Felix Ackermann
Felix Ackermann (* 1978 in Berlin ) is a German cultural scientist, urban anthropologist and historian specializing in migration, violence and urban space in Eastern Europe.
Life
After doing voluntary service at Memorial St. Petersburg, Felix Ackermann studied cultural studies , history and political science at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder) and at the London School of Economics and Political Science . In his dissertation, supervised by Karl Schlögel , he analyzed the state structure of ethnicity and urban space in what is now the Belarusian city of Hrodna . In 2001 he founded the Institute for Applied History in Frankfurt (Oder), where he headed the funding program of the History Workshop Europe of the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future from 2008 to 2011 .
From 2011 to 2016 he taught as DAAD Associate Professor for Applied Humanities at the European Humanities University in Vilnius . He wrote the book My Lithuanian Driver's License about his work at the Belarusian University in Exile . Excursions to the end of the European Union , published by Suhrkamp Verlag in 2017 . Since the beginning of 2016 he has been researching the history of the prison system in divided Poland-Lithuania at the German Historical Institute in Warsaw .
Publications
Monographs
- Palimpsest Grodno. Nationalization, leveling and sovietization of a central European city. 1919-1991 . Wiesbaden 2010. ISBN 978-3-518-46763-3 , online .
Editorships
- Felix Ackermann, Mark Berman, Olga Sasunkevich (2017): A New Land: Rediscovering Agency in Belarusian History, Politics, and Society, Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society, Vol. 3, No. 1 . ISSN 2364-5334
- Felix Ackermann, Benjamin Cope, Miodrag Kuč (2016): Mapping Vilnius. Transitions of post-socialist urban spaces . Vilnius Art Academy Press, Vilnius. ISBN 978-609-447-216-9
- Felix Ackermann, Benjamin Liubimau, Siarhei Liubimau (2016): Mapping Visaginas. Sources of urbanity in a former mono-functional town . Vilnius Art Academy Press, Vilnius. ISBN 978-609-447-217-6
- Felix Ackermann, Sören Urbansky (2016): Reframing Postwar Sovietization. Power, Conflict, and Accommodation, Special Issue, Yearbooks for the History of Eastern Europe, Vol. 64 . ISSN 0021-4019
- Felix Ackermann, Anna Boroffka, Gregor Lersch (2013): Participative spaces of memory. Theory and practice of dialogical knowledge transfer in museums . Transcript-Verlag, Bielefeld. ISBN 978-3-8376-2361-1
Non-fiction
- My Lithuanian driver's license - trips to the end of the European Union . Suhrkamp Verlag, Berlin 2017. ISBN 978-3-518-46763-3
- Felix Ackermann, Daivita Jackevičienė, Markus Witzel: Drawing the 20th century. Comics on Lithuanian, Belarusian and German family stories . Cyklonas Leidykla, Vilnius 2016. ISBN 978-609-8122-32-9
Web links
- Profile of Felix Ackermann at the German Historical Institute in Warsaw
- Entry by Felix Ackermann at Academia.org
- Homepage of Felix Ackermann
Individual evidence
- ^ Profile of Felix Ackermann at DHI Warsaw
- ^ Felix Ackermann in Suhrkamp Verlag
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ackermann, Felix |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German cultural scientist, urban anthropologist and historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1978 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |