Mr Kilzer, what does nostalgia mean to you?
Nostalgia is an incredibly powerful human emotion. It can comfort us, but it can also deceive us. Nostalgia can serve as a warning, or we can hide away in it. It is precisely this that threatens to water down history or lead to it being carelessly misunderstood. Isn’t that exactly where we need good historians?
Curriculum Vitae
| Period | Position |
|---|---|
| since 2024 | Research Assistant, Chair for Economic and Social History, TU Freiberg |
| since 2024 | Master’s degree in Industrial Culture, TU Freiberg |
| 2023–2024 | Student assistant, Chair of History of Technology and the Environment, Ruhr University Bochum |
| 2021–2024 | Bachelor’s degree in History, Philosophy and Latin, Ruhr University Bochum |
Publications
Kilzer, Phil; Hafer, Roman: Tagungsbericht: Das vergessene Revier? Die Geschichte der Braunkohlenförderung im Rheinischen Revier, in: H-Soz-Kult (25.06.2026), URL: https://www.hsozkult.de/conferencereport/id/fdkn-163050.
Kilzer, Phil: Tagungsbericht: Historikertag 2025: Die vergangene Zukunft der Kohle. Braunkohlenbergbau in deutsch-deutscher Perspektive, in: H-Soz-Kult (25.10.2025), URL: https://www.hsozkult.de/conferencereport/id/fdkn-158132.
Kilzer, Phil: Wie Bier sich seine Heimat schafft. Fiege, Stauder und das Ruhrgebiet, in: Brauhistorische Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für die Geschichte des Brauwesens e.V. 2 (2024), S. 6-15.
