Prof Dr Norbert Otto Eke, a researcher at Paderborn University, was elected as the new chairman of the international academic association "Forum Vorm?rz Forschung" in Wuppertal at the end of April. Founded in 1994, the Forum is an association of academics from Europe (Germany, Great Britain, France, Italy, Luxembourg), Asia (Japan), the USA and Australia, who deal with the Vorm?rz and thus a key epoch of German history, ranging from literary studies and history, theology, sociology and philosophy to music and art studies. It offers Vorm?rz research a common platform with the aim of developing joint research projects, organising conferences and workshops and documenting them in academic publications. The "Forum Vorm?rz Forschung" publishes its own yearbook and several series of publications.
Prof Eke has had a decisive influence on Vorm?rz research with several monographs and numerous individual contributions over many years up to the present day. He has just published the yearbook "Alltagskultur im Vorm?rz" (2025). The scholar is head of the field of "Modern German Literature" at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Paderborn University.
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