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Thomas Kunze (born February 23, 1963 in Leipzig) is a German contemporary historian and publicist. == Life == Thomas Kunze studied History, German studies and Pedagogy in Jena and Leipzig. He received his Ph.D. in 1991 and was awarded an Honorary Professorship from the Presidential Academy in Tashkent and State Al-Khorezmi University in Urgench, Uzbekistan. He is Honorary Ambassador for Eastern Europe, Russia and Middle Asia at the Swiss-German Institute for Theoretical and Artistic Reenactment (IIPM), Zürich/ Berlin.〔(IIPM, also International Institute for Political Murder )〕 After the German Reunification, Kunze served as director of the Foreigner’s Registration Office, district Leipzig, until 1995. From 1995 to 2000 he worked as a visiting lecturer at Ovidius University in Constanţa, Romania. He wrote the first thorough biography on Romanian head of state Nicolae Ceaușescu, which was translated into Romanian.〔(Proces, Archive. Romanian )〕 His work is considered a must-read on the history of communism in Romania.〔(press on Kunze's Ceausescu-biography, German )〕 In 2009, the process against Ceaușescu, which lead to his execution in 1989, was staged as a play by director Milo Rau. Thomas Kunze was a counsellor during the production. It was performed in Romania, Germany and Switzerland. In 2010 a film followed.〔(Die letzten Tage )〕 In 2001 the biography "Head of State retired: The last years of Erich Honecker"〔(''The Head of State, who was a fool/ Der Staatschef, der ein Tölpel war'' ) by Udo Scheer in ''Die Welt'' January 5, 2002〕 was published. Since 2002, Kunze has been working for the Konrad Adenauer Foundation. His area of expertise includes Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia. From 2005 to 2007, he was director of the Moscow Office and from 2007 to 2010 director of the Europe/North America-Section of the foundation. Since 2010, he was for the second time appointed director of the Konrad-Adenauer Foundation in Central Asia, with offices in Tashkent. Thomas Kunze is an advocate of a stronger German-Russian cooperation and supports the abolition of visa barriers between the EU and Russia. Kunze is a member of the Christian Democratic Union (Germany). Apart from travel reports and travel guides about Romania, Hungary and Turkey, he published numerous political analyses and articles, focusing on the development of Middle Asia, Eastern Europe and Russia. In 2008, his book ''Russia’s Underworld. Time travel through secret bunkers and forgotten tunnels.'' was published. In 2010, the volume ''Ostalgia international'', edited with Thomas Vogel and in 2011, also with Thomas Vogel, the book ''From the Soviet Union to Independence'' was released.〔(Review by Valdai Club, 14.03.2012, English )〕 Together with Wolfgang Maier, he edited the volume ''Twenty-one. Dangers of our century – Possibilities of our century'', in which different authors from all over the world deal with the challenges of our time – security, energy, demographics and geopolitics. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thomas Kunze」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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