Michael Borgolte - Curriculum Vitae#

• 1948 born in Brunswick/Germany
  
• 1967 Secondary School Degree (Abitur) Brunswick / Germany
  
• 1969ss. Study of History, German Studies and Philosophy at the University of Münster/Westfalia (Germany)
  
• 1975 PhD. in Medieval History at University of Münster ("The Exchange of Envoys between the Carolingians and the Abbasid Caliphate and the Patriarchs of Jerusalem", published Munich 1976 [German]])
  
• 1975-1984 Research assistant at the University of Freiburg
  
• 1981 Habilitation at the University of Freiburg ("History of the Counties of Alemannia in the Frankish Era", Sigmaringen 1984 [German]])
  
• 1981ss. Lecturer and Professor at the universities of Bamberg, Freiburg, Basel and Frankfurt/M.
  
• 1991 Appointment to Full Professorship for Medieval History at the Humboldt University in Berlin
  
• 1997 Appointment to the Chair for Medieval History at Erlangen University (turned down)
  
• 1998 Establishment of an "Institute for the Comparative History of Europe in the Middle Ages" at the Humboldt University
  
• 2001ss. Suggestion and Convenership of Medieval History Seminars at the German Historical Institutes in Washington and London (I-VIII)
  
• 2005 Ordinary Member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Science
  
• 2005-2011 Spokesman of the German Research Foundation Priority Pogramme 1173 on "Integration and Desintegration of Civilizations in the European Middle Ages"
  
• 2008-2009 Fellow of the Max-Weber-Kolleg in Erfurt
  
• 2011(-2017) Advanced Grant of the European Research Grant for the project "FOUNDMED. Foundations in medieval societies. Cross-cultural comparisons"