Prof. Dr. Caroline Arni
Humanities, social history, cultural history, historical anthropology, history of science, gender history
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 – 1985Studied history and Romance studies at the University of Konstanz, Germany, and in Paris, France
- 1985Magister Artium degree (MA) and state examinations
- Practical training in editing at a publishing house
- 1990Doctorate at Saarland University in Saarbrücken, Germany
- 1990 – 1997Research 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
- 1998Habilitation (postdoctoral qualification) in the Faculty of History and Philosophy at Bielefeld University
- 1998 – 2000Acting Chair at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
- Since 2000Chair of mediaeval and modern history at the University of Göttingen, Germany
- 2002Visiting professor at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences) Paris
- Since 2010DFG Research Training Group 1599/1 "Dynamics of space and gender"
- 2011Awarded the "Geisteswissenschaften International" (Humanities Internationally) Prize, which is given to support the translation of academic books
- 2013 – 2014Richard 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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