Rebekka Habermas

Rebekka Habermas

Rebekka Habermas (born 3 July 1959, in Frankfurt am Main) is a noted German historian, currently professor of modern history at the University of Göttingen, in Germany. Throughout her career, Habermas has made substantial contributions to German social and cultural history in the 19th century.

Life

Rebekka Habermas is the daughter of eminent philosopher and sociologist Jürgen Habermas. From 1979 to 1985, she studied history and Romance studies in Konstanz and Paris, which she completed with a Master's degree and Staatsexamen, in 1985.[1] She then received training in publishing and worked as editor, for a time, at S. Fischer Verlag.[2] Having earned her doctorate at Saarland University, in 1990, under the auspices of the prestigious German National Academic Foundation, Habermas spent the next two years as associate professor at the same university's historical institute. From 1992–97, Habermas conducted research in the context of the University of Bielefeld's Special Research Project "Sozialgeschichte des neuzeitlichen Bürgertums," which was financed through the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.[1] In 1998, Habermas secured her habilitation from the faculty of history and philosophy at the University of Bielefeld and then acted, for two years, as interim full professor (Lehrstuhlvertretung) at Ruhr University Bochum. Since 2000, she has held a chair in medieval and modern history at the University of Göttingen.[3][4]

Academic honors and awards

Among other marks of distinction, Habermas has held a number of visiting appointments across the globe:

Since 2010, Habermas has served as spokesperson for the research training group (Graduiertenkolleg) "Dynamiken von Raum und Geschlecht," funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.[3][11][12] 2011 then saw her reception of Geisteswissenschaften International, a prize awarded by the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels to support translation of distinguished academic books.[13] In 2012, she was inducted into the Academia Europaea.[14] Two years later, she received honorable mention for the Chester Penn Higby Prize, an award bestowed biennially by the highly-regarded Journal of Modern History for the best essay published in the organ.[15]

Professional activities

Habermas currently serves as editor of the journal Historische Anthropologie[16] and co-editor of the series Campus Historische Studien.[17] In addition, she is a member of numerous research groups (e.g., Historische Anthropologie, Geschlechterdifferenz in europäischen Rechtskulturen,[18] as well as the University of Göttingen's own Geschlechterforschung[19]), a board member of Göttingen's Zentrum für Theorie und Methodik der Kulturwissenschaften,[20] and a contributor to the conception and planning of Wolfgang Benz's series Europäische Geschichte.[21] She sits on any number of other commissions and juries as well, including the European Research Council's scientific review panel for social sciences and humanities.[3][22][23][24]

Areas of expertise

Habermas's work focuses on the history of the bourgeoisie, legal history, administration history, and gender history, the history of criminality, the book, and religion, as well as historical anthropology.[25][26]

Select bibliography

References

  1. 1 2 "Profile of Rebekka Habermas". Academia Europaea. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Professional Overview of Rebekka Habermas". H-Soz-Kult. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Homepage of Rebekka Habermas". University of Göttingen. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
  4. ↑ On biography, see also Fenske, Michaela (2010). Altag als Politik – Politik im Alltag. Dimensionen des Politischen in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart (Contributor Profile). Münster: LIT Verlag. pp. 514–15.
  5. ↑ "Financing Announcement". Volkswagen Stiftung. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  6. ↑ "European Studies Centre News". The Antonian. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Richard von Weizsäcker Fellowship Conference (St Antony's, Oxford)" (PDF). University of Göttingen. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Guest Stay of Rebecca Haberms". University of Münster.
  9. ↑ "Lichtenberg-Kolleg Announcement". University of Göttingen. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Overview of Participants in the 2015 Maurice Halbwachs Summer Institute". University of Göttingen. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Homepage of Dynamiken von Raum und Geschlecht at the University of Göttingen". University of Göttingen. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Project Website". DFG Graduiertenkolleg 1599: Dynamiken von Raum und Geschlecht. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Award Winners 2011". Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Profile of Rebekka Habermas". Academia Europaea. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Chester Penn Higby Award, 2014". Journal of Modern History. JSTOR 10.1086/680805.
  16. ↑ "Editorial Board of Historische Anthropologie". Walter de Gruyter. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  17. ↑ "Editorial Board for Campus Historische Studien". Campus Verlag. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  18. ↑ "Member Page". International Research Network: Gender Difference in the History of European Legal Cultures. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  19. ↑ "Members of Geschlechterforschung". University of Göttingen. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  20. ↑ "Members of the Center for Theory and Methodology for the Study of Culture". University of Göttingen. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  21. ↑ "Editorial Information for "Europäische Geschichte"". Fischer Verlag. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  22. ↑ "List of Reviewers 2014" (PDF). European Research Council. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  23. ↑ "List of Reviewers 2012" (PDF). European Research Council. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  24. ↑ "Scientific Advisory Board for the Gotha Research Center". University of Erfurt. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  25. ↑ "Professional Overview of Rebecca Habermas". H-Soz-Kult. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  26. ↑ "Homepage of Rebekka Habermas". University of Göttingen. Retrieved July 4, 2015.

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