With this goal in mind, the Arbeitskreis Frühneuzeitforschung was set up in 2019 as a merger of the two Wolfenbüttel working groups focusing on Renaissance research and Baroque research. The core aspects of its programme – interdisciplinarity, interepochality and internationality – are foregrounded at its regular conferences, which cover a broad range of themes.

The current members of the committee are:

  • Tobias Bulang, German Studies – Universität Heidelberg, German Studies Seminar
  • Peter Burschel, History – Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel / Universität Göttingen, Seminar of Medieval and Modern History
  • Lejla Demiri, Islamic Doctrine - Universität Tübingen, Center for Islamic Theology
  • Karl Enenkel, Middle and Neo-Latin Philology – Universität Münster, Seminar for Middle and Neo-Latin Philology
  • Marc Föcking, Romance Studies – Universität Hamburg, Institute of Romance Languages and Literature
  • Mariacarla Gadebusch Bondio, History of Medicine – Universität Bonn, Institute for Medical Humanities
  • Andreas Mahler, chair of the working group, English Studies – Freie Universität Berlin, Institute of English Language and Literature
  • Ulrich Pfisterer, Art History – Zentralinstitut Kunstgeschichte (Central Institute for Art History), Munich / Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Institute of Art History
  • Anja Wolkenhauer, Latin Philology – Universität Tübingen, Department of Classics
  • Cornel Zwierlein, History – Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Historisches Institut

 

The Symposium for the Inauguration of the Wolfenbütteler Arbeitskreis Frühneuzeitforschung focused on the issue of Labelling Times: The ‘Early Modern’ – European Past and Global Now. It was held as an online event from 30 June to 2 July 2021 with Andreas Mahler and Cornel Zwierlein (both of whom are at FU Berlin) in charge. You can access the programme and the conference report in the ‘Download’ section.

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