Rebekka Habermas
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| Born | 3 July 1959 Gummersbach, West Germany |
| Died | 21 December 2023 (aged 64) |
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| Organisation | University of Göttingen |
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Rebekka Habermas (3 July 1959 – 21 December 2023) was a German historian and professor of modern history at the University of Göttingen. Habermas made substantial contributions to German social and cultural history of the 19th century. She held visiting positions at universities in Paris, Oxford, Montreal and New York City, among others.
Life and career
Rebekka Habermas was born in
Habermas died on 21 December 2023, at the age of 64.[1][4][5]
Work
Habermas' work focused on the
Habermas held a number of visiting appointments:[2]
- Guest professor at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Socialesin Paris (2002)
- Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow at St Antony's College of Oxford University (2010–2014)
- Visiting fellow at the University of Münster's excellence cluster "Religion und Politik" (2014)[6]
- Fellow at the Lichtenberg-Kolleg, Göttingen's Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities & Social Sciences (2014–2015)[7][8]
- Guest professor at the Université de Montréal (spring semester, 2016)
- Theodor Heuss Professor at The New School in New York (autumn term, 2016)
From 2010, Habermas served as spokesperson for the research training group Dynamiken von Raum und Geschlecht (Dynamics of Space and Gender), funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.[2][9] In 2011, she received the Geisteswissenschaften International, a humanities prize awarded by the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels to support translation of distinguished academic books.[2] In 2012, she was inducted into the Academia Europaea.[3] Two years later, she received honorable mention in competition for the Chester Penn Higby Prize, an award bestowed biennially by the Journal of Modern History for the best essay published in the organ.[10]
Habermas served as editor of the journal Historische Anthropologie[1][11] and co-editor of the series Campus Historische Studien. In addition, she was a member of numerous research groups, including Historische Anthropologie, Geschlechterdifferenz in europäischen Rechtskulturen. She was a board member of Göttingen's Zentrum für Theorie und Methodik der Kulturwissenschaften, and a contributor to the conception and planning of Wolfgang Benz's series Europäische Geschichte. She sat on other commissions and juries as well, including the European Research Council's scientific review panel for social sciences and humanities.[2]
Publications
- Rebekka Habermas (1991), Wallfahrt und Aufruhr: Zur Geschichte des Wunderglaubens in der frühen Neuzeit (in German), Frankfurt/Main: Campus-Verl., ISBN 3-593-34570-6
- —— (1993), "Geschlechtergeschichte und 'anthropology of gender'. Geschichte einer Begegnung", Historische Anthropologie (in German), vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 485–509, S2CID 145049229
- —— (1994), Klaus Tenfelde; ISBN 3-525-35673-0
- —— (2000), Manfred Hettling; Stefan-Ludwig Hoffmann (eds.), "Rituale des Gefühls. Die Frömmigkeit des protestantischen Bürgertums", Der Bürgerliche Wertehimmel (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, pp. 169–192, ISBN 3-525-01385-X
- —— (2000), Frauen und Männer des Bürgertums: Eine Familiengeschichte (1750–1850) (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, ISBN 3-525-35679-X
- —— (2006), Joachim Eibach; Günther Lottes (eds.), "Frauen- und Geschlechtergeschichte", Kompass der Geschichtswissenschaft (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, pp. 231–245, ISBN 3-8252-2271-3
- —— (2006), "Eigentum vor Gericht. Die Entstehung des modernen Rechtsstaates aus dem Diebstahl?" (PDF), WerkstattGeschichte (in German), vol. 15, no. 42, pp. 25–44, ISSN 0933-5706
- —— (2008), Diebe vor Gericht: Die Entstehung der modernen Rechtsordnung im 19. Jahrhundert (in German), Frankfurt, M.: Campus-Verl., ISBN 978-3-593-38774-1
References
- ^ a b c d Hesse, Michael (25 December 2023). "Rebekka Habermas gestorben: Deuterin der Kolonialgeschichte". Frankfurter Rundschau (in German). Archived from the original on 25 December 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Prof. Dr. Rebekka Habermas". University of Göttingen (in German). 2023. Archived from the original on 28 December 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f "Rebekka Habermas". Academia Europaea. Archived from the original on 14 October 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
- ^ a b Hölzl, Richard (21 December 2023). "Entdecken heißt nicht erobern". FAZ (in German). Archived from the original on 27 December 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "Lehrstuhl für Neuere Geschichte – Prof. Dr. Rebekka Habermas". Georg-August Universität Göttingen. 21 December 2023. Archived from the original on 21 December 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- ^ "Gastvortrag über kolonialen Skandal in Togo". University of Münster (in Swahili). Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- ^ "Von Käfern, Märkten und Menschen". University of Göttingen (in German). Archived from the original on 28 March 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- ^ "Maurice Halbwachs Summer Institute". University of Göttingen. 2015. Archived from the original on 15 August 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- ^ "GRK 1599 Dynamiken von Raum und Geschlecht". University of Göttingen. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- S2CID 222445846.
- ^ "Historische Anthropologie". De Gruyter. Archived from the original on 28 April 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
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