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Stefan Rohrbacher
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Stefan Rohrbacher (born 10 November 1958) is a German Judaist.
Stefan Rohrbacher was born in Bad Schwalbach, a small spa town a short distance to the northwest of Wiesbaden. He attended university at Cologne and Berlin, his field of work including Oriental studies, Jewish studies and Art history. He received his doctorate in 1991 from Berlin's (misleadingly named) Technical University. His doctoral dissertation, subsequently reworked for commercial publication, dealt with "violence in the Biedermeier period" in the context of an increase in antisemitic riots at that time. In 1991 he accepted a position as an academic research assistant with the Berlin Historical Commission, remaining there till 1993. Between 1994 and 1997 he worked with the Hamburg-based Institute for the History of German Jews ("Institut für die Geschichte der deutschen Juden" / IGdJ).
He moved on again in 1997, becoming Professor for Jewish studies at Duisburg till 2002. He then took a professorial post at the Heinrich-Heine University in Düsseldorf. He is a former chairman of the Association of Judaists in Germany ("Verband der Judaisten in Deutschland") and a member of the board of the Academic Working Group with the Leo Baeck Institute.
Rohrbacher's most important research themes included Jewish history in central Europe, focusing primarily on the early modern period. He has also worked in depth on the Jewish enlightenment and the evolution of antisemitism, again with a particular focus on central Europe.
Annette Schavan was a government minister, responsible till 2013 for the Education and Research portfolio. She received a doctorate from Düsseldorf university in 1980. In May 2012 allegations surfaced that Schavan's doctoral dissertation had been excessively plagiaristic. Although the allegations were anonymous, the case captured a place in the news agenda and the responsible "doctoral committee" at the University of Düsseldorf undertook a five-month investigation of the matter. The committee was chaired by the vice-dean of the university's Philosophy Faculty, Stefan Rohrbacher.
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