Benjamin Behschnitt, M.A.

Phone: +49 351 463 43241
Office: Nürnberger Str. 31A, 01187 Dresden, 3rd floor, room 312
Office hours by agreement

Curriculum Vitae

Law Studies (State Exam course of study) and Study of Political Science/History/Constitutional and International Law (Master degree) in Cologne, Prague and Bonn; supported by scholarships of the German National Academic Foundation and the German Academic Exchange Service
April 2008 – March 2010: Student Assistant at the Chair of Modern and Contemporary History (Prof. Dr. Klaus Hildebrand), Department of History, University of Bonn, Germany

August 2008 – November 2011: Editor of "Internationales Magazin für Sicherheit" (IMS), a journal dealing with foreign and security policy

October 2009 – March 2012: Student Assistant at the Chair of International Relations (Prof. Dr. Xuewu Gu), Center for Global Studies, University of Bonn, Germany

April 2010 – July 2012: Student Assistant at the Chair of Modern and Contemporary History (Prof. Dr. Dominik Geppert), Department of History, University of Bonn, Germany

October 2011 – November 2014: Research Associate in the editing and archive section of the federal, non-party foundation "Bundeskanzler-Adenauer-Haus"

August 2012 – October 2012: Graduate Assistant at the Department of History of German and Rhenish Law (Prof. Dr. Mathias Schmoeckel, University of Bonn, Germany (Project "History of International Law")

November 2012 – Februar 2015: Graduate Assistant and Tutor – since April 2014 Research Assistant – at the Chair of Modern and Contemporary History (Prof. Dr. Dominik Geppert), Department of History, University of Bonn, Germany

March 2013 – March 2014: Graduate Assistant in the third party founded project "History of the chemical and pharmaceutical company Merck 1668-2018" at the Chair of Modern and Contemporary History (Prof. Dr. Joachim Scholtyseck), Department of History, University of Bonn, Germany

March 2014 - September 2015: Visitors' guide at the „House of History of the Federal Republic of Germany“, Bonn, Germany

Since December 2014: Research Assistant at the Chair of Legal and Constitutional Theory (Prof. Dr. Müller-Mall), Department of Political Science, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany

Political Science
- Influence of the Federal Constitutional Court on Foreign Affairs
- Political Role of Constitutional Jurisdiction in an International Comparative Perspective
- Theories of International Relations / Foreign Policy's Analysis
- European Integration
Law
- Global Constitutionalism, esp. Transnational Constitutionalization by Courts/Judges
- Modern Legal and Constitutional Theory
- Constitutional Division of Powers
- International Law and the Use of Force
History
- International History, focus on: History of the World of States in the 20th Century, History of European Integration
- History of Law, focus on: History of Constitutional and International Law, History of the German Federal Constitutional Court
- German Histroy, focus on: National Socialism, Federal Republic of Germany, German Democratic Republic

Simulation Game: "Brexit", Summer Term 2017, School of International Relations/Technichal University Dresden
Seminar: Current Issues in Internationl Politics, Summer Term 2017, School of International Relations/Technichal University Dresden
Seminar: Interdisciplinary Approaches to International Relations, Winter Term 2016/2017, School of International Relations/Technichal University Dresden
Seminar: Constitutional Theory and Constitutional History of the European Union, Summer Term 2016, Technichal University Dresden
Seminar: The Influence of the Federal Constitutional Court on Foreign Policy, Winter Term 2015/2016, Technichal University Dresden
Tutorial: Introduction to the Study of Modern and Contemporary History, Winter Term 2014/2015, University of Bonn
Proseminar: Highlights of the History of European Integration, SoSe 2014, Universität Bonn

Organisation, Aufgaben und Funktionen des Europäischen Gerichtshofes und sein Verhältnis zum Bundesverfassungsgericht [Organisation, Duties and Functions of the European Court of Justice and its relation to the Federal Constitutional Court], in: Politik und Gesellschaft – Forum junge Politikwissenschaft 2/2009, pp. 32-65.
Together with Peter Beule: Konferenzbericht, "Die deutsche Frage in der europäischen Schuldenkrise"["The German Issue in the European Debt Crisis"], in: H-Soz-u-Kult, 18.07.2013, online here
Konferenzbericht: "Was macht Geschichte international? Perspektiven internationaler Geschichte im deutschsprachigen Raum. Erster Workshop des Netzwerks Internationale Geschichte" ["What makes history international? Perspectives of international history in German Speaking Space. First Workshop of the International History Network"], in: H-Soz-u-Kult, 14.09.2013, online here

Der Einfluss des Bundesverfassungsgerichts auf die deutsche Außenpolitik [The influence of the Federal Constitutional Court on Foreign Affairs], Center for Global Studies Universität Bonn, 10.11.2011.
Das internationale Seerecht und der Territorialkonflikt im Südchinesischen Meer [The International Maritime Law and the Territorial Conflict in the South China Sea], Center for Global Studies Universität Bonn, 25.04.2012.
Von der Selbstbeschränkung zur Gegenregierung? Das Bundesverfassungsgericht und die Geschichte der deutschen Außenpolitik [From Self-Restraint to Counter-Government? The Federal Constitutional Court and the History of German Foreign Policy], Institut für Geschichtswissenschaft Universität Bonn, 27.01.2013.
Europapolitik zwischen Anspruch und Wirklichkeit. Walter Hallstein als erster Präsident der Kommission der Europäischen Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft [European Integration Policy Between Demand and Reality. Walter Hallstein as the First President of the Commission of the European Economic Community] (1958-1967), Universität Duisburg-Essen, 04.11.2014.
Ein Gericht als außenpolitischer Akteur? Zum Einfluss des Bundesverfassungsgericht auf die Außenpolitik [A Court as actor in foreign policy? Concerning the Influence of the Federal Constitutional Court on Foreign Policy], TU Dreden, 05.01.2016.

Master thesis "From Self-Restraint to Counter-Government? The Federal Constitutional Court and the Juridification of German Foreign Policy" priced as best examination paper in the academic year 2011/2012 in the field Foreign Policy/International Relations at the Department of Politic Science and Sociology, University of Bonn, Germany.