Dieter Senghaas

Born Aug. 27, 1940 in Geislingen/Steige; married since 1968 to Eva Knobloch; father of a daughter, Tanja (born 1970). Studied political science, sociology, history and philosophy at the universities of Tübingen, Amherst (Mass.), Frankfurt, Ann Arbor (Mich.).

1963 - 1968
Research assistant at the Institute for Political Science at the University of Frankfurt/M. (Professor I. Fetscher).

1967
Doctorate: "Critique of Deterrence. A Contribution to a Theory of International Politics".

1968 - 1970
Research stay at the Center for International Affairs at Harvard University, Cambridge (Mass.); research cooperation with Professor Karl W. Deutsch.

1970 - 1978
Research group leader at the Hessian Foundation for Peace and Conflict Research (HSFK).

1972 - 1978
Professor of International Relations at the University of Frankfurt/M.

1978 - 2005
Professor of International Politics and International Society, especially Peace, Conflict and Development Research at the University of Bremen.

1986 - 1987
Research professor at the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Ebenhausen near Munich.

1987
Winner of the International Peace Research Award.

1992 - 1994
Research professor at the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Ebenhausen near Munich.

1994 ff
Corresponding member of the Research Institute of the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Ebenhausen.

1999
Göttingen Peace Prize 1999 of the Dr. Roland Röhl Foundation.

2000
On the occasion of his 60th birthday on August 27, 2000, publication of "Festschrift Vom Ewigen Frieden und vom Wohlstand der Nationen" (On Perpetual Peace and the Wealth of Nations), edited by Ulrich Menzel, Frankfurt/M.: Suhrkamp Verlag 2000 (Series: edition suhrkamp 2173).

Also on this occasion, Der Große Senghaus in einem Band. Festgabe zum 60. Geburtstag von Dieter Senghaas, edited by InIIS-Autorenkollektiv, editors: Ulrich Schneckener and Gregor Walter, Bremen 2000 (2nd ed. October 2000).

04.12.2000
Award of the academic degree "Doctor of Social Sciences honorary (Dr. rer. soc. h.c.)" by the Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences of the University of Tübingen.

2005
On the occasion of his 65th birthday on August 27, 2005, two symposia take place: In his hometown Biberach/Riß in Upper Swabia the symposium "Thinking a Culture of Peace" (16./17.09.2005) with contributions among others by Prof. Dr. Marie-Janine Calic, Dr. h.c. Hans Koschnick, Prof. Dr. Volker Rittberger, and Prof. Dr. Michael Zürn (published in 2006 in the series Biberacher Studien, vol. 7, under the title Eine Kultur des Friedens denken); at the University of Bremen, the symposium "Die Zukunft des zivilisatorischen Hexagons im 21. Jahrhundert" (Oct. 14, 2005) with contributions by Prof. Dr. Frank Nullmeier, Dr. h.c. Hans Koschnick, Prof. Dr. Bernhard Zangl, Dr. Ulrich Schneckener, Prof. Dr. Peter Mayer, Dr. Dieter Wolf, Prof. Dr. Hanne Birckenbach (see also Leviathan, Vol. 33, No. 4, 2005, pp. 420-438 with contributions by F. Nullmeier and M. Zürn).

17.11.2006
Awarding of the Villa Ichon Culture and Peace Prize in the City Hall of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (laudation: Prof. Dr. Hajo Schmidt, Hagen; published in: Speeches at the Villa Ichon 2006-2007, vol. XI, Bremen 2007, pp. 21-27).

2006 ff
Senior Fellow at the Institute for Intercultural and International Studies (InIIS), University of Bremen.

2010
On the occasion of his 70th birthday on Aug. 27, 2010, the symposium "Promoting a Culture of Peace" will take place in Biberach/Riß (Sept. 17-18, 2010) with lectures by Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c.. Hans Küng, Prof. Dr. Harald Müller and Ambassador Dr. Günther Bächler will take place. Herbert Beck (Schwäbische Zeitung), Martin Gerster (MdB), Susanne Babila (SWR) and Uli Jäger (Institut für Friedenspädagogik Tübingen) will participate in a panel discussion on the "civilizing hexagon".

2010
Awarding (for the first time) of the Leopold Kohr Prize donated by the Federal Ministry of Science and Research (Vienna) by the Leopold Kohr Academy Salzburg on 05.10.2010 in the Great Hall of the University of Salzburg.

2015
On the occasion of the 75th birthday the symposium "Friedensarchitekturen in kriegerischen Zeiten" takes place in the Stadthalle in Biberach/Riß. The keynote lecture will be given by Prof. Dr. Lothar Brock (HSFK, Frankfurt/M.). Prof. Dr. Brock, Uli Jäger (Berghof Foundation), Prof. Dr. Eva Senghaas-Knobloch, Dr. Reiner Steinweg (Linz) and the honoree will participate in the panel discussion. Moderation: Dr. Alfons Siegel.