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Prof Dr Sönke Neitzel

Office hours during the lecture period (summer semester 2026)

During the summer semester, office hours will be held on Tuesdays from 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

  • 07.07.2026
    14.07.2026
    21.07.2026
    28.07.2026

Please register for consultation hours by email (sekretariat-militaergeschichte@uni-potsdam) so that we can inform you in good time of any changes to the schedule.


Homework and other post can be handed in at the secretary's office or posted in the ‘Historisches Institut’ post box on the lower floor of Building 11.

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Note:

The office will be closed from July 31 through August 18, 2026, due to vacation.

Emails sent to the office address will not be reviewed or processed until after this period.
Assignments and other mail can be dropped off in the “Historical Institute” mailbox on the lower floor of Building 11.

Background


Contact details

Portrait von Professor Neitzel in schwarz-weiß
Photo: Kai Bublitz, 2023

Prof. Dr. Sönke Neitzel | Chair of War Studies

Vita

Research interests

  • History of War and Organised Violence in the Modern Era
  • International History of the 19th and 20th Century
  • History of the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) in an international perspective

Scholarships and awards

  • 2023: Lehrpreis der Philosophischen Fakultät der Universität Potsdam
  • 2022: Preis „Bundeswehr und Gesellschaft“ der Bundesministerin für Verteidigung
  • 2010: Research fellow at the Gerda-Henkel-Stiftung of the KWI Essen.
  • 1996: Werner-Hahlweg Dissertation Prize.

Memberships and advisory boards