Peter Becker (historian)

Peter Becker (2015)

Peter Becker (born June 8, 1962 in Ried im Innkreis ) is an Austrian historian who worked as a university professor for Austrian history in the 19th and 20th centuries at the University of Vienna , in close cooperation with the Institute for Austrian Historical Research in Vienna . He also researches and publishes on the history of criminology and criminology .

Career

After studying history, sociology and art history at the University of Graz , he received his doctorate as a historian there in 1988 . He then worked as a research assistant at the Max Planck Institute for History in Göttingen and at the German Historical Institute in Washington . He completed his habilitation at the University of Göttingen in 2000 with a thesis on the history of criminology.

From 1997 to 2005 Becker worked as professor for Central European History at the European University Institute in Florence , from 2005 to 2009 he was a substitute professor for modern history and contemporary history at the University of Linz . He then taught at the University of Vienna , which appointed him as a university professor in 2014, and since 2014 at the Institute for Austrian Historical Research.

Fonts (selection)

• as editor: Speech execution in office. Communication and Administration in Europe in the 19th and 20th Centuries . Transcript, Bielefeld 2011, ISBN 978-3-8376-1007-9 .
• On the trail of the perpetrator. A history of criminology. Primus, Darmstadt 2005, ISBN 3-89678-275-4 .
• Corruption and degeneration. A history of 19th century criminology as discourse and practice (= publications of the Max Planck Institute for History. 176). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2002, ISBN 3-525-35172-0 .
• Live and love in a cold country. Sexuality in the field of tension between economy and demography. The example of St. Lambrecht 1600–1850 (= studies on historical social science. 15). Frankfurt am Main et al. 1990, ISBN 3-593-34208-1 (Partly at the same time: Graz, University, dissertation, 1988: Premarital sexuality and marriage behavior in the area of ​​the St. Lambrecht Abbey 1600–1849. ).

Web links

• Literature by and about Peter Becker in the catalog of the German National Library
• Peter Becker (University of Vienna) .
• Detailed CV of Peter Becker (PDF, accessed April 1, 2014).