Dieter Geuenich

Dieter Geuenich (born 17 February 1943) is a German historian who specializes in the history of Germanic peoples.

Dieter Geuenich
Born	(1943-02-17) 17 February 1943 Bad Honnef, Germany
Nationality	German
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Münster
Doctoral advisor	Karl Schmid
Academic work
Discipline	History
Sub-discipline	Medieval studies
Institutions	University of Duisburg-Essen
Main interests	Alemanni
Notable works	Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde

Biography

Dieter Geuenich was born on 17 February 1943 in Bad Honnef, Germany. He studied history, Germanistics, theology and philosophy at the universities of Bonn and Münster, and received his PhD at Münster in 1972 under the supervision of Karl Schmid. From 1972 to 1982, Geuenich was a research assistant in history at the University of Freiburg. He gained his habilitation at Freiburg in 1981, and subsequently served as Professor of Medieval History at the University of Freiburg from 1982 to 1987. He was appointed Chair of Medieval History at the University of Duisburg-Essen in 1989. He has served as Visiting Professor at the University of Tokyo (1992-1993) and University of Los Angeles (1994). Geuenich became a corresponding member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in 2000. From 2004 to 2008, he was Professor at the University of Duisburg-Essen.

Geuenich is well known for his authoritative studies on the Alemanni. He was a co-editor of the second edition of the Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde.

Selected works

• Die Personennamen der Klostergemeinschaft von Fulda im früheren Mittelalter, 1976
• Geschichte der Alemannen, 1997

See also

• Herwig Wolfram
• John F. Drinkwater

Sources

• "Prof. Dr. Dieter Geuenich". University of Duisburg-Essen. Retrieved August 31, 2020.

External links

• Dieter Geuenich at the website of the German National Library