Mathias Ullmann
Mathias Ullmann , also Ulli Ullmann as a musician , (* 1960 in Halle (Saale) ) is a German historian , book author and musician .
Life
Mathias Ullmann grew up in Leipzig . From 1981 to 1986 he studied African studies and history , and in 1989 he did his doctorate on the history of the African Gold Coast.
From 1989 to 1992 he worked at the University of Leipzig and from 1992 to 2003 at the Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig, where he directed the edition of the writings of Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus .
He has been a freelance historian since 2004.
From 2011 to 2015 he was managing director of the foundation “ German Watch Museum Glashütte - Nicolas G. Hayek ”.
As a singer appeared in bands and as a street musician , u. a. in criminal case Dr. Schlueter .
As an author, he wrote the novels Jonathans Lied brennt (Projekt-Verlag Halle, 2006), Otto's Berg (VAT Mainz, 2010), the novel trilogy You will like me (VAT Mainz, 2012) and the texts for the illustrated books Leipzig from above - day und Nacht (k4Verlag Dresden, 2014) and Leipzig then and now. A photographic journey through time from 1873 to 2016 (k4Verlag Dresden, 2016).
Since 2015 he has been working as a tour guide specializing in Western Europe, North America and Africa. He runs a blog.
Publications (selection)
Non-fiction
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Complete edition / Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus . Edited by: Eberhard Knobloch, Verlag der Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Leipzig; Editing by Mathias Ullmann:
- Row 1, Works, Dept. 5; Scriptures for Education . Leipzig 2003, ISBN 3-515-08463-0 .
- Row 2, Dept. 1; Official correspondence with the Saxon court . Leipzig 2004, ISBN 3-515-08673-0 .
- Row 2, Dept. 5; The dispute with the pastor Johann Wilhelm Kellner von Zinnendorf (dance atrocity) . Leipzig 2002, ISBN 3-515-08130-5
- Texts on the Brandenburg-Prussian colonial history (Brandenburgers in Africa) . Unze-Verlags-Ges., Potsdam 1992 (= Brandenburgische Entwicklungspolitische Hefte; H. 3) Working group “Brandenburg in the Third World”, University of Potsdam
- Historical process in sub-Saharan Africa and its reflection in European travelogues. The example of the Gold Coast between 1471 and 1874 . Thesis / University of Leipzig, Leipzig 1989. (Dissertation)
Novels
- Otto's mountain . Mainz 2010, ISBN 978-3-940884-28-2 (as part of the foundation of the fortress and colony Groß Friedrichsburg )
- You will like me. The Robert Hartmann trilogy . (Contains the stories Josephsmacher , Ohne Engel and Hirnriss ) Mainz 2012, ISBN 978-3-940884-37-4
- Jonathan's song burns. Elements 1 - fire . 1st edition. Projekt-Verlag 188, Halle (Saale) 2005, ISBN 3-938227-75-3 (Part 1 of a tetralogy of historical novels)
Texts for illustrated books:
- Leipzig from above - day and night Dresden, 2014
- Leipzig then and now. A photographic journey through time from 1873 to 2016, Dresden, 2016
Meetings
- The beautiful Helena (Staatsschauspiel Dresden, director: Carsten Ludwig) . In: ARGOS. First issue . VAT Verlag, Mainz 2007 (= communications on the life, work and posterity of the poet Peter Hacks [1928–2003], volume 1), ISBN 978-3-940884-21-3 .
Web links
- Homepage of Mathias Ullmann
- Literature by and about Mathias Ullmann in the catalog of the German National Library
- Website of the band Strafsache Dr. Schlueter
- dpa review of the thriller "Josephsmacher"
Individual evidence
- ^ Short biography of Mathias Ullmann ( Memento from September 15, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) on MDR.de (accessed October 7, 2009).
- ↑ watch-wiki.org August 26, 2013; uhrenmuseum-glashuette.com August 26, 2013
- ↑ reiseleiterullmann.wordpress.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ullmann, Mathias |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ullmann, Ulli |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German historian, author and musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Halle (Saale) |