Joseph Jung

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Joseph Jung (* 1955 in Ramsen ) is a Swiss historian and journalist .

life and work

Jung studied Swiss history , recent general history , legal history and German literature at the University of Freiburg , where he in 1987 with a dissertation on the "Catholic Youth Movement in German Switzerland" in Urs Altermatt doctorate . In 1998 he completed his habilitation at the ETH Zurich and was a private lecturer there until 2006 . From 2001 to 2012 he gave lectures at the University of Freiburg , where he is adjunct professor. Since 2014 he has been a lecturer and visiting professor at various universities, such as the University of St. Gallen . In addition to his scientific work, Jung was Managing Director and Head of Research at the Alfred Escher Foundation (2006 to 2016) and u. a. Founding managing director and member of the board of trustees of the non-profit foundations Accentus, Empiris, Symphasis (2000 to 2016). He also holds management positions in various foundations and institutions. He is the managing director of the Ulrico Hoepli Foundation . Jung was Chief Historian at Credit Suisse for many years until the end of 2014 . Since 2015 he has been running a consulting company in Walchwil in the fields of business , society , culture and history . He is a member of various scientific and socio-political associations.

Jung has published numerous books on the economic and cultural history of Switzerland. With his biographies of Alfred Escher and Lydia Welti-Escher , he achieved bestsellers and received several awards for this.

criticism

In connection with his publications about Alfred Escher, Jung was criticized by the journalist and former editor-in-chief of the daily newspaper Res Strehle for denying that Alfred Escher and his father Heinrich Escher were involved in the slave-holding economy. Strehle published a list of slaves on the Escher coffee plantation "Buen Retiro" in Cuba with their estimated value; then Strehle quotes Jung as follows: "Neither he [Alfred Escher] nor his father were slave owners in Cuba." The historian and book author Willi Wottreng had already provided evidence of the slave-holding business of the Escher family in his work Lydia Welti-Escher. A woman in the Belle Epoque .

Another point in Joseph Jung's portrayal of Lydia Welti-Escher that is essential for the interpretation of the protagonist is in dispute. While, according to Joseph Jung's biography, Lydia Welti-Escher is said to have been "examined" again in the Königsfelden psychiatric clinic after her internment in the Roman psychiatric clinic and after her return to Switzerland , biographer Willi Wottreng explains for another There are no sources for a stay in Königsfelden. This is important because it shows that Lydia Welti-Escher opposed the will of her husband and father-in-law. Wottreng explains that Lydia Welti-Escher should not only be seen as a victim, but that she is a "noble feminist".

Further research

Jung is also the editor of anthologies on current and historical socio-political topics, for example in 2016 on the long-standing ICRC president Cornelio Sommaruga or in 2015 on the psychiatrist and depression researcher Daniel Hell .

His research areas and journalistic focuses include (selection):

  • Switzerland after 1848 and economic liberalism
  • Pioneers and entrepreneurs in Switzerland
  • Railway history in Switzerland in the 19th century
  • Culture and Art Policy of Switzerland (19th / 20th Century)
  • Switzerland as a banking and insurance center (19th / 20th century)
  • Biographies of economic and cultural political personalities
  • Interdisciplinary project: Edition of around 5,000 letters from / to Alfred Escher as a panorama of 19th century Switzerland

