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Emeritus Professor in European and Danish History, Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy, Copenhagen Business School and Honorary Professor, Department of History and Classics, University of Aarhus

Born 1945; military service 1964-66 (UN forces in Gaza 1965-66); graduated from Collège d’Europe, Bruges in 1970 (sciences politiques) and University of Aarhus in 1972 (history). Assistant professor (adjunktvikar) Department of History of Ideas, University of Aarhus; 1972-74 research fellow (kandidatstipendiat) Department of History, A.U; 1976 mag. art. (Ph.D.) in History, University of Aarhus; from 1976 senior lecturer in the methodology and theory of history, History Department, University of Aarhus; Vice-dean Faculty of Arts 1981-83 University of Aarhus; 1987-1992 senior research fellow at the Centre for Cultural Research, University of Aarhus, specializing in Danish identity and comparative European history; 1993-99 Director of the European Studies Program at the Centre for Cultural Research, AU. 1996-2000 Jean Monnet Professor in European Civilization and Integration. 1999-2000 Head of department, Center for European Cultural Studies AU; 2000-2004 on the board of the Jean Monnet Centre for the Study of European Integration, University of Aarhus. From 2000 to 2002 Director of the Danish Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Copenhagen; 2003-2006 Head of Department for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Danish Institute for International Studies. January 2007- October 2014 Professor in European and Danish History, International Center for Business and Politics, Copenhagen Business School (inaugural lecture May 21, 2008); emeritus October 31, 2014; farewell lecture March 2015 (published as no.446), adjunct professor Department of History, Aarhus University August 1, 2015-August 2020, inaugural lecture 2015

Research at the European University Institute, Firenze 1978-90; Center for European Studies, Harvard University 1984-85; Froðskapasetur Føroya 1988-89; Center for Historical Analysis, Rutgers University 1990; lectures at many universities all over the world. Published numerous articles and several books primarily in Danish on national identity, national political cultures and nation-states in Europe; these are in particular: Den materialistiske historieopfattelse i Danmark 1973; Historieopfattelse og samfundsudvikling, (med Jens Christian Manniche og Preben Torntoft) 1978; Tradition, opbrud og formidling (med Niels Christensen og Jens Christian Manniche) 1979; Fascismen i Italien. Brud og kontinuitet i Italiens historie efter 1800 (med Thorsten Borring Olesen og Nils Arne Sørensen) 1984 (2. ed. 1986); Akropolis – Persepolis tur/retur 1991; Europas ansigter 1992 (2. ed. 1998, 3. ed. 2001); Dansk identitet? 1993; Den globala nationalismen (med Björn Hettne og Sverker Sörlin) 1998 (2. revised ed. 2006 with a postscript); Europa. Identitet og identitetspolitik 1998 (2. ed. 2000). Se lige ud! Værnepligten til debat (med Hans Christian Bjerg og Hans Engell) 1999; Hvorfor er danskerne danske (2017); Hvad nu EU (med Jens-Peter Bonde) 2018; Europa Hvorhen 2019. Many articles in Danish, Italian, German, French, Spanish, English and other languages (among others Hungarian, Greek, Chinese)

Main areas covered, Italy 1861-1986; France 1789-1986; Germany 1815-1988; Austria-Hungary; American Political Culture; Great Britain 1688-1990; the Ottoman Empire and Turkey; the Balkans; World War I and II; Conscription and Nationalism; Ancient History; Methodology and Theory of History; Marxist Theory; Denmark and the Nordic Counties; Comparative studies of Nazism and Fascism; Cultural History; National Identity and Nationalism; European Civilization and Integration; International Relations; Geopolitics; Regions in Europe; Holocaust in European history; Memory Culture; Political Cultures and Traditions in Europe; Welfare States in Comparative Perspective; Religion in Europe; Historical Sociology; Political Theories;

General Cultural History and Criticism, Journalism

1985 Festschrift Clio i Dallas ed. by Jens Christian Manniche, Thorsten Borring Olesen og Nils Arne Sørensen, Historisk Institut, Å. U

1992 received the Holst Knudsen reward for outstanding scholarship, Aarhus Universitet

2002 nominated ‘European of the year’ by Europabevægelsen

2011 received the FUHU Research Dissemination Prize 2011, CBS

October 10, 2019 received the Knight’s Cross of Merit of the Republic of Poland, embassy of Poland Copenhagen

External examiner at: Copenhagen University, Aarhus University, University of Southern Denmark, Aalborg University, Roskilde University Center, in the following subjects: Italian culture, society and language; Political Science; International Studies; Middle East Studies; Minority studies, Culture and Language Encounters; European Studies, Comparative Literature.

