Thomas Maissen

Thomas Maissen ( born October 23, 1962 in Zurich ) is a Swiss historian.

Thomas Maissen graduated in 1981 with the Matura in Basel. 1981 to 1989, he studied history, Latin and philosophy at the University of Basel and in Rome and Geneva. He received his doctorate with Hans Rudolf Guggisberg in Basel with the work of the French past with Italian authors of the 15th and 16th century in 1993. From 1993 to 1995 he was a research assistant at the University of Potsdam. From 1996 to 2004 he was a member of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung for Historical Analysis. In 2002 his habilitation at the University of Zurich. From 2002 to 2004 Maissen held a SNF professorship at the University of Lucerne.

Since the winter semester 2004/ 05 he teaches as Professor of Modern History with a focus on Early Modern History at the University of Heidelberg. Maissen is a member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences since 2007. In 2009 he was a visiting professor at the EHESS in Paris, 2010 " Visiting Fellow " at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. His research focuses on the history of historiography, the history of political thought, the history of mentalities, of history, the history of Switzerland, as well as education and school history. Since September 1, 2013 he has been the first non - German, the German Historical Institute in Paris.

Writings (selection )

Monographs

  • 25 years Roche AG Sisseln. Editiones Roche, Basel 1990 ISBN 3-907946-31-6.
  • From the legend to the model. The interest in France's past during the Italian Renaissance ( = Basel contributions to the science of history. Vol. 166). Helbing and Lichtenhahn, Basel et al, 1994, ISBN 3-7190-1369-3 ( At the same time: Basel, University dissertation, 1993).
  • With Katri Burri: Pictures from Switzerland. From 1939 to 1945. Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich 1997, ISBN 3-85823-680-2 (2nd edition. Ibid. 1998, ISBN 3-85823-730-2 ).
  • From Sonderbundskrieg to state. Crisis and Renewal 1798-1848 as reflected in the NZZ. Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich 1998, ISBN 3-85823-742-6.
  • Along with Michael Kempe: The Collegia of the islanders, Confidential and well-wishers in Zurich from 1679 to 1709. The first German reconnaissance companies between science, biblical criticism, history and politics. Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich 2002, ISBN 3-85823-954-2.
  • The history of the NZZ 1780-2005. Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-03823-134-7.
  • Denied memory. Dormant Accounts and the Swiss World War Debate 1989-2004. Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-03823-046-4 (2nd edition. Ibid. 2005, ISBN 3-03823-204-1 ).
  • The birth of the Republic. Understanding of the state and representation in early modern Confederation ( = Historical Semantics. Vol. 4). Cambridge University Press, Göttingen 2006, ISBN 3-525-36706-6 (2nd, revised edition ibid. 2008, ISBN 978-3-525-36706-3, at the same time. Zurich, University, habilitation font, 2001; awarded the prize for the best historical book of the year 2006, Category Early Modern Times ( HSozuKult ) ).
  • History of Switzerland. here now, publisher of culture and history, Baden 2010, ISBN 978-3-03919-174-1, ( review ).
  • Swiss History in the image. here now, publisher of culture and history, Baden 2012, ISBN 978-3-03919-244-1.
  • History of the early modern period ( = Beck series. Vol. 2760 ). Beck, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-406-65472-5.

Editorial Boards

  • Gerrit Walther: Functions of humanism. Research on the benefits of the new in humanistic culture. Wallenstein -Verlag, Göttingen 2006, ISBN 3-8353-0025-3.
  • With André and Maarten Prak Get Stone: The Republican alternative. The Netherlands and Switzerland Compared. Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam, 2008, ISBN 978-908-964-005-5.
  • With Fania Oz - salt Berger: The Liberal Republican Quandary in Israel, Europe and the United States. Early Modern Thought Meets Current Affairs. Academic Studies Press, Boston MA 2012, ISBN 978-1-936235-55-1.
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