Personal information

Sebastian Gehrig obtained his MPhil in Historical Studies from the University of Cambridge and his doctorate from the University of Heidelberg. From 2009-12, he taught Modern German and European History at the University of Heidelberg and was a research fellow at the Karl-Jaspers-Centre for Advanced Transcultural Studies. His research interests include 20th century Germany and Europe, national identity, the history of constitutional law, social and everyday history of law, social movements and left-wing terrorism, and Sino-German relations. Currently, he is working on a book manuscript titled Coping with the Present. Constitutional Law Making, Citizenship, and National Identity in the Cold War Germanys.

Edited Books

Kulturrevolution als Vorbild? Maoismen im deutschsprachigen Raum, ed. together with Barbara Mittler and Felix Wemheuer (Frankfurt/M.: Peter Lang, 2008).

Linksalternative Milieus und Neue Soziale Bewegungen in den 1970er Jahren, ed. together with Cordia Baumann and Nicolas Büchse (Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, 2011).

Articles

“Einleitung: Protest und gesellschaftlicher Wandel in den 1970er Jahren”, in: Linksalternative Milieus und Neue Soziale Bewegungen in den 1970er Jahren, ed. by Cordia Baumann, Nicolas Büchse, and Sebastian Gehrig (Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, 2011), 11-32.

“(Re-)Configuring Mao: Trajectories of a Culturo-Political Trend in West Germany”, Transcultural Studies 2 (2011): 189-231.

“Sympathising Subcultures? The Milieus of West German Terrorism”, in: Between Prague Spring and French May: Opposition and Revolt in Europe, 1960-1980, ed. by Martin Klimke, Joachim Scharloth, and Jacco Pekelder (Oxford/New York: Berghahn Books, 2011), 233-50.

“‘Zwischen uns und dem Feind einen klaren Trennungstrich ziehen’: Linksterroristische Gruppen und maoistische Ideologie in der Bundesrepublik der 1960er und 1970er Jahre”, in: Kulturrevolution als Vorbild? Maoismen im deutschsprachigen Raum, ed. by Sebastian Gehrig, Barbara Mittler, and Felix Wemheuer (Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2008), 153-178.