Departmental Office

The Department of History and Social Sciences is managed by the Departmental Chairperson, Deputy Chairperson, and the Vice Chairperson, Academic Affairs, who have been elected by the Department Council for a period of two years. They are supported by the Department Managing Director as contact person for all members of the department, the university and external cooperation partners.

Head of the Department

  Name Contact
Prof. Dr. Jens Ivo Engels
Departmental Chairperson
+49 6151 16-57300
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Prof.in Dr. Nina Janich
Deputy Chairperson & Internationalisation Coordinator
+49 6151 16-57394
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Prof.in Dr. Nathalie Behnke
Vice Chairperson, Academic Affairs
+49 6151 16-57352
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Departamental administration

  Name Contact
Dipl.-Betriebsw.in Beate Laferi-Kobsa
Department Managing Director and Head of the Office for Student Affairs
+49 6151 16-57301
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Andrea Zettl
Management Assistence (Part time: Monday - Thursday)
+49 6151 16-57300
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Monika Schmidt
Processing of Contracts for Student Assistants
+49 6151 16-57480
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Student administration

  Name Contact
Dipl.-Betriebsw.in Beate Laferi-Kobsa
Department Managing Director and Head of the Office for Student Affairs
+49 6151 16-57301
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Dr.in Mônica Holtz
Coordinator for Course Curricula, Teaching and Internationalisation; Deputy Head of the Office for Student Affairs
+49 6151 16-57304
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Stefanie Bartsch
Joint Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts
+49 6151 16-57305
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Alessandra Nesensohn B.A.
Master of Education (part time)
+49 6151 16-57467
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Dipl.-Übers.in Milena Wick
Bachelor of Arts, Teaching at Secondary Schools (part time)
+49 6151 16-57368
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Matthias Kessner M.A.
Coordinator of the introductory phase of studies, transition to regular studies; Communications Officer
+49 6151 16-57566
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Luzia Kouba Martins
Parental leave
Larissa Ludwig
Parental leave

System administration

  Name Contact
Joachim Buthe
System Administrator
+49 6151 16-57397
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