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Richard Nikolaus Graf Coudenhove-Kalergi steht am Anfang einer Europa-Idee, die bis heute nachwirkt. Der Sammelband anlässlich des 75-jährigen Jubiläums der Verleihung des Internationalen Karlspreises zu Aachen an ihn zeichnet ein neues, differenziertes Bild von Person und Werk: Paneuropa zwischen Vision und Grenzen, Aachen als Erinnerungsort, Demokratiefragen, Exil und spätere Wirkung - präzise, quellenbasiert und klar verständlich. »Pan-Europe as a Poltical and Intellectual Project. On the Development of European Visions of the Future in the Works of Richard N. Coudenhove-Kalergi«: Richard Nikolaus Count Coudenhove-Kalergi stands at the beginning of a European idea that continues to have an impact today. This anthology, published to mark the 75th anniversary of his receiving the International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen, paints a new, nuanced picture of the man and his work: Pan-Europe between vision and limitations, Aachen as a place of remembrance, questions of democracy, exile, and later influence - precise, source-based, and clearly understandable. Frank Pohle studied history, early and modern German literary history, history of architecture and art history at RWTH Aachen University and the universities of Bonn, Leuven, and Wuppertal. In 2005, he earned his doctorate with a thesis on Catholic school theater in the early modern period in the Rhineland. Professional activity and academic teaching at RWTH Aachen University as a research assistant, junior professor for history and culture of the Meuse/Rhine region, and currently still as a lecturer at the Institute of History. Since 2015, director of the Route Charlemagne, the association of cultural history museums of the city of Aachen.Ines Soldwisch studied history and German language and literature at the Universities of Hamburg and Rostock. In 2004, she received her doctorate in contemporary history. She has worked and taught at various institutions and universities, including in Brussels, Greifswald, Heidelberg, Düsseldorf, and Aachen. In 2016, she completed her habilitation in modern and contemporary history at RWTH Aachen University. From 2019 to 2020, she was a substitute professor for modern and contemporary history at RWTH Aachen University, and in 2024 and 2025, she will be a guest and substitute professor at Heidelberg University.
