Research Project, 2012–2025
A project of the
Academy, since 1970
Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony
The research project is supervised by an institution of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Its objective is the establishment of a tripartite analytic-semantic handbook, which essentially provides a new foundation for the history of towns and urbanization during the premodern period. Additionally, it constitutes an important instrument for a multitude of historically oriented disciplines due to its broad scope and nuanced diversification.
The first section aims to compile an analytical catalogue of residential cities and seignorial central places of rule in the Holy Roman Empire. The second section focuses on communities, groups, and social structures in residential cities. Finally, the third section deals with the representation of the residential cities’ social and political organizations.
The handbook is considered a foundational work and will also be published online. Furthermore, several publications, conferences, the incorporation of doctoral and habilitation theses linked to the project are to be expected in addition to the handbook. Their topics will arise during the project’s duration of 14 years.
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Persons
- Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Gerhard Fouquet (Project Commission Chair)
- Prof. Dr. Werner Paravicini (Project Commission)
- Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Adam (Project Commission)
- Prof. Dr. Stephan Hoppe (Project Commission)
- Prof. Dr. Olaf Mörke (Project Commission)
- Prof. Dr. Matthias Müller (Project Commission)
- Prof. Dr. Konrad A. Ottenheym (Project Commission)
- Prof. Dr. Harriet Rudolph (Project Commission)
- Prof. Dr. Martina Stercken (Project Commission)
- Prof. Dr. Jan Hirschbiegel (Office Site Leader)
- Dr. Sven Rabeler (Research Associate)
- Prof. Dr. Harm von Seggern (Research Associate)
- Sascha Winter M.A. (Research Associate)
- Johanna Rödger M.A. (Doctoral Candidate)
- Joachim Forderer M.A. (Doctoral Candidate)
Contact
- Prof. Dr. Jan Hirschbiegel
- hirschbiegel[at]email.uni-kiel.de
Contact person for the academies' programme
Sebastian Zwies M.A.
Geschäftsstelle Mainz
Union der deutschen Akademien der Wissenschaften
Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 2
55131 Mainz
Tel: 06131/218 528-17
E-Mail: sebastian.zwies@akademienunion.de