Olaf Hartung

Olaf Hartung was born in Peine, Lower Saxony, in 1966. He studied political science, history and education in Bremen, Oldenburg and Florence. In 1998, he earned a Magister Artium in history and a diploma in education in Oldenburg. His professional positions included a research traineeship with the Landschaftsverband Rheinland and work as a research associate at the Historical Seminar of Kiel University. He completed his doctorate in history there in 2006. He subsequently worked in history education at Justus Liebig University Giessen.