Jens Olesen (historian)

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Jens Ejnar Olesen (born December 18, 1950 in Casablanca ) is a Danish historian specializing in the history of Northern Europe . Until his retirement in 2017, he was professor of Nordic history at the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University of Greifswald .

Live and act

Olesen is a Danish citizen and after graduating from high school in 1970 (Viby Amtsgymnasium) studied history (major), political science and Nordic literature at the University of Aarhus . After completing his studies, he was a research fellow with studies a. a. in Oslo , Stockholm , Munich , research assistant, assistant, archivist and from 1985 to 1996 director of studies at the Danish People's University ( University of Odense ). From October 1996 to September 2017 he held the chair for Nordic history at the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University of Greifswald.

Olesen received his doctorate in 1980 from Aarhus University with a thesis on the Nordic Kalmar Union (Rigsråd - Kongemagt - Union. - Studier over det danske rigsråd og den nordiske kongemagts politik 1434–1449) and published in 1983 on the Danish and monarchical union policy against the background of the decisive Development of the Swedish Estates Society during the reign of King Christian I of Oldenburg (Unionskrige og Stændersamfund. Bidrag til Nordens historie i Kristian I's regeringstid 1450–1481). In addition to other books and publications, he has also published sources, including a. the documents and letters of King Christopher of Bavaria (1986). In his research he has devoted himself to topics related to the Nordic and Baltic Sea regions from the Middle Ages to the present day, particularly with a focus on the High and Late Middle Ages, the Reformation and the early modern period. As a professor, he and his staff have constantly researched the relationship between northern and continental Europe as well as the relationship between Scandinavia and Finland and the countries bordering the Baltic Sea and beyond. He was u. a. Specialist advisor and author at the Great Danish National Encyclopedia (Middle Ages and early modern times up to 1660), co-editor of the magazine "Nyt fra Historien" (news from history, responsible for the early modern times) and has worked as an author and consultant for other reference works and compilations worked. Olesen is a member of several editorial and advisory boards, including a. Historisk Tidskrift (Stockholm), Studia Maritima. (Stettin), Baltic Worlds (Södertörn), Westpommersche Rundschau (Stettin) and the first yearbook (Historia 1) of the University of Olsztyn. From 2000–2002 he was Vice-Rector for International Relations at Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University.

In 2000 he founded the book series "Publications of the Chair for Nordic History" (2017: 24 volumes), "Nordic History" at LiT-Verlag Berlin / Münster (2020: 14 volumes) and in 2019 "Studies on the History of the Baltic Sea Region" (2020 : 2 volumes). Among his many publications and editorships, the Cambridge "History of Scandinavia" volume II (1520–1870), which he published together with Prof. Erkki Kouri (Helsinki), deserves special mention.

Olesen is a member of several scientific academies and societies in Scandinavia and Finland, u. a. "Det Kgl. Danske Selskab til Fædrelandets Historie" (1999). There are also "Jysk Selskab for Historie" (dissolved in 2010), "Foreningen for Nordeuropæisk Oldtid og Middelalder" (NOM, chairman until 1996), co-founder and secretary of the Historikerverein auf Fyn ("Den Fynske Historikerkreds") and edition societies in Denmark (Selskabet for Udgivelse af Kilder til Dansk Historie) and in Sweden (Kungliga Samfundet för utgivande av handskrifter rörande Scandinaviens historia). He was a member of the National Education Council in Denmark 1986–1996 ("Dansk Folkeoplysnings Samråd") and for several years a member of the board of the "Center for Koldkrigsstudier" (Syddansk Universitet) after it was founded in 2006. For several years he was a member of the scientific advisory board of the Pomeranian Landesmuseum, and he is a member of the Historical Commission for Pomerania. In 2007 he was elected as a foreign member of the oldest science academy in Finland, the Societas Scientiarum Fennica [1]. He was also elected to the "Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia" (Academia Scientiarum Fennica) (2003). He is also a corresponding member of the Swedish Literature Society in Finland. In 2008, Olesen was appointed Knight of the Finnish Order of the White Rose 1st Class, the highest honor in the Republic of Finland, by the President of Finland Tarja Halonen. In May 2017 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Helsinki for his research and projects on Northern European history.

Olesen has received a total of three Festschrifts from schoolchildren and specialist colleagues.

Works (selection)

Monographs

  • The influence of Danish monasteries on the Baltic Sea region. Greifswald-Leidorf 2009, ISBN 978-3-89646-466-8 .
  • Swedish-Pomeranian in Swedish politics after 1806. Greifswald-Cologne, 2008, ISBN 978-3-412-20108-1 .
  • The University of Greifswald in the educational landscape of the Baltic Sea region . Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-8258-0189-2 (with Dirk Alvermann and Nils Jörn)
  • Studia Nordica Greifswaldensia. Greifswald 2004, ISBN 3-86006-227-1 .
  • Swedish Pomerania and the Kingdom of Sweden in the 18th Century. Greifswald 1999, ISBN 3-86006-129-1 .
  • Unionskrige og stændersamfund: bidrag til Nordens historie i Kristian I's regeringstid 1450–1481. Arhus 1983, ISBN 87-504-0486-5 .
  • Rigsråd, Kongemagt, Union: study over det danske rigsråd og den nordiske kongemagt politics 1434–1449. Arhus 1980, ISBN 87-504-0451-2 .

Editorships

  • ed. with Michael Busch, Stefan Kroll , Martin Schoebel , Reinhard Zölitz: The Swedish Land Record of Pomerania 1692–1709 - Perspectives of an Edition Project . Contributions from the workshop on October 9th and 10th, 2009 in the Pomeranian State Museum Greifswald (= The Swedish Land Recording of Western Pomerania 1692–1709 , special volume 2). Ludwig, Kiel 2011, ISBN 978-3-86935-050-9 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Foreign Members. Finnish Academy of Science and Letters
  2. ↑ See: UNIaktuell 3/2008, p. 10 (PDF; 852 kB)
personal data
SURNAME Olesen, Jens
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Olesen, Jens E.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish historian
DATE OF BIRTH December 18, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Casablanca