LWL Institute for Westphalian Regional History
| LWL Institute for Westphalian Regional History - IfR - |
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| Carrier: | Regional Association of Westphalia-Lippe (LWL) |
| Legal form of the carrier: | Public |
| Seat of the wearer: | Muenster |
| Facility location: | Muenster |
| Type of research: | Comparative regional history |
| Subjects: | Recent and Recent History |
| Areas of expertise: | History , regional history |
| Management: | Malte Thießen |
| Employee: | one of the employees was u. a. Michael Prince |
| Homepage: | [1] |
The LWL Westphalian Institute for Regional History is an institute for the study of regional history of the region Westphalia in sponsorship of the Regional Association of Westphalia-Lippe , based in Münster .
It was founded in 1929 by the Provincial Association of the Province of Westphalia as a provincial institute for Westphalian regional and folklore studies . His previous heads include Franz Petri , Karl Teppe, Alfred Hartlieb von Wallthor and Bernd Walter .
Scientific Research
In terms of its thematic and methodological focus, the institute is special: It is the only scientific institution that is publicly funded and is primarily dedicated to researching Westphalian history in the 19th and 20th centuries. The institute's scientific speakers investigate the interactions between economy, society, culture and politics using the example of the Westphalia region. The LWL Institute realizes research projects with a wide range of topics. A selection of the current projects: urban-rural relationships, children in homes and home education, street names, animals and people.
Meetings
In order to promote scientific discussion and present its own research results, the institute is in active scientific exchange with universities and non-university institutions. Independently and with these partners, the institute organizes specialist conferences and workshops. A selection of past conferences: Questionable honors !? Street names as an instrument of history politics and culture of remembrance (July 12, 2011); Media of limited space: regional and state historical magazines in the 19th and 20th centuries (May 12-13, 2011).
publication
The institute publishes a historical specialist journal - the Westphalian Research - and two series of publications, the Research on Regional History and the Regional History Forum. With Westphalian Research, the institute has a high-profile historical specialist journal that has been published annually since 1938. This periodical of modern regional history presents a wide range of topics from the early modern period to contemporary history. A selection of the last key topics: Hand to mouth - self-sufficiency as a practice and vision in modern society; Regional history of education and science in the 20th century; Migration and society since the 18th century using the example of Westphalia a . a.
Internet portal Westphalian history
The Internet portal Westphalian History was founded in November 2002 as a cooperation project with the Westphalia Initiative for Individual Responsibility and Common Good and was activated on November 10, 2004. It has an open concept and is continuously expanded to include new content and projects. The information and service offer includes a. Introductory texts in epochs and topics, information on rooms, regions and territories, sources, maps, biographies, events, literature, media and information for school lessons. As far as possible, content such as B. Maps and sources offered digitally. It is aimed at both a specialist audience and the public with an interest in history. Central objectives are the provision of basic information (e.g. through introductory texts in topics and epochs), the bundled provision of specialist information in the form of focal points and projects as well as service functions (e.g. since 2003: e-mailing list Westphalian history ).
In addition to the basics , information is also made available within the framework of priorities and projects , including a .:
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Promotion of young scientists
Dissertations and master's theses are regularly published in the institute's own publication series. In addition, the institute awards research grants to young scientists, trains scientific volunteers and enables students to gain an insight into the everyday work of a historical research institute as part of an internship.
Web links
- LWL Institute for Regional History
- Internet portal "Westphalian history"
- Digital Westphalian Certificate Database (DWUD)
- Marcus Weidner, The street naming practice in Westphalia and Lippe during National Socialism. Database of street names 1933-1945
- "Past, we are coming!" (Feature film: Schoolchildren in the archive)
- Freiherr vom Stein Society
Individual evidence
- ^ Conference report by Julia Rinser on H-Soz-u-Kult from July 16, 2011
- ↑ Internet portal "Westphalian History": main focus. Retrieved August 1, 2012 .
Coordinates: 51 ° 57 ′ 52.5 " N , 7 ° 38 ′ 10.7" E