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Thomas Clausen, M.Phil. University of Cambridge |
Thomas Clausen: “Roland Freisler and the Law of Terror” (Abstract)
Education
2014 – 2018 | University of Cambridge (Trinity College), PhD, History – Thesis: Roland Freisler (1893-1945): an intellectual biography – Supervisor: Prof Sir Christopher Clark (St Catherine’s College, Cambridge) |
2013 – 2014 | University of Cambridge (Trinity College), MPhil, Intellectual History and Political Thought (Pass with distinction) – Thesis: Reason of state in early 19th-century German political thought – Supervisor: Dr Isaac Nakhimovsky (Emmanuel College, Cambridge/Yale) |
2010 – 2013 | University of Cambridge (Trinity College), BA Hons, History (Part I: First Class, Part II: First Class with Distinction) – Dissertation: Ludwig Woltmann’s social Darwinism and the German Social Democratic Party |
Professional Experience
2016 – currently | Convenor (with Oliver F.R. Haardt) of the workshop series Between the Rule of Law and Liberal Government: Germany’s Evolution Toward the Grundgesetz, funded by the DAAD Cambridge Research Hub for German Studies |
2016 – currently | Seminar Assistant for the Political Thought and Intellectual History Seminar, Cambridge |
2014 | Research Internship at the Forschungsstelle für Zeitgeschichte, Hamburg |
2011 – 2015 | Assistant at the Public and Popular History Seminar, University of Cambridge |
2013 | Internship at the Centre for Effective Altruism, Oxford |
2012 | Internship at the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (department: Public History), Bonn |
2009 – 2010 | Voluntary Year of Social Service with Eirene International |
2009 | Internship at the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial, Hamburg |
Scholarships
2014 | Gates Cambridge Scholarship (“Full”) |
2013 | Graduate Scholarship by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) |
2013 | Scholarship by the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (German National Academic Foundation) |
2013 | Cambridge Home and European Scholarship Scheme (CHESS) & Allen, Meek, and Read Award |
2010 | Scholarship by the Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft (Foundation of German Business, sdw) |
Honours and Prizes
Quentin Skinner Prize of the Faculty of History, for the best performance throughout the MPhil (University of Cambridge, 2014) |
Everhard Verheyden Dutch Prize (Trinity College, 2014) |
Research Scholarship (Trinity College, 2014) |
Cambridge/Harvard Joint Centre for History and Economics Prize Research Grant (2013) |
Examination Prize (Trinity College, 2013) |
14th Earl of Derby Prize (Trinity College, 2013) |
Bowen Award (Trinity College, 2013) |
Pre-Research Scholarship (Trinity College, 2013) |
Senior Scholarship (Trinity College, 2012) |
F.W. Maitland Prize (Trinity College, 2012) |
Bowen Prize (Trinity College, 2012) |
Examination Prize (Trinity College, 2012) |
Crawford Scholarship (Trinity College, 2011) |
1st place “Bayreuther Dialoge” (national essay competition, 2011) |