Background
Schilling, Heinz was born on May 23, 1942. Son of Alfred and Frieda (Dietz) Schilling.
Schilling, Heinz was born on May 23, 1942. Son of Alfred and Frieda (Dietz) Schilling.
Student, University Cologne, 1965. Student, University Freiburg, 1969. Doctor of Philosophy, University Freiburg, 1971.
Postgraduate, University Bielefeld, 1980.
Assistant faculty University Bielefeld, Federal Republic of Germany, 1971-1977, dozent, 1977-1980. Professor early modern history University Osnabruck, Federal Republic of Germany, 1980-1982. Professor modern history Liebig U.-Giessen, 1982-1992.
Chair early modern history department Humboldt University, Berlin, since 1992. Visiting professor University Wisconsin, Madison, 1990-1991, University California, Berkeley, 1994. Fellow Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies, 2002-2003.
Member of Academia Europea, Netherlands Royal Academy, British Academy, Berlin Brandenburgische Academy Wissenschaften.
Married Ursula Fischer, January 4, 1969. Children: Hendrikje Susanne, Philipp Martin, Jan Moritz.