sport’ department at the Institute of Sport Science, University of Oldenburg |
Managing Director of the Research Centre “Genealogy of the Present” | |
2018–2020 | Postdoctoral researcher in the joint project ‘Shaping the Future’, funded by the Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture |
2015–2018
| Postdoctoral researcher in the joint project ‘Reflexive Responsibilisation: Responsibility for Sustainable Development’, funded by the Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture and the Volkswagen Foundation |
Since 2013 | Founding member of the research centre “Genealogy of the Present” |
2012–2015
| Research associate in the ‘Sociology and Sociology of Sport’ department at the Institute of Sport Science, University of Oldenburg |
2010–2012
| Postdoctoral researcher at the DFG Research Training Group ‘Self-Formations: Practices of Subjectification from a Historical and Interdisciplinary Perspective’ |
2009–2010 | Research Fellow at the Munich Historical College |
2008–2009 | Fellow at the College of Cultural Studies, University of Konstanz |
2005–2008 | Sub-project leader in the Tübingen Collaborative Research Centre ‘Experiences of War: War and Society in the Modern Era’ |
2003 | PhD on ‘The Public Interpretation of War and the Nation in Germany, 1850–1871’ as part of the Tübingen Collaborative Research Centre ‘Experiences of War: War and Society in the Modern Era’ |
2002–2008 | Research assistant at the Department of History, University of Tübingen (Chair: Prof. Dr Dieter Langewiesche) |
1999–2001 | Research Associate at the Tübingen Collaborative Research Centre “Experiences of War: War and Society in the Modern Era” |
1998–1999 | Doctoral scholarship from the Friedrich Ebert Foundation |
1993–1996 | Researcher on the DFG research project ‘Social and Mentalities History of the First World War’ |
1989–1996 | Master’s degree in Modern History, specialising in Contemporary History, Political Science and Sociology at the University of Tübingen |
Research
Research focus:
- Diagnosis of the present
- History of sustainability
- Historical semantics of loyalty
- Nationalism and war in German history
- Subjectivation research and practice theory
End of projects:
- From the protest movement to the "intentional" community. Origin, change and conjuncture of sustainability-orientated community concepts
- Motives of docility. On the historical semantics of loyalty in German history
