Jürgen Osterhammel

Jürgen Osterhammel ( born June 1, 1952 in Wipperfuerth ) is a German historian and professor of Modern History at the University of Konstanz.

Life

Jürgen Osterhammel attended the High State School in Hanau and studied after high school in 1970 in Marburg, Hamburg, Kassel and at the London School of Economics. In 1976, he passed the first, in 1981, the second state examination. In 1980 he earned his doctorate at the University of Kassel. 1982-1986 he worked as a research associate at the German Historical Institute London under the direction of Wolfgang J. Mommsen. 1986 to 1990 he was Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science at the University of Freiburg im Breisgau. In 1990 he qualified as a professor until 1996 he was Professor of Non-European History at the University of Hagen. From 1996 to 1997 Osterhammel worked as a Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study Berlin, before he held the Chair of History of International Relations at the Institut Universitaire des Hautes Etudes Internationales in Geneva until 1999. Since 1999 he has held the chair of Modern History at the University of Konstanz. In his 2009 published book The transformation of the world. A history of the 19th century Osterhammel have attempted a world history of the 19th century. The book was enthusiastically received in professionals and the public and received the NDR Kultur Nonfiction Book Award for the best non-fiction book of the year 2009. 2010 he was awarded the Leibniz Prize.

Work focuses on

  • European and Asian history since the 18th century
  • History of intercultural relations and perceptions
  • History of Ideas
  • History and Theory of Historiography
  • World history ( global history ) in theory and practice

Awards

Writings (selection )

  • British imperialism in the Far East. Structures of penetration and local resistance to the Chinese market 1932-1937 ( = China issues. Vol. 10). Brockmeyer, Bochum 1983, ISBN 3-88339-304-5 ( At the same time: Kassel, total Hannover, 1980: British interests in the Chinese market, ( 1932-1937 ). ).
  • As editor Wolfgang J. Mommsen with: Imperialism and After. Continuities and Discontiuties. Allen & Unwin, London ua 1986, ISBN 0-04-909018-6.
  • As Publisher: British overseas expansion and British Empire before 1840 ( = working group German England Research Publication Vol 6. . ). StudienVerlag Brockmeyer, Bochum, 1987, ISBN 3-88339-570-6.
  • As editor Wolfgang J. Mommsen with: Max Weber and His Contemporaries. Allen & Unwin, London ua 1987, ISBN 0-04-301262-0.
  • China and the world society. From the 18th century to the present time. Beck, Munich, 1989, ISBN 3-406-34099-7.
  • Colonialism. History - forms - Follow ( = Beck series 2002 knowledge). Beck, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-406-63980-1.
  • Shanghai, May 30, 1925., The Chinese Revolution. German Taschenbuch Verlag, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-423-30604-1.
  • The disenchantment of Asia. Europe and the Asian kingdoms in the 18th century. Beck, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-406-44203- X.
  • As editor with Wilfried Loth: International history. Topics - Results - prospects ( = Studies on the international history vol. ). Oldenbourg, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-486-56487-0.
  • History Beyond the Nation State. Studies on relationship history and civilization comparison ( = critical studies of historical science. Vol. 147). Cambridge University Press, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-35162-3.
  • Niels P. Petersson: history of globalization. Dimensions - Processes - epochs ( = Beck series 2320 ). Beck, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-406-48020-9.
  • Liberalism as a cultural revolution. The contradictory world effect of a European idea ( = Foundation Federal President Theodor Heuss-Haus. Small series. Vol. 13 = Theodor- Heuss- Memorial Lecture. 2003). Foundation President Theodor Heuss-Haus, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-9807404-7-1.
  • Transnationally The Empire: as an editor with Sebastian Conrad. Germany in the world from 1871 to 1914. Cambridge University Press, Göttingen 2004, ISBN 3-525-36733-3.
  • The transformation of the world. A history of the 19th century. Beck, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-406-58283-7.
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