1. Walter Pohl was born on 27 December 1953 and is an Austrian historian who is Professor of Auxiliary Sciences of History and Medieval History at the University of Vienna.
12 Facts About Walter Pohl
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Walter Pohl is a leading member of the Vienna School of History.
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Walter Pohl was born in Vienna, Austria, on 27 December 1953.
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Walter Pohl received his PhD at the University of Vienna in 1984 under the supervision of Herwig Wolfram with a thesis on the Pannonian Avars.
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Walter Pohl received his habilitation in medieval history at the University of Vienna in 1989.
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Walter Pohl was a key member of the Transformation of the Roman World project.
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In 2004, Walter Pohl was elected Director of the Institute for Medieval Studies and Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
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In 2013, Walter Pohl was elected a Member of Academia Europaea.
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Together with Wolfram, Walter Pohl is a leading member of the Vienna School of History.
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Walter Pohl's theories are "profoundly influenced" by sociology, the philosophy of language and critical theory.
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Walter Pohl is well known for his theories about the Germanic peoples.
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Walter Pohl partly follows the ancient, contemporary, definitions of the Germani which did not include the Goths, Vandals and Merovingian Franks.