Natascha Mehler

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Natascha Mehler (born December 27, 1970 in Roding ) is a German archaeologist specializing in medieval and modern archeology . She is a junior research group leader at the German Maritime Museum in Bremerhaven , a research museum of the Leibniz Association .

Career

Natascha Mehler studied prehistory and early history , archeology of the Middle Ages - and modern times , classical archeology and monument preservation at the universities of Regensburg , Vienna , Amsterdam , Bergen and Bamberg . With her master's thesis , she presented a treatment of the medieval ceramics of Iceland. In 2008 she completed her doctorate at Kiel University with a dissertation on clay pipes in Bavaria (approx. 1600–1745) .

In 2014 habilitated they at Vienna University with a thesis on prospects of Historical Archeology : Methods - Topics - theories .

After completing her studies, she took up a position as a research assistant at the Icelandic Archaeological Institute in Reykjavík , where she was responsible for finding management and analysis. In 2002 she moved to the Roman-Germanic Commission of the German Archaeological Institute , where she did her doctorate and worked in the editorial department on the in-house publication series. In 2008 she took up the position of assistant for medieval and modern archeology at the Institute for Prehistory and Historical Archeology at the University of Vienna. She was then visiting professor at this institute in the 2014/15 academic year . Since 2015 she has been a junior research group leader at the German Maritime Museum in Bremerhaven, Leibniz Institute for German Maritime History.

Research priorities

Mehler deals with material culture of the Middle Ages and modern times , especially ceramics . Her geographical focus is on the one hand in the archeology of Germany and Austria, on the other hand in the archeology of the North Atlantic Islands. Your work is methodically oriented and strongly interdisciplinary.

Natascha Mehler is a member of the advisory boards of the Austrian Society for Medieval Archeology, the British Society for Medieval Archeology, the American Society of Historical Archeology and the British Society of Post-Medieval Archeology. In the Medieval Europe Research Community (MERC), a committee of the European Association of Archaeologists , she represents the German-speaking countries.

Awards

Natascha Mehler is Honorary Reader at the Institute for Northern Studies at the University of the Highlands and Islands . She is a member of AcademiaNet , nominated by the Leibniz Association.

In 2017 she received the Caroline von Humboldt Prize for her creative and interdisciplinary research.

Publications (selection)

  • Alasdair Brooks, Natascha Mehler (Ed.): The Country Where My Heart Is. Historical Archaeologies of Nationalism and National Identity. Gainesville 2017, ISBN 978-0-8130-5433-9 .
  • Natascha Mehler: The Matzleinsdorfer Friedhof in Vienna (1784–1879). (= Focus monument. 9). Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-85028-841-5 .
  • Mary Beaudry, Natascha Mehler: The material culture of the modern world. In: Post-Medieval Archeology. 1/50, 2016, pp. 108-120.
  • Natascha Mehler: Hanse Archeology. In: Encyclopedia of Global Archeology. New York 2014, pp. 3209-3219.
  • Natascha Mehler (Ed.): Historical Archeology in Central Europe. (= Society of Historical Archeology, Special Publications. No. 10). Rockville 2013, ISBN 978-1-939531-01-8 .
  • Natascha Mehler: The perception and identification of hanseatic material culture in the North Atlantic: problems and suggestions. In: Journal of the North Atlantic Special. Volume 1: Historical Archeology in the North Atlantic: World Systems, Colonialism, and Climate. 2009, pp. 89-108.
  • Natascha Mehler: The archeology of mercantilism: clay tobacco pipes in Bavaria and their contribution to an economic system. In: Post-Medieval Archeology. 43/2, 2009, pp. 261-281.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Natascha Mehler: Clay pipes in Bavaria (approx. 1600–1745) (=  magazine for archeology of the Middle Ages . Supplement 22). Habelt Verlag, Bonn 2010, ISBN 978-3-7749-3586-0 .
  2. ^ Website of the University of the Highlands and Islands. Retrieved March 1, 2018 .
  3. ^ Website on AcademiaNet. Retrieved March 1, 2018 .
  4. ^ Website of the Humboldt University Berlin. Retrieved February 26, 2019 .


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personal data
SURNAME Mehler, Natascha
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German archaeologist with a focus on medieval and modern archeology
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Roding