Name: |
Reinhard Zimmermann |
Date of Birth: |
10. October 1952 |
Religion: |
Lutheran |
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| Education: | |
| 1959-1963 | Primary School |
1963-1971 |
Wilhelm-Gymnasium Hamburg |
1972-1976 |
Study of Law at University of Hamburg |
1972-1976 |
Recipient of "Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes" (German National Academic Foundation) Scholarship |
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| Examination: | |
22.09.1976 |
First State Examination (Law Degree) Hamburg |
19.07.1978 |
Graduated Dr. jur., Hamburg |
27.07.1979 |
Attorneys/Advocates Admission Examination (Große Staatsprüfung) |
Professional Career: |
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| 1976-1979 | Research assistant and lecturer, Institute of Roman Law and Comparative Legal History, Hamburg |
| 1976, 1979, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 2004, 2010 | Organization of summer school seminars of the German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes), Alpbach, Völs am Schlern, Molveno, Olang and La Colle sur Loup |
| 1980 | Hochschulassistent (assistant professor), Institute of Roman Law, Private Law and Tax Law, University of Cologne |
| 1981-1988 | W.P. Schreiner Professor of Roman and Comparative Law, University of Cape Town, and Head of Department |
| 1983-1987 | Deputy Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town |
| 1984-1986 | Vice President of the Society of South African Teachers of Law |
| 1986 | President of the Society of South African Teachers of Law (resigned 18 August 1986) |
| 1986 | Acting Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town |
| May 1988 | Accepted a call to the chair of Private Law, Roman Law and Comparative Legal History at the University of Regensburg (Bavaria) |
| October 1990 | Visiting professor, University of Edinburgh |
| March/April 1991 | Visiting professor, Tulane Law School, New Orleans |
| December 1991 | Awarded the degree of LL.D. "for distinguished published work" by the University of Cape Town |
| 1992-2002 | Special Tutor (Vertrauensdozent), German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes) |
| 1992-1994 | Deputy Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Regensburg |
| March/April 1993 | Visiting professor, University of Stellenbosch |
| Fall/Winter 1993 | Max Rheinstein Visiting professor, University of Chicago School of Law |
| Spring 1994 | Robbins Collection Fellow, University of California at Berkeley |
| 1994-1996 | Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Regensburg |
| 1996-1999 | Visiting Professor, University of Stellenbosch |
| January 1996 | Award of the Leibniz Prize of the German Research Association (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) |
| from 1996 | Member of the Commission on European Contract Law |
| May 1997 | Election as Foreign Member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences |
| June 1997 | Awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, University of Chicago |
| Spring 1998 | Visiting Professor, Yale Law School |
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Academic Year 1998/99 |
A.L. Goodhart Professor of Legal Science, University of 1998/1999 Cambridge and Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge |
| 1999-2005 | Honorary Professor, University of Cape Town |
| 1999-2011 | Visiting Professor, University of Edinburgh |
| February 1999 | Election as Ordinary Member of the Bavarian Academy of Arts and Sciences |
| 1999-2011 | Chairman of the Division of Private Law and Member of Council of the Association of Comparative Law |
| 2000-2004 | Research Assessment Adviser, German Research Association (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) |
| Fall 2000 | Scholar in Residence, Cornell Law School |
| February 2001 | Election to Corresponding Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh |
| from 2001 | Member of the Council of the German Association of Professors in Private Law |
| from February 2002 | Academic Member and Director of the Max Planck Institute for Foreign Private and Private International Law, Hamburg |
| April 2002 | Election as Foreign Member of the Accademia delle Scienze di Torino |
| July 2002 | Awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, University of Aberdeen |
| July 2002 | Election as Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy |
| February 2003 | Election as Ordinary Member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences of Göttingen |
| 2004-2011 | Member and Deputy Chairman of the board of governors, German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes) |
| 2004-2008 | Member of the Assessment Panel for Law, German Research Association (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft |
| from January 2006 | Member of the Executive Board of the Association Internationale des Sciences Juridiques |
| January 2006 | Awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, University of Maastricht |
| Spring 2006 | Visiting Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford |
| from 2006 | Member of the Unidroit Working Group on Principles of International Commercial Contracts |
| April 2006 | Election as Corresponding Member of the Austrian Academy of Arts and Sciences |
| June 2006 | Awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, University of Lund |
| from June 2006 | Member of Common Room, All Souls College, Oxford |
| 2006-2010 | Chairman of the Human Sciences Section of the Max Planck Society |
| December 2006 | Awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, University of Cape Town |
| Spring 2007 | New Zealand Legal Research Foundation Distinguished Fellow, Auckland |
| June 2007 | Awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, University of Edinburgh |
| 2007-2011 | Vice-Chairman of the Association of Professors in Private Law |
| October 2007 | Awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, University of Lleida |
| from March 2008 | Affiliate Professor, Bucerius Law School, Hamburg |
| March 2009 | Awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, University of Stellenbosch |
| from September 2009 | Vice-Chairman of the Association of Comparative Law |
| from 2010 | Chairman of the Scientific Council, University of Cologne |
| June 2010 | Awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, McGill University, Montréal |
| from July 2011 | Senator of the Max Planck Society |
| from September 2011 | Chairman of the Association of Professors in Private Law |
| from December 2011 | President of the German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes) |