Franz Bosbach

thumb|Franz Bosbach '''Franz Bosbach''' (born 11 January 1952) is a German historian and university professor.<ref name=FBlautUDE>{{cite web|url=https://www.uni-due.de/geschichte/franz_bosbach.php|title=Professor Dr. phil. Franz Bosbach| work=Personen im Historischen Institut|publisher=Die Universität Duisburg-Essen (UDE)|accessdate=2 November 2016}}</ref>

==Life== Bosbach was born in Bornheim, a small town situated on the left bank of the Rhine, between Cologne and Bonn.

He received his doctorate from Bonn University in 1981 for a piece of analytical research on the longer lasting effects of the 1648 Peace of Westphalia.<ref name=Kosten>{{cite book|title=Die Kosten des Westfälischen Friedenskongresses: Eine strukturgeschichtliche Untersuchung (Schriftenreihe der Vereinigung zur Erforschung der neueren Geschichte)|author=Franz Bosbach| date=1984| publisher=Aschendorff| isbn=978-3-402-05632-5}}</ref> His habilitation (higher academic qualification), also from Bonn followed in 1986, this time for a piece of work entitled "Monarchia Universalis. Ein politischer Leitbegriff der frühen Neuzeit" (''"Universal monarchy: a political precept for the early modern period"'').<ref name=FBhab>{{cite book|title=Monarchia universalis. Ein politischer Leitbegriff der frühen Neuzeit| publisher=Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, Göttingen|date= 1988|isbn= 978-3-525-35931-0}}</ref> Between 1987 and 1989 he was supported by a bursary from the German Research Foundation's Heisenberg Programme.<ref name=FBlautUDE/>

In 1989 Bosbach was appointed visiting fellow at Clare College, Cambridge.<ref name=FBlautUDE/> He held a teaching chair in early modern history between 1989 and 2008 at the recently established University of Bayreuth,<ref name=FBlautUDE/> where between 2005 and 2008 he served as vice-president for study and teaching.<ref name=FBlautUB>{{cite web|url=https://idw-online.de/de/news257185| author=Jürgen Abel (Pressestelle)|date=24 April 2008|title=Bayreuther Vizepräsident Prof. Franz Bosbach auf dem Sprung an die Universität Duisburg-Essen|accessdate=2 November 2016}}</ref> Between 1995 and 2008 he was also "at the helm" of the Anglo-German (Coburg based) Prince Albert Society.<ref name=FBlautAlbSoz>{{cite web|url=http://www.prinz-albert-gesellschaft.de/gesellschaft_en.html|title=The Prince Albert Society ... History| publisher=Technische Universität Chemnitz |accessdate=2 November 2016}}</ref>

In 2008 he switched to the University of Duisburg-Essen where he was elected full-time vice-rector for study and teaching. His term in office ended in 2014, since which time he has remained at the university as a professor of early modern history.<ref name=FBlautUDE/>

In 2024, the University of Prešov awarded him the title of Dr.h.c.[https://www.unipo.sk/aktuality/47365/ (Prešovská univerzita v Prešove]). <!---

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