Karin Friedrich (historian)

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Karin Friedrich (born June 12, 1963 in Munich ) is a German historian and currently Senior Lecturer at the University of Aberdeen , Scotland . Her specialty is Polish and German , especially Prussian history in the early modern period .

After completing her master's degree in history and political science at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in 1989, she continued her studies at Georgetown University (Washington, DC) and graduated in 1995 with a Ph.D. from. From 1995 to 2005 she worked in the History Department at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London. From 2001 to 2006 she was co-editor of the scientific journal German History , the journal of the German History Society based in London. She is on the editorial board of several historical magazines (see web links below).

In 2000 she was a substitute professor at the Free University of Berlin . In summer 2007 she was a visiting scientist for the Krupp Foundation at the University of Greifswald . She is co-director of the Center for Early Modern Studies, University of Aberdeen, a member of the scientific advisory board of the German Historical Institute in Warsaw and of the working group for baroque research at the Herzog August Library in Wolfenbüttel.

Works

Monographs:

  • The Other Prussia. Royal Prussia, Poland and Liberty, 1569-1772 , Cambridge 2000, ISBN 0-521-58335-7 ( limited preview ).
  • Citizenship and Identity in a Multi-national Commonwealth: Poland-Lithuania in Context, 1569–1795 , Brill, Leiden 2009.
  • with Sara Smart: The Cultivation of Monarchy and the Rise of Berlin. Brandenburg-Prussia 1700 , Ashgate, 2010.
  • (Ed.): Festivals in Germany and Europe: New Approaches to European Festival Culture , Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston, Queenston, Lampeter 2000.

Items:

  • Polish-Lithuanian Political Thought, 1450–1700 , in: Howell Lloyd, Glenn Burgess, Simon Hodson (eds.): History of European Political Throught, 1450–1700 , Yale University Press, 2007, pp. 409-447.
  • German History 22: 3 (2004), special issue: Polish Views of German History articles: “Pomorze” or “Preussen”: Polish Perspectives on early modern Prussian History , pp. 190-217, and Introduction (co-authored with Klaus Zernack ), pp. 155-168.
  • Between two eagles. Cultural and ideological influences of Poland-Lithuania on ducal Prussia before 1701 [Between Two Eagles. Cultural and ideological influences of Poland-Lithuania on Ducal Prussia], in: Prussia in East Central Europe [Prussia in East Central Europe], edited by Matthias Weber, Oldenburg, Munich 2003, pp. 115-141.
  • Nation consciousness in early modern Silesia [National identity in early modern Silesia], in: The borders of the nations. National Identity Change in Upper Silesia in Modern Times , edited by Kai Struve and Philipp Ther , Herder-Institut, Marburg 2002, pp. 19-44.
  • The Development of Prussian Towns, 1720-1815 , in: P. Dwyer (ed.): The Rise of Prussia: Re-thinking Prussian History, 1700-1830 , Adison, Wesley, Longman, London 2001, pp. 129-150.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Library of Congress .
  2. ^ Google Books .
  3. ^ Oxfordjournals .
  4. ^ University of Aberdeen .
  5. ^ Wolfenbüttel working group for baroque research .
  6. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from September 21, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.brill.nl
  7. ↑ ashgate .
personal data
SURNAME Friedrich, Karin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian
DATE OF BIRTH June 12, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich