Antonia Grunenberg | |
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Born | 2 May 1944 |
Alma mater | Free University of Berlin |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Political science |
Institutions | University of Oldenburg |
Thesis | Der Zusammenhang zwischen Linksradikalismus und Geschichtsphilosophie in Praxis und Theorie von Georg Lukacs (1918–1928) (1975) |
Antonia Grunenberg (born 2 May 1944) is a German political scientist, totalitarianism researcher and an expert on the political thought of Hannah Arendt.[1] She is professor emerita at the University of Oldenburg, where she taught as a full professor from 1998 until her 2009 retirement, and where she was director of the Hannah Arendt Centre. She is also editor of the book series Hannah Arendt Studies.[2]
Grunenberg earned her doctorate in philosophy at the Free University of Berlin in 1975 and a habilitation in political science at RWTH Aachen University in 1986.[2]
Grunenberg was appointed by the federal government as a member of the scientific committee of the Federal Foundation for the Reappraisal of the SED Dictatorship in 2006.[2]