Rebekka Habermas

Rebekka Habermas (born 3 July 1959, in Frankfurt am Main) is a German historian, professor of modern history at the University of Göttingen, in Germany. Habermas has made substantial contributions to German social and cultural history of the 19th century.

Rebekka Habermas

Life

Rebekka Habermas is the daughter of the philosopher and sociologist Jürgen Habermas. From 1979 to 1985, she studied history and Romance studies in Konstanz and Paris, which she completed a master's degree and Staatsexamen in 1985.[1] She then received training in publishing and worked as editor, for a time, at S. Fischer Verlag.[2] Having earned her doctorate at Saarland University, in 1990, under the auspices of the German National Academic Foundation, Habermas spent the next two years as associate professor at the same university's historical institute. From 1992–97, Habermas conducted research in the context of the University of Bielefeld's Special Research Project "Sozialgeschichte des neuzeitlichen Bürgertums," which was financed through the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.[1] In 1998, Habermas secured her habilitation from the faculty of history and philosophy at the University of Bielefeld and then acted, for two years, as interim full professor (Lehrstuhlvertretung) at Ruhr University Bochum. Since 2000, she has held a chair in medieval and modern history at the University of Göttingen.[3][4]

Academic honors and awards

Habermas has held a number of visiting appointments:

Since 2010, Habermas has served as spokesperson for the research training group (Graduiertenkolleg) "Dynamiken von Raum und Geschlecht," funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.[3][11][12] 2011 then saw her reception of Geisteswissenschaften International, a prize awarded by the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels to support translation of distinguished academic books.[13] In 2012, she was inducted into the Academia Europaea.[14] Two years later, she received honorable mention for the Chester Penn Higby Prize, an award bestowed biennially by the Journal of Modern History for the best essay published in the organ.[15]

Professional activities

Habermas serves as editor of the journal Historische Anthropologie[16] and co-editor of the series Campus Historische Studien.[17] In addition, she is a member of numerous research groups (e.g., Historische Anthropologie, Geschlechterdifferenz in europäischen Rechtskulturen,[18] as well as the University of Göttingen's own Geschlechterforschung[19]), a board member of Göttingen's Zentrum für Theorie und Methodik der Kulturwissenschaften,[20] and a contributor to the conception and planning of Wolfgang Benz's series Europäische Geschichte.[21] She sits on any number of other commissions and juries as well, including the European Research Council's scientific review panel for social sciences and humanities.[3][22][23][24]

Areas of expertise

Habermas's work focuses on the history of the bourgeoisie, legal history, administration history, and gender history, the history of criminality, the book, and religion, as well as historical anthropology.[25][26]

Select bibliography
  • 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
  • Rebekka Habermas (1993), "Geschlechtergeschichte und 'anthropology of gender'. Geschichte einer Begegnung", Historische Anthropologie (in German), 1 (3), pp. 485–509, doi:10.7788/ha.1993.1.3.485, ISSN 0942-8704
  • Rebekka Habermas (1994), Klaus Tenfelde; Hans-Ulrich Wehler (eds.), "Weibliche Religiosität – oder: Von der Fragilität bürgerlicher Identitäten", Wege zur Geschichte des Bürgertums (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, pp. 125–148, ISBN 3-525-35673-0
  • Rebekka Habermas (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
  • Rebekka Habermas (2000), Frauen und Männer des Bürgertums : Eine Familiengeschichte (1750–1850) (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, ISBN 3-525-35679-X
  • Rebekka Habermas (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
  • Rebekka Habermas (2006), "Eigentum vor Gericht. Die Entstehung des modernen Rechtsstaates aus dem Diebstahl?" (PDF), WerkstattGeschichte (in German), 15 (42), pp. 25–44, ISSN 0933-5706
  • Rebekka Habermas (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
  1. "Profile of Rebekka Habermas". Academia Europaea. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
  2. "Professional Overview of Rebekka Habermas". H-Soz-Kult. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  3. "Homepage of Rebekka Habermas". University of Göttingen. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
  4. On biography, see also Fenske, Michaela (2010). Altag als Politik – Politik im Alltag. Dimensionen des Politischen in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart (Contributor Profile). Münster: LIT Verlag. pp. 514–15.
  5. "Financing Announcement". Volkswagen Stiftung. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  6. "European Studies Centre News". The Antonian. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  7. "Richard von Weizsäcker Fellowship Conference (St Antony's, Oxford)" (PDF). University of Göttingen. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  8. "Guest Stay of Rebecca Haberms". University of Münster.
  9. "Lichtenberg-Kolleg Announcement". University of Göttingen. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  10. "Overview of Participants in the 2015 Maurice Halbwachs Summer Institute". University of Göttingen. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  11. "Homepage of Dynamiken von Raum und Geschlecht at the University of Göttingen". University of Göttingen. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  12. "Project Website". DFG Graduiertenkolleg 1599: Dynamiken von Raum und Geschlecht. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  13. "Award Winners 2011". Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  14. "Profile of Rebekka Habermas". Academia Europaea. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
  15. "Chester Penn Higby Award, 2014". Journal of Modern History. doi:10.1086/680805. JSTOR 10.1086/680805.
  16. "Editorial Board of Historische Anthropologie". Walter de Gruyter. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  17. "Editorial Board for Campus Historische Studien". Campus Verlag. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  18. "Member Page". International Research Network: Gender Difference in the History of European Legal Cultures. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  19. "Members of Geschlechterforschung". University of Göttingen. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  20. "Members of the Center for Theory and Methodology for the Study of Culture". University of Göttingen. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  21. "Editorial Information for "Europäische Geschichte"". Fischer Verlag. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  22. "List of Reviewers 2014" (PDF). European Research Council. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  23. "List of Reviewers 2012" (PDF). European Research Council. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  24. "Scientific Advisory Board for the Gotha Research Center". University of Erfurt. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  25. "Professional Overview of Rebecca Habermas". H-Soz-Kult. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  26. "Homepage of Rebekka Habermas". University of Göttingen. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
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