Foreign policy commentator

The daily Information 1992-2002; regular contributor to the daily Jyllands-Posten 1995-2001; September 2006- July 2007 commentator at the daily Berlingske Tidende; Danish Radio and Television (P1 and DR2) and TV2 since 1990; Weekendavisen since 1984; Kristeligt Dagblad since 2015;

Research funding

Statens humanistiske Forskningsråd 1994-97, “Begrebshistorisk netværk” (CfK/Aarhus Universitet); Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2000-2007 director of the project “Danish Refugee Policy 1933-45” (DCHF/DIIS); Danish Ministry of Education 2000-2007, “Holocaust Education (Auschwitz Day)” (DCHF/DIIS); Danish Ministry of Integration 2004-2005, “Anti-Semitism” (DIIS); member of the Steering committee of the European Science Foundation project ’Writing the Nation’ directed by Stefan Berger, published in 8 volumes 2008-15 at PalgraveMacmillan. Contributor to Frank Hadler and Tibor Frank (eds.), Disputed Territories and Shared Pasts, 2011; Stefan Berger, The Past as History, 2015; director of the research project “Branding the Nation and Companies” (DBP/CBS) financed by FKK 2008-2012; “Humanomics. Dynamics of Human Knowledge 2.0. Impact of the Humanities” ved Aalborg Universitet ledet af David Budtz Pedersen og Frederik Stjernfelt 2012-20 financed by the Velux Foundation; Lumen Aarhus University 2016-20;

Honorary positions

Member of Orbis Terrarum, Society for the Study of the Mediterranean World from 1990; Det Lærde Selskab (University of Aarhus) from 1984; Jysk Selskab for Historie 1982-2000; Styrelsen for Folkeuniversitet i Aarhus 1990-2000; medlem af Hellenisme-initiativet (det Humanistiske Forskningsråd) 1989-1994; member of the Committee on Security and Disarmament (SNU) 1992-1995; Senior fellow at the Danish Institute of International Affairs (DUPI) 1995-2000; personal member of the Danish Council for European Politics 1993-2002; member of the editorial committee for the Journal Modern Italy (1990-2000); member of the think tank on Social policy studies (Socialforsknings-instituttet, SFI) 1995-2000; member of the Council for Future Research (Copenhagen Institute for Future Research) since 1991; membre de la Comité Scientifique pour la “Conference des Régions Périphériques Maritimes” (CRPM), Rennes 1997-2001; membre du comité scientifique of the journal Nordiques (from 2012 published by Université du Caen) from 2003; on the board of “Center for Europæisk Kirkeret og Kirkekundskab” 1995-1999; Membre du “Haut Conseil pour l’Histoire d’Europe” (Musée d’histoire Contemporain, Paris) 1999-2002; Elected “European of the Year” by Europabevægelsen i Danmark in 2002; Member of the Steering Committee for the European Science Foundation scientific program “Representations of the Past: National Histories in Europe” 2003-2008; adjunct professor at Copenhagen Business School in European Cultural Studies April 2006-2011; Member of the International reference group for the Nordic Centre of Excellence on the Nordic Welfare State – Historical Foundations and Future Challenges, University of Helsinki 2007-2012; Lectured as one of the “27 leçons d’histoire européenne par 27 des plus grands historiens de l’Union Européenne” France 2008 (published by editions du Seuil, Paris 2009); member of Sydsvenska Dagbladets prize committee for the European of the Year 2008-14; member of Advisory Board for Golden Days in Copenhagen 2009-2010; Member of the European prize committee of the Sabanci University, Istanbul 2010; Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, Stockholm, Programgruppen (2008-11); Svenska Vetenskapsrådet, Beredningsgrupp Humaniora (2010-12); medlem af det internationale redaktionsråd for Svensk Historisk Tidskrift (2010- ); Member of the advisory Committee of UNAM Documentation and Research Centre, Beirut, Lebanon (2010-14); medlem af Idépolitisk Udvalg, Foreningen Norden (2013-); Medlem af ekspertpanel for Tænketank Europa (2014-); research group ‘Humanomics’ Velux foundation, Aarhus University and Copenhagen University (2012-15); on the advisory Board of the research project ‘Denmark and the New Nordic’ (2013-2016); honorary professor in modern history, department of History and Classics, Aarhus University (2015-2020); medlem af rådgivende udvalg for Danmarks-kanon, Kulturministeriet (2016); Lumen (Luther and the Nordic Mentality) Aarhus University (2016-20); research group ‘Impact of the Humanities’, Velux Foundation, Aalborg University (2016-2020);

