Thomas Fuchs (Librarian)

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Thomas Fuchs (born November 12, 1964 in Bruchsal ) is a German librarian and historian .

Life

From 1984 he studied history and Protestant theology in Heidelberg , Munich and Regensburg . After receiving his doctorate in 1993 as Dr. phil. 1994/1995 he was a research assistant at the Max Weber Complete Edition . From 1995 to 1999 he was a research assistant at the Historical Institute of the University of Giessen . From 1999 to 2003 he was project manager at the European Enlightenment Research Center in Potsdam . After his habilitation in 2001 in the subject of modern history, he was a library trainee at the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library - Lower Saxony State Library in Hanover from 2003 to 2005 . From 2006 to 2007 he was Head of the Printing Department and Scientific Advisor for early modern cultural history at the Gotha Research Library . Since 2007 he has been head of the special collections and digitization department at the Leipzig University Library . In 2008 he became an adjunct professor at the Historical Institute of the University of Potsdam . In 2011 he became an adjunct professor at the Historical Institute of Leipzig University .

Fonts (selection)

  • Denomination and conversation. Typology and function of religion discussions during the Reformation . Cologne 1995, ISBN 3-412-04895-X .
  • Foundation of tradition and politics of remembrance. Historiography in Hessen in the early modern period . Kassel 2002, ISBN 3-925333-40-1 .
  • Historical consciousness and historiography between the Reformation and the Enlightenment. City chronicles, church registers and historical surveys in Hesse, 1500 to 1800 . Marburg 2006, ISBN 3-921254-88-4 .
  • Library and military. Military book collections in Hanover from the 18th to the 20th century. With a catalog of the manuscripts of the former Defense Area Library II in the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library . Frankfurt am Main 2008, ISBN 3-465-03580-1 .

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personal data
SURNAME Fuchs, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German librarian and historian
DATE OF BIRTH November 12, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Bruchsal