Helmuth Trischler
Helmuth Trischler (born April 29, 1958 in Ulm ) is a German technology historian . He is responsible for research in the museum management of the Deutsches Museum Munich .
Life
Trischler studied history and German in Munich and received his doctorate in 1986 with the thesis Steiger in German mining: On the social history of technical employees 1815-1945 at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich (LMU Munich). In 1991 Trischler also completed his habilitation in Munich with a paper on aerospace research in Germany 1900–1970: Political History of a Science . Trischler became research director of the Deutsches Museum in 1993; since 1997 he has been Professor of Modern and Contemporary History and History of Technology at the LMU Munich. In 2018 he was elected a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and in 2019 a member of the German Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech).
Scientific work
Trischler has presented numerous publications on the history of science, technology, and social history of the 19th and 20th centuries. His current research focus is the comparative history of national innovation systems and innovation cultures in the 20th century. Among other things, he is the editor of the book series “Environment and History” (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen) and “The Environment in History: International Perspectives” (Berghahn Books, Oxford and New York).
Together with Christof Mauch , Professor of American History at Ludwig Maximilians University, he took part in the invitation to tender for the Käte Hamburger Kollegs for research in the humanities and in 2008 raised 12 million euros for an international humanities college “Nature as a cultural challenge”. This resulted in the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society in Munich, founded in 2009 , which he and Mauch direct. The evaluation of the Carson Center in 2014 confirmed that funding would continue for a further six years until 2021.
Web links
- Literature by and about Helmuth Trischler in the catalog of the German National Library
- Member entry of Helmuth Trischler at the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
- Page about Trischler at the Deutsches Museum with an extensive list of publications and lectures
- Page of the Rachel Carson Center of the LMU Munich about Trischler
Individual evidence
- ↑ Federal Ministry of Education and Research: Second round for international colleges ( Memento from March 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), press release from October 24, 2008
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Trischler, Helmuth |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German technical historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 29, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ulm |