Reinhard Frötschner

Reinhard Frötschner, M.A., is a Part-time Lecturer at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich's Faculty of History and the Arts, specializing in the Department of History of Eastern and Southeastern Europe. Since 2000, he has been a research associate at the Institute for East European Studies in Munich, following previous work as an assistant to Prof. Dr. Kämpfer at the University of Münster (1998-2000). He completed his studies at LMU Munich (1988-1994) in History of Eastern/Southeastern Europe, Modern History, and Slavic Philology.

Frötschner's research focuses on Muscovite and Russian cultural-intellectual history, with core interests including:

• 16th-century Moscow Tsardom ideologies
• Old Russian history (13th century onward)
• Western accounts of the Muscovite Empire
• 18th-19th century German Siberian exploration reports

His publications (1995-2019) predominantly analyze 16th-century Muscovite political mythology, diplomacy, and war imagery, utilizing sources ranging from chronicles to traveler accounts. Key themes include the Livonian War's impact, Tsar Ivan IV's reign, and Western perceptions of Russia.

No scientific awards or student advising roles are documented. His dissertation, supervised by Prof. Martin Schulze Wessel, examined war imagery under Ivan the Terrible.