Matthias Küntzel (born 1955), is a German political scientist and historian. He was an external research associate at the Vidal Sasson Center for the Study of Antisemitism (SICSA) at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem from 2004-2015. Currently, he is a member of the German Council on Foreign Relations DGAP, of the German Historical Association (VHD), of the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa ASMEA and of the Advisory Board of UANI (United Against Nuclear Iran).