Mark Häberlein

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Mark Häberlein (born April 12, 1966 in Stillwater ) is a German historian who deals in particular with the history of the early modern period . Since 2004 he has held the chair for modern history, including regional history, at the Otto Friedrich University in Bamberg .

From 1985 to 1987 Häberlein studied modern history, American studies and political science at the University of Augsburg . From 1987 he continued his studies at Michigan State University in East Lansing , where he obtained a master’s degree in 1988. In 1991 he received his doctorate from the University of Augsburg with a thesis on the emigration of Baden to Pennsylvania in the 18th century. His habilitation took place in 1996 at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg with a thesis on Augsburg merchants in the 16th century. At the time of his habilitation, he was under 33 years old. He was u. a. therefore the only German historian to be awarded the Gerhard Hess Prize .

From 1991 to 2001, Häberlein was a scientific assistant, from 1997 as a senior assistant at the Department of History at the University of Freiburg i. Br., Where he was appointed adjunct professor in 2001. In 1999 and 2000 he also worked on a fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at Pennsylvania State University . In 2001 he received a Heisenberg grant from the German Research Foundation . His main research interests include a. research into the history of the cities of Augsburg, Bamberg and Nuremberg , early modern economic history and trade networks , especially the history of the Fuggers and Welsers , as well as the Atlantic history of the early modern period.

Häberlein lives in Bamberg and is married to the historian Michaela Schmölz-Häberlein . The couple have two children.

Fonts (selection)

  • From the Upper Rhine to the Susquehanna. Studies on emigration from Baden to Pennsylvania in the 18th century (= publications by the Commission for historical regional studies in Baden-Württemberg. Series B: Research. 129). Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-17-012699-7 (also: Augsburg, Universität, Dissertation, 1990/1991).
  • with Michaela Schmölz-Häberlein: The heirs of the Welser. The Caribbean trade of the Augsburg company Obwexer in the age of revolutions (= publications of the Swabian Research Association at the Commission for Bavarian State History. Series 1: Studies on the history of Bavarian Swabia. 21). Wißner, Würzburg 1995, ISBN 3-928898-80-9 .
  • Brothers, friends and deceivers. Social relationships, norms and conflicts in the Augsburg merchants around the middle of the 16th century (= Colloquia Augustana. 9). Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-05-003187-5 (Also: Freiburg (Breisgau), University, habilitation paper, 1996).
  • Waldkirch in the revolution of 1848/49. Riots and repression in a small town in Baden (= contributions to the more recent history of Waldkirch. 7). City of Waldkirch, Waldkirch 1998, ISBN 3-9805342-1-9 .
  • The Fugger. History of an Augsburg family. (1367-1650). Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-17-018472-5 (In English: The Fuggers of Augsburg. Pursuing Wealth and Honor in Renaissance Germany. University of Virginia Press, Charlottesville VA 2012, ISBN 978-0-8139-3244-6 ).
  • with Philipp Gassert and Michael Wala: Brief history of the USA. Reclam, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-15-010629-7 .
  • with Johannes Staudenmaier and Kerstin Kech (eds.): Bamberg in the early modern times. New contributions to the history of the city and the monastery (= Bamberg Historical Studies. 1). Bamberg 2008.
  • The Practice of Pluralism. Congregational Life and Religious Diversity in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1730-1820. Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park PA 2009, ISBN 978-0-271-03521-5 .
  • with Magdalena Bayreuther: agent and ambassador. The businessman Anton Meuting as a mediator between Bavaria and Spain in the age of Philip II. (= Documenta Augustana. 23). Wißner, Augsburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-89639-921-2 .
  • with Helmut Glück and Konrad Schröder: Multilingualism in the Early Modern Age. The imperial cities of Augsburg and Nuremberg from the 15th to the early 19th century (= foreign languages ​​in the past and present. 10). Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2013, ISBN 978-3-447-06965-6 .
  • with Michaela Schmölz-Häberlein: Adalbert Friedrich Marcus (1753–1816). A Bamberg doctor between enlightened reforms and romantic medicine (= city ​​and region in the pre-modern era. 5). Ergon, Würzburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-95650-134-0 .
  • with Michaela Schmölz-Häberlein: The medical library of Adalbert Friedrich Marcus. Private book ownership and medical knowledge in Bamberg around 1800 (= Bamberg Historical Studies. 15). University of Bamberg Press, Bamberg 2016, ISBN 978-3-86309-429-4 .
  • Departure into the global age. The trading world of the Fuggers and Welsers. Theiss, Darmstadt 2016, ISBN 978-3-8062-3342-1 .

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Remarks

  1. ^ Gerhard Hess sponsorship awards for young scientists
personal data
SURNAME Häberlein, Mark
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian
DATE OF BIRTH April 12, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Stillwater, Oklahoma