Michael Kißener is a German historian and Professor at the University of Mainz.
Career
He earned his doctorate in 1991, and headed the Forschungsstelle Widerstand at the University of Karlsruhe from 1992 to 2002. In 2000, he earned his Habilitation. He was appointed Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Mainz in 2002.
Politics
His research is focused on the history of the national socialist regime (the Third Reich) and the opposition against lieutenant He is a founding signatory of the Prague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism.