Dr Martin Hoch

Contact Details

Konrad Adenauer Foundation
Rathausallee 12
53757 Sankt Augustin
Germany
Phone: +49-(0)2241-246-2263
Fax: +49-(0)2241-246-5-2263

Email: Martin.Hoch@kas.de

Background

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Who or what sparked your enthusiasm for the subject?

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Education

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1991: PhD (History) magna cum laude, University of Freiburg-in-Breisgau (Germany);
Dis­sertation on the political and military history of the Crusader states AD 1126-1154. Supervisor: Professor Dieter Geuenich

1987: Magister Artium (History and Islamic Studies), University of Freiburg-in-Breisgau
Thesis on the "Ascalon Project" of the Second Crusade AD 1148.
Supervisor: Professor Dieter Geuenich

1984: Master of Arts (Near Eastern Studies), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (USA)
Supervisor: Professor Andrew S Ehrenkreutz

1983: Intermediate exam (BA equiv.; History and Islamic Studies), University of Freiburg-in-Breis­gau

Career History

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2001-present: Project manager and research fellow (senior rank, tenured) with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (a public policy institute), Sankt Augustin bei Bonn (Germany);
Research on theories of war and peace in history, and the political and military history of the Crusader states in the East

2000-2001: Research fellow (senior rank, tenured) in the Division of International Cooperation of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (a public policy institute), Sankt Augustin bei Bonn (Germany);
Research on war as a factor in international relations, theories of war and peace in history, present-day conflicts in the Near/Middle East and their implications for Western security, and the political and military history of the Crusader states in the East

1991-2000: Research fellow (senior rank, tenured) in the Department of Political Research of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Sankt Augustin bei Bonn (Germany)

Influences and Methodologies

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Research Outlook

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Research Output

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(Middle Ages Only)

Monographs and research papers:

  • [In collaboration with Jonathan Phillips:] The Second Crusade. Scope and Consequences
    Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2001; xxii+234 pp
  • Jerusalem, Damaskus und der Zweite Kreuzzug. Konstitutionelle Krise und äußere Sicherheit des Kreuzfah­rerkönigreiches Jerusalem, AD 1126–1154 [Jerusalem, Damascus and the Second Crusade. Constitutional Crisis and External Security in the Crusaders' Kingdom of Jerusalem, AD 1126–1154]
    Europäische Hochschulschriften / European University Studies, vol III/560; Frankfurt aM et al: Peter Lang, 1993; 212 pp [German with English summary]

Articles:

  • "Hattin, battle (1187)"
    In: Encyclopedia of the Crusades; ed Alan V Murray; 4 vols; Santa Barbara, CA et al: ABC-Clio, 2006
  • "Krieg als historisches und anthropologisches Phänomen" [War as a Historical and Anthropological Phenomenon]
    In: Der Mensch – ein "zôon politikón"? Gemeinschaft – Öffentlichkeit – Macht; ed H Schmidinger and C Sedmak; (Topologien des Menschlichen, Bd 3); Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesell­schaft, 2006; pp  223–241]
  • "Die Rückkehr des Mittelalters in der Sicherheitspolitik" [The Re-Emergence of the Middle Ages in International Security Policy]
    In: WeltTrends. Zeitschrift für internationale Politik und vergleichende Studien, no 35 (Summer 2002); pp  17–34
  • "Falken, Tauben und der Elefant Gottes. Hattin, 4. Juli 1187" [Hawks, Doves and God's Own Elephant. Hattin, 4 July 1187]
    In: Schlachten der Weltgeschichte. Von Salamis bis Sinai; ed S Förster et al; Munich: CH Beck, 2001 [3rd edition 2003]; pp 79–92, 398–399
  • "The price of failure: the Second Crusade as a turning-point in the history of the Latin East?"
    In: The Second Crusade; ed J Phillips and M Hoch; Manchester and New York, NY: Manchester University Press, 2001; pp  180–200
  • "The Choice of Damascus as the Objective of the Second Crusade: A Re-evaluation"
    In: Autour de la première Croisade. Actes du Colloque de la Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East (Clermont-Ferrand, 22–25 juin 1995); ed Michel Balard; Byzantina Sorbonensia, vol 14; Paris: Publications de la Sorbonne, 1996; pp 359–369
  • "The Crusaders' Strategy against Fatimid Ascalon and the 'Ascalon-Project' of the Second Crusade"
    In: The Second Crusade and the Cistercians; ed Michael Gervers; New York, NY: St  Martin's Press, 1992; pp 119–128.

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