Alexander Görlach
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| Born |
December 28, 1976 Ludwigshafen, Germany |
| Occupation | Columnist, Editor, |
| Nationality | German |
| Genre | Opinion, News |
| Subject | Politics, Religion, |
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Alexander Görlach (born December 28, 1976) is a German author and syndicated columnist. He is best known as founder and publisher of the German magazine The European.[1]
Personal life
Görlach was born as the child of Turkish migrant workers in Ludwigshafen, Germany. Shortly afterwards, he was adopted and raised by a German family.[2]
After graduating from High School, Görlach received a scholarship from the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung and subsequently studied catholic theology and philosophy at University of Mainz, Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome as well as Al-Azhar University in Cairo. He also studied German studies, Political Science and music. He received his PhD in Catholic Theology from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in 2006 and in Language and Political Science from University of Mainz in 2009.[3]
Professional life
Görlach has been writing and publishing for several German media outlets, including ZDF, heute, heute-journal, Hessischer Rundfunk, Südwestrundfunk. He also worked as a correspondent for DIE WELT and deputy speaker of the CDU/CSU party in the German parliament. From 2007 to 2009 he was executive editor of the online part of Cicero magazine.[4] In 2011, Görlach published the book "Freiheit oder Anarchie? Wie das Internet unser Leben verändert" together with Björn Böhning.[5]
Since 2009, Görlach has been the editor-in-chief and publisher of the opinion magazine The European,[6] which also publishes selected articles in English.[7] Alexander Görlachs weekly editorial has been published in France,[8] Italy[9] and the US.[10]
In fall 2014 Görlach was invited to give lectures as a Kennedy Fellow at the Center for European Studies at Harvard University. He lectured about contemporary debates in Germany and their impacts on Europe.[11] In the academic year 2015-2016 Görlach returned to Harvard researching about religious identities and their influence and impact on global politics as Visiting Scholar at the Divinity School.[12]
In 2015 Görlach also became Senior Advisor to the Berggruen Institute and its Online-Magazine The World Post.[13]
Alexander served as Guest Director of "The Times and The London Times Cheltenham Literature Festival" in 2015.[14]
References
- ↑ Profile on The European: http://www.theeuropean.de/alexander-goerlach
- ↑ "I, Firat Kaya". Berlin. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
- ↑ Personal Homepage: http://www.a-goerlach.com/
- ↑ "Dr. Dr. Alexander Görlach". Kress. Berlin. Retrieved May 4, 2011.
- ↑ Interview on Gründerszene: http://www.gruenderszene.de/allgemein/gorlach-boehning-freiheit-anarchie
- ↑ "Alexander Görlach und Team Europe Ventures gründen Online Magazin ‘The European". Lukasz Gadowski. Berlin. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved May 4, 2011.
- ↑ Pfanner, Eric (May 8, 2011). "European Ventures Seek to Fill a Void in World News". The New York Times. Retrieved May 8, 2011.
- ↑ http://blogs.mediapart.fr/blog/les-invites-de-mediapart/041010/europes-common-destiny
- ↑ http://www.linkiesta.it/hollande-europa-germania
- ↑ Goerlach, Alexander (March 15, 2012). "François Hollande, the 'Avenger'". Huffington Post.
- ↑ "CES at Harvard – People – Alexander Görlach". Retrieved September 29, 2014.
- ↑ "Visiting Scholars". Retrieved 2015-09-17.
- ↑ "Why the U.S. Should Dedicate a New Statue of Liberty to Europe". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2015-09-17.
- ↑ http://www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/news/2015/08/cheltenham-literature-festival-our-guest-directors-2015
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