Education
Andreas Gotzmann graduated from the Hochschule für Jüdische Studien in Heidelberg and the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg in 1988 with an Master of Arts in Jewish History, Rabbinics & Codices, and Jewish Art History. He received his Doctor of Philosophy in Jewish Studies at the Freie Universität Berlin in 1995. Between 1990-1995 he was a research fellow in New York and Jerusalem.
From 1994-1997 he was first a research assistant, then assistant professor for Jewish History and Culture at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main.
Since 1999 full professor for Jewish Studies at the newly founded Erfurt University.
Amongst other memberships and positions, he was member of the executive board of the ‚Association for Jewish Studies in Germany‘ (Verband der Judaisten in Deutschland) from 2002–2006. Between 2003-2007 director of the Religious Studies Seminar at Erfurt University.
Still long-time member of the executive board of the ‚German Board for Scientific ‘ (Wissenschaftliche Arbeitsgemeinschaft) of the International Leo Baeck Institute et cetera Amongst other invitations: Very Distinguished Harris Visiting Professor for Jewish History at Dartmouth College, Hanover New Hampshire in 2002.
Career
He holds the Chair for Jewish Studies and Religious Studies at the University of Erfurt (Germany). in Jewish History, Rabbinics & Codices, and Jewish Art History. Andreas Gotzmann authors numerous scholarly publications, mainly about German-Jewish history. His expertise covers the early modern and the modern period.
Special fields of interest are research on cultural change and processes of social consolidation of cultural models and identities, legal and social history, as well as history of mentalities and ideas.
Beyond that, he works on the theory and method of cultural history and is one of the leading scholars to introduce approaches and methods of cultural studies to Jewish studies. Next to his research in modern Jewish history, Gotzmann heads the international research cluster entitled ‚Jewish Holy Roman Empire‘ which draws together scholars and institutions from a multitude of countries since 2003.
Membership
Amongst other memberships and positions, he was member of the executive board of the ‚Association for Jewish Studies in Germany‘ (Verband der Judaisten in Deutschland) from 2002–2006. Between 2003-2007 director of the Religious Studies Seminar at Erfurt University. Still long-time member of the executive board of the ‚German Board for Scientific ‘ (Wissenschaftliche Arbeitsgemeinschaft) of the International Leo Baeck Institute et cetera
