Anuschka Tischer

Anuschka Tischer (born 1968 in Arnsberg, Germany) is a Robert Bosch Foundation Lecturer for History at the University of Riga in Latvia, and a scientific assistant at the Philipps-Universität in Marburg. A former research fellow for the edition series "Acta Pacis Wesphalicae", she has published works on French diplomacy at the Congress of Westphalia and is currently doing work on the Franco-Spanish War of the 1650s.

Tischer earned her M.A. degree on 1992 with her work "Magisterarbeit zu den Reformbestrebungen Kaiser Maximilians I. in Heerwesen und Kriegsorganisation des Reichs" [Master's thesis on Emperor Maximilian I's attempts to reform the army and military organization of the empire] . She obtained her PhD in 1998 with her "Dissertation zum außenpolitischen Wandel von Richelieu zu Mazarin am Beispiel der französischen Diplomatie beim Westfälischen Frieden" [Dissertation on the change in foreign policy from Richelieu to Mazarin using the example of French diplomacy at the Peace of Westphalia] . She also wrote "Französische Diplomatie und Diplomaten auf dem Westfälischen Friedenskongreß. Außenpolitik unter Richelieu und Mazarin" [French diplomacy and diplomats at the peace congress of Westphalia: foreign policy under Richelieu and Mazarin] , published in 1999.

Alongside Derek Croxton, she wrote the critically-acclaimed "".

External links

* [http://www.staff.uni-marburg.de/%7Etischer/ Curriculum Vitae]
* [http://www.sfn.uni-muenchen.de/rezensionen/rez505.htm Review of one of her books, and a book by Derek Croxton] - In German
* [http://greenwood.com/books/BookDetail.asp?sku=GR1004 Reviews of "A Historical Dictionary"]