Robert Picht

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Robert Picht
Picht in 2005
Vice-Rector of College of Europe
In office
2004–2007
Preceded byPiotr Nowina-Konopka
Succeeded byEwa Ośniecka-Tamecka
Rector ad interim of College of Europe
In office
2002–2003
Preceded byPiet Akkermans
Succeeded byPaul Demaret
Personal details
Born
Robert Picht

(1937-09-27)27 September 1937
Berlin, Germany
Died24 September 2008(2008-09-24) (aged 70)
Hinterzarten, Germany
ProfessionAcademic

Robert Picht (27 September 1937 – 24 September 2008) was a German academic.

Biography

Son of Professor Georg Picht and his wife Edith Axenfeld, Robert Picht studied sociology and Romance studies at the universities of Munich, Frankfurt am Main, Hamburg, Paris, Madrid and Freiburg.[1] In 1964 he obtained a Magister Artium degree in French literature in Hamburg. at the Sorbonne in 1972, he passed the exam to earn a Dr. phil. In 1990 he was appointed professor of sociology at the University of Hagen.

From 1965 to 1972 he served at the office of the

Ecole Nationale d’Administration in Paris
.

For 30 years, from 1972 to 2002, he took the position of director at the Franco-German Institute in Ludwigsburg. He also served as Vice President and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the European Cultural Foundation in Amsterdam from 1976 to 1995.

He was rector ad interim of the

Natolin (Warsaw) from 2004 to 2007 (ad interim 2004-2005), focusing his scholarly attention on Europe in a globalising world order.[2]

Works

References

  1. ^ Walter Habe, Wer ist Wer?, Lübeck 1993
  2. ^ "College of Europe - Robert Picht". Archived from the original on 2011-11-07. Retrieved 2012-03-26.