Michael Maaser
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Michael Maaser (born 12 February 1964) is a German historian, archivist of the Goethe University Frankfurt.
Born in Steinheim in Hanau, Maaser graduated from the Hohe Landesschule gymnasium. He studied history at the Goethe University Frankfurt. On a scholarship of the Gerda Henkel Stiftung, he further studied in Düsseldorf.
During his studies and afterwards, Maaser worked as a research assistant in Frankfurt at the university's archive, directed by Notker Hammerstein, and became his successor. He achieved a doctorate in philosophy from the Department of Philosophy and Historical Sciences. Maaser taught Modern History in Frankfurt from 2002/03. He habilitated in 2015 and since then has been teaching as a private lecturer.[1]
Memberships
- Scientific member of the Historische Kommission für Hessen.[2]
- Member of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Akademie für Kulinaristik.[3]
- Chairman of the scientific advisory board of the Bibliographia Judaica Archive
- Member of the Frankfurter Historische Kommission[4]
- Member of the working group "Die Universität Frankfurt im Nationalsozialismus" (seit Mai 2017)
- Chairman of the Monument Advisory Board of the City of Hanau.[5]
- Chairman of the home and history association Steinheim am Main from 2009 to 2014.[6][7]
- former chairman of the sponsoring association of the Theodor-Heuss-School Hanauu[8]