Membership of editorial boards

 Den Jyske Historiker 1969-2010; Historievidenskab 1975-78; Omverden 1990-91; Udenrigs (København (1995- ); Orbis Terrarum Sfinx (Århus/ Kbh. Universitet 1990- ); Modern Italy (London) 1990-2000; Studies in Nationalism (London) 1995-2000; Begrebshistoriske Studier (Århus Universitet) 1995-2000; Nordeuropa Forum (Berlin) 1998-2008; Newsletter of the Jean Monnet Center (Aarhus University)n 1999-2004; Nordiques (Paris, Caen) 2003- ; Comparare (Paris) 2000-2002; Holocaust and Genocide Studies Series (Copenhagen) 2000-2005; Editorial Council for Temp – tidsskrift for historie (2010- ); medlem af det internationale redaktionsråd for Svensk Historisk Tidskrift (2010-);

External evaluator

Riksbankens Jubilæumsfond, Sweden; Norwegian Research Council; FWF Wissenschaftfonds, Austria; Velux Fonden (Denmark); Vetenskapsrådet, Sweden, Academy of Science Finland (2005; 2013); Velux fonden (Denmark); Færøernes Forskningsråd;

Peer Reviewer

Slagmark (journal of the History of Ideas); Den Jyske Historiker; European Review; (svensk) Historisk Tidskrift; Political Studies; Nations and Nationalism; Politica; European Science Foundation; Finnish Academy of Sciences; Annales scientarum faroyensis; Gyldendal; Aarhus Universitetsforlag:

Ph.d. and Dr. phil. Committees

University of Oslo (2008 history; 2009 political science); University of Lund (history; history of ideas); University of Aarhus (history; theology; Spanish; European Studies; French and international studies); University of Aalborg (international studies); Syddansk Universitet, Odense (history); Copenhagen University (Middle East Studies; East European Studies; Political Science; French; history); Copenhagen Business School (French, German; Intercultural Communication; political economy); European University Institute Firenze, EUI (history and civilization); Oslo University ph.d. in history, ph.d. in political science, Dr. phil history, Froðskapasetur Føroya (ph.d. history); University of Southern Denmark dissertation (dr. phil. history) June 2018; Copenhagen University (dr. phil. history) April 2019; Aarhus University (ph.d. in international studies and dr. phil. history) November 2019; professor in modern Faroese history, Froðskapasetur Føroya September 2019;

Member of Search committees

Copenhagen University (Sociology); Aarhus University (Chinese Studies, History; Languages); Lund University (history); Malmö University (European Studies); CBS (senior lecturer in Business history, senior lecturer in Spanish Culture and Society); Roskilde University Center (senior lecturer in history); Institute for Border Region Studies (University of Southern Denmark, Sønderborg) assistant professor in Border Studies; Lund University (2008-2009 chair in history; 2009-2010 chair in history of ideas); Center for Business and Politics, CBS (two senior lecturers in Business and Politics, December 2010); chair in Border Studies, University of Southern Denmark, Sønderborg (2016); professor in modern Faroese history, Froðskapasetur Føroya September 2019;

Address

email: uoe.mpp@cbs.dk; Telephone: 45 38153585; postal address: Department for Management, Politics and Philosophy, Copenhagen Business School, Porcelænshaven 14A, DK 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark.

Home address: Nyvej 13, DK 9500 Hobro Denmark; Telephone: 45 29458584; Email: uffe@kultuffe.dk