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Prof. Dr. Rebekka Habermas

Nominated by

  • German Research Foundation (DFG)
  • AcademiaNet member since 29.05.2013
  • AcademiaNet- Selection Criteria


Employed by

  • Georg-August-Universität Göttingen


Academic Discipline/Fields

  • Arts and humanities


Field

Humanities



Area of specialisation

The scientific study of history, modern history



Research interests

  • Religious and missionary history, colonial history, intellectual history, legal history and history of criminality, gender history



Distinctions and Awards

  • Richard von Weizsäcker Visiting Fellowship, St. Antony's College Oxford, 2013/2014

  • Awarded the "Geisteswissenschaften International" (Humanities Internationally) Prize, which is given to support the translation of academic books, 2011



Languages

English, French, German, Latin



Doctorate

  • 1990: Wallfahrt und Aufruhr in der FrÜhen Neuzeit ("Pilgrimage and upheaval in the early modern period")


PostDoc qualification, e.g. Habilitation

  • 1998: Frauen und MÄnner des BÜrgertums. Eine Familiengeschichte ("Men and women of the bourgeoisie. A family history")




Short CV/Education and training

  • 1979 – 1985
    Studied history and Romance studies at the University of Konstanz, Germany, and in Paris, France

  • 1985
    Magister Artium degree (MA) and state examinations

  •  
    Practical training in editing at a publishing house

  • 1990
    Doctorate at Saarland University in Saarbrücken, Germany

  • 1990 – 1997
    Research associate in the Department of History at Saarland University and in the German Research Foundation (DFG) Collaborative Research Centre "The social history of the bourgeoisie in the modern period" in the Faculty of History and Philosophy at Bielefeld University, Germany

  • 1998
    Habilitation (postdoctoral qualification) in the Faculty of History and Philosophy at Bielefeld University

  • 1998 – 2000
    Acting Chair at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

  • Since 2000
    Chair of mediaeval and modern history at the University of Göttingen, Germany

  • 2002
    Visiting professor at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences) Paris

  • Since 2010
    DFG Research Training Group 1599/1 "Dynamics of space and gender"

  • 2011
    Awarded the "Geisteswissenschaften International" (Humanities Internationally) Prize, which is given to support the translation of academic books

  • 2013 – 2014
    Richard von Weizsäcker Visiting Fellowship, St. Antony's College Oxford

Selected publications

  • Diebe vor Gericht. Die Entstehung der modernen Rechtsordnung im 19. Jahrhundert, Frankfurt a.M. 2008.

  • Frauen und Männer des Bürgertums. Eine Familiengeschichte (1750-1850), Göttingen 2000, 2. Aufl. 2002.

  • Wallfahrt und Aufruhr. Zur Geschichte der Wallfahrt in der frühen Neuzeit, Frankfurt a.M./New York 1991.



Complete list of publications

Selected projects

  • German Research Foundation (DFG) Research Training Group 1599: Dynamics of space and gender

Membership in scientific bodies/juries

  • Member of the Academia Europaea

Additional qualifications

  • Editor at a publishing house


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