Education
Mombauer studied history at the Westfälische-Wilhelms-Universität (University of Münster) in Münster, Germany, and at the University of Sussex where she was awarded a Doctorate.Phil in History in 1998.
Military historian university professor
Mombauer studied history at the Westfälische-Wilhelms-Universität (University of Münster) in Münster, Germany, and at the University of Sussex where she was awarded a Doctorate.Phil in History in 1998.
She is a Senior Lecturer in Modern European History in the History Department at the Open University in Great Britain, and Associate Dean (Research) for the Arts Faculty. She joined the Open University staff in 1998 as Lecturer in Modern European History. In 2003, she also became a visiting fellow at the Australian Defence Force Academy in Canberra, Australia.
She chaired the Open University department’s Research Steering Group and the departmental REF panel until December 2013.
Mombauer was a contributor to Michael Portillo"s documentary about the causes of World War I, The Great War of Words, broadcast by British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 4 in February 2014. Mombauer was a contributor to Max Hastings" documentary about the causes of World War I, The Necessary War, broadcast by British Broadcasting Corporation 2 in February 2014.
From 2006 until 2011 she was the Secretary of the German History Society, and is currently (as of 2014) a member of the Editorial Board of 1914-1918 Online (Encyclopedia of the First World War).
