Angelika Westermann

Angelika Westermann (* 1945 in Gießen ) is a German historian who mainly deals with mining history in the German-speaking area as well as with related topics of economic and social history.

Life

After a phase of professional independence, Angelika Westermann began studying history, German and political science at the Karlsruhe University of Education in 1982 . In 1993 she completed her dissertation on the problems of the Lower Austrian coal and steel industry in the 16th century, which was awarded a special prize from the ABB Science Prize. Her habilitation on the history of the Montanregion Vorderösterreich in the early modern period was supported by the German Research Foundation. This was followed by teaching assignments at various universities and professorships at the Heidelberg University of Education and at the University of Hanover .

Westermann holds a professorship in the field of economic and social history at the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel .

She was married to the historian Ekkehard Westermann until his death in 2015 . The couple has published numerous joint works.

Fonts

• as editor together with Stefanie von Welser: Person and milieu. Individual awareness? Personal profile and social environment , Husum 2013. ISBN 978-3-7868-5304-6
• The history of mining in the early modern period and Ernst Cassierer's symbolic philosophy. A contribution to economic and social and cultural history , in: Jeanette Granda / Jürgen Schreiber (eds.): Perspective through retrospective. Economic history contributions. Festschrift for Rolf Walter 's 60th birthday , Cologne 2013, pp. 73–85
• as editor together with Stefanie von Welser: Procurement and sales markets of Upper German companies in the age of Welser and Fugger , Husum 2011
• The Lower Austrian Mining Regions in the Early Modern Era (supplement to the quarterly journal for social and economic history), Stuttgart 2009
• as editor together with Ekkehard Westermann: Strike in the Revier. Unrest, protest and strikes from the 8th to the 20th century , St. Katharinen 2007
• Mountain regulations in Upper Austria and Württemberg in the early modern period , in: Wolfgang Ingenhaeff / Johann Bair: Bergbau und Recht , Innsbruck 2007, pp. 287–301
• Centrality and functionality: considerations on the importance of mining locations in the mining regions of Upper Austria in the early modern period , in: Karl Heinrich Kaufhold , Wilfried Reininghaus (ed.): Stadt und Bergbau , Cologne 2004
• The Lebertal in the early modern era. Limits of power in an economic region , in Jürgen Schneider (Ed.): Natural and political limits as a social and economic challenge , Stuttgart 2003, pp. 43–65
• From the noble mountain bailiff to the sovereign mountain judge. Social advancement through professional competence in the Upper Austrian mining administration in the early modern period , in: Günther Schulz (Ed.): Sozialer Aufstieg. Functional elites in the late Middle Ages and in the early modern period , Munich 2002, pp. 387–412

Web links

• Page about Angelika Westermann on the website of the University of Kiel including a short biography, with a link to the list of publications.