Publications

as editor (selection)
  • In worldwide commitment to humanity. Cornelio Sommaruga. President of the ICRC 1987–1999. Speeches and lectures. NZZ Libro, Zurich 2016, ISBN 978-3-03810-158-1 .
  • Your own life - being allowed to be someone instead of having to be something. Dialogue with Daniel Hell. Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich 2015, ISBN 978-3-03810-101-7 (together with Matthias Mettner).
  • Alfred Escher's correspondence 1866–1882. Private railway companies in crisis, Gotthard Railway, political opposition. With contributions by Claudia Aufdermauer, Basil Böhni, Lisa Bollinger, Bruno Fischer, Josef Inauen, Joseph Jung, Björn Koch and Vincent Pick. (= Alfred Escher. Letters. An edition and research project of the Alfred Escher Foundation. Volume VI). Zurich 2015, ISBN 978-3-03810-034-8
  • Swiss success stories. Pioneers, companies, innovations. (= Swiss pioneers in business and technology. Volume 100). Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich 2013, ISBN 978-3-03823-851-5 .
  • Alfred Escher's correspondence 1852–1866. Economic liberal time window, start-ups, foreign policy. With contributions by Claudia Aufdermauer, Bruno Fischer, Joseph Jung, Björn Koch, Katrin Rigort and Sandra Wiederkehr. (= Alfred Escher. Letters. An edition and research project of the Alfred Escher Foundation. Volume V). Zurich 2013, ISBN 978-3-03823-853-9 .
  • Alfred Escher's correspondence 1848–1852. Development of the young federal state, political refugees and neutrality, edited and commented by Sandra Wiederkehr. (= Alfred Escher. Letters. An edition and research project of the Alfred Escher Foundation. Volume IV). Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich 2012, ISBN 978-3-03823-723-5 .
  • Alfred Escher's correspondence 1843–1848. Jesuits, Freischaren, Sonderbund, federal revision, edited and commented by Björn Koch. (= Alfred Escher. Letters. An edition and research project of the Alfred Escher Foundation. Volume III). Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich 2011, ISBN 978-3-03823-703-7 .
  • Alfred Escher's letters from his youth and student days (1831–1843), edited and commented on by Bruno Fischer. (= Alfred Escher. Letters. An edition and research project of the Alfred Escher Foundation. Volume II). Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich 2010, ISBN 978-3-03823-628-3 .
  • Alfred Escher between Lukmanier and Gotthard. Letters on the Swiss Alpine Railway Question 1850–1882. Edited and commented on by Bruno Fischer, Martin Fries and Susanna Kraus. With contributions by Joseph Jung and Helmut Stalder. (= Alfred Escher. Letters. An edition and research project of the Alfred Escher Foundation, Volume I). Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich 2008, ISBN 978-3-03823-379-4 .
  • The buck war 1804. Aspects of a popular uprising, with the assistance of Michael Hess. Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich 2004, ISBN 3-03823-103-7 .
  • Credit Suisse Group Banks in the Second World War. A critical review. With a preface of Lukas Mühlemann. Neue Zürcher Zeitung Publishing, Zurich 2002, ISBN 3-85823-985-2 .
  • Between the Bundeshaus and Paradeplatz. The banks of the Credit Suisse Group in World War II. Studies and materials. Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich 2001, ISBN 3-85823-907-0 .
  • Ulrico Hoepli 1847-1935. Bookseller, publisher, antiquarian, patron. With a foreword by Federal Councilor Flavio Cotti. Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich 1997, ISBN 3-85823-689-6 .
as an author of books (selection)
  • The laboratory of progress. Switzerland in the 19th Century , 2nd edition, NZZ Libro, Zurich 2020, ISBN 978-3-03810-435-3 .
  • Hans Künzi . Operations Research and Transport Policy. NZZ Libro, Zurich 2017, ISBN 978-3-03810-285-4 .
  • Alfred Escher 1819–1882. Rise, power, tragedy. 6th edition. Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung NZZ Libro, Zurich 2017, ISBN 978-3-03823-876-8 .
  • Lydia Welti-Escher (1858-1891). Biography. 5th edition. Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung NZZ Libro, Zurich 2016, ISBN 978-3-03823-852-2 .
