Jan Gerchow
Jan Gerchow (* 1958 in Braunschweig ) is a German historian and has been the director of the Frankfurt Historical Museum since 2005 .
Life
Gerchow studied history, German literature and philosophy at the University of Freiburg and the University of Durham from 1978 to 1984 . In 1984 he received his doctorate in Freiburg on the memorial tradition of the Anglo-Saxons . Between 1985 and 1990 Gerchow worked at the Freiburg Chair for Medieval History I as a research assistant. In 1990 he moved to the Max Planck Institute for History in Göttingen , where he worked as a scientific consultant until 1993. In 1993 he took over the position of head of the department for the history of the Middle Ages and the early modern period at the Ruhrlandmuseum Essen . Since April 2005 Gerchow has been director of the Historical Museum in Frankfurt am Main .
Awards
- 2018: KAIROS Prize
Fonts
- The memorial tradition of the Anglo-Saxons. With a catalog of libri vitae and necrologies. Berlin, New York 1988: de Gruyter.
- Middle Ages on site. Excursions in 800 years of history between Lippe and Ruhr. Art, archeology and history in the Ruhr area from 750 to 1550. Bottrop, Essen 1994: Pomp.
- together with Hans Belting : similaires. Copies of bodies - models of humans. Ostfildern-Ruit 2002: Hatje Cantz.
- together with Thomas Schilp : Essen and the Saxon women's pens in the early Middle Ages. Essen 2003: plain text.
Web links
- Literature by and about Jan Gerchow in the catalog of the German National Library
- Biography at the Frankfurt Historical Commission
Individual evidence
- ↑ Prize winner 2018: Dr. Jan Gerchow, Director of the Historisches Museum Frankfurt , toepfer-stiftung.de, accessed on April 28, 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gerchow, Jan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German historian and museum director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Braunschweig |