Prof Jonathan Osmond
Education & Qualifications
1971-73 and 1974-75 The Queen’s College, Oxford
1973-74 Hamburg University
1975-76 Munich University
1976-77 and 1978-79 St Antony’s College, Oxford
1977-78 Munich University
BA (Oxon.) 1975
MA DPhil (Oxon.) 1987
Career Overview
1977‑78 Theodor Heuss Research Fellow of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Institute of Bavarian History Munich
1979-93 Lecturer in History, Leicester University
1993 Visiting Professor, Central European University Budapest
1993 Research Fellow of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Humboldt University Berlin
1994-96 Professor of Modern European History, Cardiff University
1996-2006 Head of the Cardiff School of History and Archaeology
2007 Research Fellow of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Potsdam University
2007-12 Pro Vice-Chancellor, Education and Students, Cardiff University
2011 Research Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Potsdam University
Teaching Profile
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in modern European history, particularly German and Spanish history
Membership and External Activity
Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
Chair of Commissioning Group for National History Museum, Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales
Notable Achievements
Acquisition of the Cardiff Rare Books collection for Cardiff University Library 2010
Presentations
Conference "Die andere Moderne? Bildwelten in der DDR - Perspektiven einer Neubewertung", Weimar October 2012
German Studies Association, Louisville 2011
German Studies Association, Oakland 2010
Deutscher Kunsthistorikertag, Marburg 2009
German Studies Association, St Paul 2008
International Conference on Urban History, Stockholm 2006
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Bamberg 1999 American Historical Association, Seattle 1998
Universities Art Association of Canada, Vancouver 1997