  • Switzerland's success story. The life and work of Alfred Escher (1819-1882). Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich 2015, ISBN 978-3-03810-051-5 .
  • Alfred Escher. Il fondatore della Svizzera moderna. Armando Dadò Editore, Locarno 2013, ISBN 978-88-8281-369-7 .
  • Lydia Welti-Escher (1858-1891). Biography. Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung NZZ Libro, Zurich 2013, ISBN 978-3-03823-852-2 .
  • Alfred Escher. Un fondateur de la Suisse modern. presse polytechniques et universitaires romandes, Lausanne 2012, ISBN 978-2-88074-972-9 .
  • Lydia Welti-Escher (1858-1891). Biography. Sources, materials and contributions. greatly expanded new edition. Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich 2009, ISBN 978-3-03823-557-6 .
  • Rainer E. Good . The critical size. NZZ Libro, Zurich 2007, ISBN 978-3-03823-397-8 . ( Autobiography , with a preface by Oswald Grübel ). Book excerpt ( Memento from October 19, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 253 kB)
  • From Schweizerische Kreditanstalt to Credit Suisse Group. A banking story. 2nd Edition. Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich 2000, ISBN 3-85823-815-5 .
  • The Winterthur. An insurance story. Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich 2000, ISBN 3-85823-854-6 .
  • The imaginary museum. Private engagement in the arts and state cultural policy in Switzerland. The Gottfried Keller Foundation 1890–1922. Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich 1998, ISBN 3-85823-681-0 .
as author of essays (selection)
  • The Swiss wonder of the world. How Switzerland went from a country that had lost touch to a modern state: the story of the Gotthard Railway, in which a certain Alfred Escher played the role of his life . In: Bulletin (Bankmagazin der Credit Suisse), No. 2, 2016, pp. 21–24.
  • To beautify and ornament Zurich. Credit Suisse's head office on Paradeplatz. In: bulletin. (Magazine from The European Association for Banking and Financial History eV) 2016, pp. 135-137.
  • Project Switzerland or the “Spirit of 48”. Separate printing. Zurich 2014.
  • Zurich's ruler and the asylum seeker. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung. June 13, 2013, special supplement Wagner Festival, Zurich 2013.
  • The economically liberal time window of the young federal state is the foundation of the success story of Switzerland. In: Jung Joseph (ed.): Swiss success stories. Pioneers, companies, innovations. (= Swiss pioneers in business and technology. Volume 100). Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich 2013, ISBN 978-3-03823-851-5 .
  • Swiss revolutionary. In: Swiss month. 11/2013, Aargau 2013.
  • Imagination and Illumination. Thoughts on Switzerland, on mountain painting and on Valentin Roschacher's Alpine panorama. In: Renato Compostella, Res Perrot (ed.): Valentin Roschacher. The Swiss Alps. Oil paintings 2000–2013 , Benteli Verlag, Sulgen 2013, ISBN 978-3-7165-1772-7 .
  • Fraternization for a new Switzerland. In: Weltwoche. 22/2011, Zurich 2011.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Res Strehle : Fernando's worth. New documents show the deep involvement of Alfred Escher's family in slavery in Cuba. In: Das Magazin , No. 18, May 5, 2018 (online version) .
  2. ^ Willi Wottreng : Lydia Welti-Escher. A woman in the Belle Epoque. Elster-Verlag, Zurich 2014, ISBN 978-3-906065-22-9 .
  3. ↑ Young: Lydia Welti-Escher . 2009, p. 163: "... in the psychiatric institution of the canton Aargau ... Lydia is examined by Doctor Edmund Schaufelbühl"; also von Arx: The Stauffer case. 1969, p. 275: "Meanwhile, Ms. Welti-Escher was sitting in the Königsfelden sanatorium in Aargau ...".
  4. ^ Wottreng: Lydia Welti-Escher. 2014, pp. 229-232; the same: Königsfelden - a supplement. In: New Year's Gazette of the Gesellschaft zu Fraumünster for 2009, Lydia Welti-Escher, Zurich 2008, p. 28 f.
personal data
SURNAME Jung, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss historian and biographer
DATE OF BIRTH 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Ramsen