Dr. Eckart Conze (born October 17, 1963) is a German historian, author, and professor of modern history at the University of Marburg in Hesse.

[1][2] He has authored and co-authored more than thirty books and papers on modern German, European and international history,[3] including works in English published by Cambridge University Press.

[2][5] His book The Search for Security (German: Die Suche nach Sicherheit)[6] garnered him the prize for promoting the translation of humanities works by the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels in 2009.

[2][8] The commission published its findings on October 21, 2010, in a book entitled The Office and the Past (German: Das Amt und die Vergangenheit).

[9] He is the deputy chairperson of the board of trustees of the Wolf-Erich-Kellner Memorial Foundation, commemorating its namesake German historian, archivist, and FDP politician.