Klaus Vondung is Professor Emeritus in German Studies at the University of Siegen Germany. His research and teaching abroad include a Visiting Scholarship at the Hoover Institution Stanford University and Visiting Professorships at the University of Florida Gainesville the University of Houston Kansai University Suita/Osaka and KwanseiGakuin University Nishinomiya. He is permanent Honorary Guest Professor at Zhejiang University Hangzhou. In addition to numerous books and articles in German in English he has published the book The Apocalypse in Germany (2000) edited in the Collected Works of Eric Voegelin and is the author of many articles in journals and essay volumes.