Marcus Böick
| Marcus Böick | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1983 Aschersleben, East Germany |
| 💼 Occupation | Historian, academic |
| 👔 Employer | King's College, Cambridge |
Marcus Böick (born 1983[1]) is a German historian specializing in the history of post-1990 transformation in Germany, contemporary economic history, and the history of security and violence. His research has focused particularly on the Treuhandanstalt and the economic restructuring of East Germany after reunification.
Life
Böick grew up in Saxony-Anhalt and completed his Abitur in Hettstedt. Following civilian service, he studied history, political science, sociology, and social psychology at the Ruhr University Bochum, graduating in 2009. He subsequently worked at Ruhr University as a lecturer and research associate. In 2016 he received his doctoral degree (Dr. phil.).
From 2017 to 2023 Böick served as Akademischer Rat at the chair of contemporary history under Constantin Goschler at Ruhr University Bochum. He has held fellowships at University College London, the German Historical Institute London, and the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard University. In 2022, he was a visiting professor at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena. Since October 2023 he has been Assistant Professor in Modern German History and a Fellow at King’s College, Cambridge. In 2025, Böick visited the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto.[2]
Böick became known for his research on the Treuhandanstalt. His dissertation, funded by the Federal Foundation for the Reappraisal of the SED Dictatorship, examined the ideas, organisation, and experiences surrounding the Treuhandanstalt and its personnel. The study received wide and largely positive attention in both academic circles and the media.[3][4]
His further research interests include organisational history, the history of neoliberalism, and security and violence in the 20th century. He is reviews editor at H-Soz-Kult and, together with Ralph Jessen and Constantin Goschler, has co-edited the Jahrbuch Deutsche Einheit since 2020.
Selected publications
Monographs and studies
- Die Treuhand. Idee – Praxis – Erfahrung 1990–1994 (Wallstein, Göttingen 2020)
- with Christoph Lorke: Zwischen Aufbruch und Abwicklung: eine Geschichte des „Aufbau Ost“ (Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, Bonn 2022)
- with Constantin Goschler: Wahrnehmung und Bewertung der Arbeit der Treuhandanstalt (Bochum 2017)
- Die Treuhandanstalt (Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Thüringen, Erfurt 2015)
Edited volumes
- with Ralph Jessen and Constantin Goschler: Jahrbuch Deutsche Einheit (Ch. Links Verlag, Berlin, since 2020)
- with Marcel Schmeer: Im Kreuzfeuer der Kritik. Umstrittene Organisationen im 20. Jahrhundert (Campus, Frankfurt am Main 2020)
- with Constantin Goschler and Julia Reus: Kriegsverbrechen, Restitution, Prävention. Aus dem Vorlass von Benjamin B. Ferencz (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2019)
- with Kerstin Brückweh: "Weder Ost noch West. Ein Themenschwerpunkt über die schwierige Geschichte der Transformation Ostdeutschlands." In: Zeitgeschichte-online (March 2019)
- with Franziska Kuschel and Anja Hertel: Aus einem Land vor unserer Zeit. Eine Lesereise durch die DDR-Geschichte (Metropol-Verlag, Berlin 2012)
External links
- Profile at the University of Cambridge
- Federal Foundation for the Reappraisal of the SED Dictatorship
- H-Soz-Kult
References
- ↑ "Dr. Marcus Böick". Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur. Retrieved 2025-11-18.
- ↑ "Dr. Marcus Böick". Faculty of History, University of Cambridge. Retrieved 2025-11-18.
- ↑ "Andreas Malycha". Review: Marcus Böick, Die Treuhand. Idee - Praxis - Erfahrung. 1990-1994, Göttingen: Wallstein 2018. Retrieved 2025-11-18.
- ↑ "Thorsten Holzhauser". Review: Böick, Marcus: Die Treuhand. Idee – Praxis – Erfahrung 1990–1994. Göttingen 2018. In: H-Soz-Kult, January 31, 2019. Retrieved 2025-11-18.
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