Bernhard Dietz

Bernhard Dietz is a Senior Academic Councillor at the Department of History, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, with a focus on economic and cultural history. His work explores value change processes in postwar West Germany, radical conservatism, and transnational European intellectual movements.

• Senior Academic Councillor, JGU Mainz (2023–present)
• Research Fellow at Georgetown University and German Historical Institute Washington (2016–2017)

Research Interests: Dietz’s studies bridge economic elites, corporate culture, and ideological shifts. He examines how managerial values evolved in postwar Germany and comparative conservative movements in Britain and Europe. His current project on Edzard Reuter analyzes intersections of corporate leadership, Cold War dynamics, and globalization.

Scientific Awards

• Volkswagen Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship (2016)
• Hoechst Foundation Scholarship (2012)
• DAAD Doctoral and Research Grants (2005, 2007, 2008)

Academic Contributions: Over 15 publications dissecting 20th-century Europe’s political economy, including monographs on Neo-Tories and The Rise of the Manager, with a focus on corporate elites, anti-modernist ideologies, and postwar value systems.