Esther-Beate Körber

Esther-Beate Körber (born December 27, 1957 in Tübingen ) is a German historian of the history of the early modern period.

Life

After studying history, German and pedagogy at the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen , she passed the first state examination for teaching at grammar schools in 1982. In 1986 she completed her doctorate with Ernst Walter Zeeden . In 1993 he completed his habilitation in modern history at the Free University of Berlin with a habilitation thesis on "Publicities of the Early Modern Age". She has been an adjunct professor at the Friedrich Meinecke Institute since 2000 . She has represented chairs at the University of Duisburg-Essen , the University of Vechta and the University of Regensburg .

Her main research interests are the early modern period , communication and media history , Prussian history and pamphlet journalism.

Publications

Monographs

• Görres and the Revolution. Changes in their concept and their valuation in his political worldview 1793-1819 (= historical studies , vol. 441), Husum 1986 (also: Diss., University of Tübingen, 1985).
• Public spheres of the early modern period. Participants, forms, institutions and decisions of public communication in the Duchy of Prussia 1525 to 1618 (= contributions to the history of communication , vol. 7), Berlin and New York 1998 (also: habilitation thesis, Freie Universität Berlin, 1993), ISBN 3-11-015600- 8 .
• Habsburg European rule. From Charles V to the end of the 16th century (= compact history, modern times ), Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 2002, ISBN 3-534-15124-0 .
• The time of enlightenment. A history of the 18th century , Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 978-3-8062-2047-6 .
• Newspaper extracts. Tasks and history of a functional group of early modern journalism , Edition Lumière, Bremen 2009, ISBN 978-3-934686-71-7 .
• Biobibliography of newspaper extracts. Annotated bibliography of the periodically published newspaper extracts as well as biographical information on editors, publishers, printers and contributors , Edition Lumière, Bremen 2012, ISBN 978-3-934686-72-4 .
• Measurement relations. History of the German and Latin language "mass" periodicals from 1588 to 1805 , Edition Lumière, Bremen 2016, ISBN 978-3-943245-43-1 .
• Measurement relations. Biobibliography of the German and Latin-language "measured" periodicals from 1588 to 1805 , 2 volumes, Edition Lumière, Bremen 2018, ISBN 978-3-943245-44-8 and 978-3-943245-45-5.
• with Johannes Arndt : Periodical Press in the Early Enlightenment (1700-1750). A comparison between Germany, France and the Netherlands , 2 vols., Edition Lumière, Bremen 2020, ISBN 978-3-948077-11-2 and 978-3-948077-12-9.

Anthologies

• Edited together with Jürgen Frölich and Michael Rohrschneider : Prussia and Prussia from the 17th century to the present. Contributions to the colloquium on the occasion of Ernst Opgenoorth's 65th birthday on February 12 , 2001 , Berlin 2002.
• Edited together with Johannes Arndt : The media system in the old kingdom of the early modern period 1600-1750 , Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2010, ISBN 978-3-525-10093-6 .

Web links

• Website at the University of Münster
• Website at the Free University of Berlin
• Esther-Beate Körber in the FID Benelux research directory