Martin Schaffner (historian)

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Martin Schaffner (born May 2, 1940 in Basel ) is a Swiss historian .

Life

Schaffner studied history , English and German at the Universities of Basel and London . He received his doctorate in 1970 from the University of Basel. Alongside and afterwards he worked as a teacher at high school level and as an assistant at the history seminar of the University of Basel. In 1973/74 he completed a postgraduate degree at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris, and in 1976 he was a visiting scholar at the Graduate School of Michigan . In 1979 Schaffner completed his habilitation at the University of Basel . Since 1984 he has been a lecturer there and from 1986 a full-time associate professor . In 1997 he became a full professor of modern general history . In 2000/2001 he was Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy and History. On October 1, 2005, Schaffner retired .

His research interests are the history of democracy in Europe in the 19th century, the history of the Urseren valley and the historiography of Ireland. In 1994 Schaffner became co-editor of the journal Historische Anthropologie ; later he switched to their scientific advisory board.

Fonts

Monographs

  • The Basel working population in the 19th century. Contributions to the history of their forms of life (= Basel contributions to historical science. Vol. 123). Helbing and Lichtenhahn, Basel / Stuttgart 1972, ISBN 3-7190-0516-X (= dissertation , University of Basel, 1972).
  • The democratic movement of the 1860s. Description and explanation of the Zurich people's movement of 1867 (= Basel contributions to historical science. Vol. 146). Helbing and Lichtenhahn, Basel / Frankfurt am Main 1982, ISBN 3-7190-0800-2 .
  • (with Manfred Hettling , Mario König , Andreas Suter , Jakob Tanner ) A little history of Switzerland. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 1998, ISBN 3-518-12079-4 .
  • Fear of the People, Schwabe Verlag, Basel 2020, ISBN 978-3-7965-4003-5 (collection of articles)

Editorships

  • Bread, porridge and what goes with it. About the social sense and physiological value of food. Chronos , Zurich 1992, ISBN 3-905278-93-6 .
  • (with Stefan Nellen and Martin Stingelin) Paranoia City. The case of Ernst B. - Self-testimony and files from psychiatry around 1900. Schwabe , Basel 2006, ISBN 978-3-7965-2275-8 .
  • (with Hans Medick ) Historical anthropology. Culture. Society. Everyday life. Volume 16, Issue 3. Böhlau , Vienna / Cologne / Weimar 2008.

Articles (selection)

  • The relationship between Ireland and England between 1800 and 1850. A model of dependence? Reflections on the Great Famine (1845–1849). In: Swiss History Journal . Vol. 33 (1983), No. 3, pp. 297-312 ( doi: 10.5169 / seals-80906 ).
  • History of the political system from 1833–1905. In: Lukas Burckhardt , René L. Frey , Georg Kreis (eds.): The Basel-Stadt political system. History, structures, institutions, areas of politics. Helbing and Lichtenhahn, Basel / Frankfurt am Main 1984, pp. 37–53.
  • Question methodology and answer game. Lord Devon's Enquête in Skibbereen, September 10, 1844. In: Historical Anthropology . Vol. 6 (1998), H. 1, pp. 55-75.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Vademecum of the historical sciences. F. Steiner, Stuttgart 2000, p. 542.
  2. ^ Scientific Advisory Board ( Memento of March 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), Historical Anthropology journal on the website of the Department of History at the University of Basel.
personal data
SURNAME Conductor, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss historian
DATE OF BIRTH May 2, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Basel