Defence date: 24 June 1995
Examining board: Prof. David Blackbourn (Harvard University) ; Prof. Josef Ehmer (Co-supervisor, Universität Salzburg) ; Prof. Heinz-Gerhard Haupt (Supervisor, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg) ; Prof. Miroslav Hroch (Charles University, Prague) ; Prof. Michael Müller (European University Institute)