Julia  von Blumenthal

Julia von Blumenthal

  • 2022
  • Speaker
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Julia von Blumenthal is president of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin since October 1st 2022. She received her degree in political science, international law and Russian literature from Hamburg University and her doctoral degree (2001) as well as her Habilitation (2007) in political science from the University of the Federal Armed Forces (today: Helmut-Schmidt-University) in Hamburg. Between 2007 and 2009 she held temporary professorships at the universities in Lüneburg and Gießen. Julia von Blumenthal has been a Professor of German Politics at the Department of Social Sciences of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin since 2009. In 2014, she became Founding Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. From October 2018 to October 2022 she was President of the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder). As a political scientist she has conducted research on German politics, especially on federalism and parliaments and on the role of higher education institutions for the integration of refugees.

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