Main Focus

German, Polish and European History in Global Perspective from the late 19. to the 21. Century

  • History of Knowledge
  • History of International Law  
  • Comparative Transformation Research
  • Social and Cultural History of Economics
  • Emotions in the Spheres of Law, Politics and Economics
  • Theories and Methods of Transnational and Comparative Research

Project Leadership 

Curriculum Vitae

  • Dr. phil. in Modern History, Freie Universität Berlin, summa cum laude (2012)
  • M.A. in Modern and Contemporary History, Freie Universität Berlin, with distinction (2006)
  • Studies in Modern History, Law and Political Science, Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and University of Florence (1999-2005) 

Academic Positions

  • Hannah Arendt Institute for Totalitarianism Studies at the Technische Universität Dresden, Prof. Dr. Thomas Lindenberger, Associate Researcher (since 2023)
  • Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Center for the History of Emotions, Prof. Dr. Ute Frevert, Senior Researcher (since 2014) and Associate Researcher (since 2023)
  • Freie Universität Berlin, Department of History and Cultural Studies, Prof. Dr. Paul Nolte, Lecturer (since 2018)
  • Maternity Leave (2013)
  • Berlin School for Comparative European History (until 2009) and Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut, Freie Universität Berlin, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Kocka, PhD-Scholar (2006-2012)
  • Leibniz Center for Contemporary History Potsdam, Research Group "Change of the Political in the 20th Century", Prof. Dr. Stefan-Ludwig Hoffmann, Visiting Researcher (2011)
  • Social Science Research Center Berlin, Research Group "Civil Society, Citizenship and Political Mobilisation in Europe", Prof. Dr. Dieter Gosewinkel and Prof. Dr. Dieter Rucht, Visiting Researcher (2006-2010)
  • Social Science Research Center Berlin, Research Group "Civil Society: Historical and Social Science Perspectives", Prof. Dr. Jürgen Kocka, EU Project Coordinator (2003-2005)

Academic Awards and Research Stays Abroad

  • Max Planck Society, Postdoctoral Fellow (2014)
  • Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History Potsdam, Visiting Fellow (2011)
  • Fazit Foundation, Doctoral Fellow (2010)
  • European Studies Centre, St Antony's College, University of Oxford and German Academic Exchange Service, Doctoral Fellow (2007)
  • Max Weber Foundation, Gerald D. Feldman Fellow at the German Historical Institutes in Warsaw, Paris and London (2007)
  • German Historical Institute Warsaw, Doctoral Fellow (2006)
  • Gerda Henkel Foundation, Doctoral Fellow (2006-2009)
  • Social Science Research Center Berlin, Visiting Fellow (2006-2010)
  • Social Science Research Center Berlin, Predoc Fellow (2005)
  • Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Fazit Foundation, Gerda Henkel Foundation, Marga and Kurt Möllgaard Foundation, Max Planck Society, Research Grants (2005-2022)

Committees and Memberships 

  • Elected Deputy Ombudswoman of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development
  • Elected Advisory Bord Member of the Women's Political Council of Brandenburg
  • Member of the Working Group Women in Economic History
  • Member of the Network Knowledge and Economy
  • Member of the Network Childhood Studies
  • Member of the German Historical Association
  • Reviewer for the National Science Centre Poland
  • Reviewer for the Publishers Berghahn Books and Bloomsbury Academic
  • Reviewer for the Journals History of the Human Sciences, Contributions to the History of Concepts, Journal of Cold War Studies, Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe, East Central Europe, Austrian History Yearbook

Book Prizes

Books

Edited Books

  • Capitalist Cold. On Callousness and Other Economic Emotions in Europe and the United States, London: Routledge 2024 (with Kerstin Maria Pahl, in press).
  • Vergleichen, Verflechten, Verwirren? Europäische Geschichtsschreibung zwischen Theorie und Praxis, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2011 (with Joachim C. Häberlen and Christiane Reinecke, reviewed by Archiv für Sozialgeschichte and H-Soz-Kult).

Special Issues

  • Volatility and Vulnerability. Global Historical Perspectives from the 20th Century to the Present (in preparation).

Peer-Reviewed Articles 

  • Feeling Violence. Legal Vulnerability and Capitalist Precarity in Germany, in: Agnes Arndt (Eds.), Volatility and Vulnerability. Global Historical Perspectives from the 20th Century to the Present (in preparation).
  • Volatility and Vulnerability. An Introduction, in: Agnes Arndt (Eds.), Volatility and Vulnerability. Global Historical Perspectives from the 20th Century to the Present (in preparation).
  • Feeling Political Through Law. The Emergence of an International Criminal Jurisdiction, 1899-2019, in: Agnes Arndt/ Ute Frevert et. al., Feeling Political. Emotions and Institutions since 1789, London: Palgrave Macmillen 2022, pp. 91-119.
  • Traders and Entrepreneurs. Encountering Trust in Business Relations, in: Benno Gammerl/ Philipp Nielsen/ Margrit Pernau (Eds.), Encounters with Emotions. Negotiating Cultural Differences since Early Modernity, New York: Berghahn 2019, pp. 110-132.
  • „Abwanderung und Widerspruch“. Zur Aktualität eines analytischen Konzepts des 20. für das 21. Jahrhundert, in: Administory. Journal for the History of Public Administration/ Zeitschrift für Verwaltungsgeschichte, Volume 3, Issue 1, 2018, pp. 247-254.
  • Premises and Paradoxes in the Development of the Civil Society Concept in Poland, in: Agnes Arndt/ Dariusz Gawin, Discourses on Civil Society in Poland, Berlin 2008 (WZB Discussion Paper, Nr. SP IV 2008-402), S. 1-29.

Book Chapters

  • Cold Blood – Hot Topic: Promises and Problems of an Emotional History of Capitalism, in: Agnes Arndt/ Kerstin Maria Pahl (Eds.), Capitalist Cold. On Callousness and Other Economic Emotions in Europe and the United States, London: Routledge 2024 (in press).
  • Capitalist Cold. The History of Economy meets the History of Emotions (mit Kerstin Maria Pahl), in: Agnes Arndt/ Kerstin Maria Pahl (Eds.), Capitalist Cold. On Callousness and Other Economic Emotions in Europe and the United States, London: Routledge 2024 (in press).
  • Politik mit Performanz. Konturen und Konjunkturen von Bürgerlichkeit im staatssozialistischen Polen, in: Ingo Loose/ Christian Rau/ Michael Schwartz (Eds.), Jenseits von Exil, Anpassung und Nische. Bürgerlichkeit in deutschen und europäischen Diktaturen im 20. Jahrhundert, Berlin: Metropol 2024 (in press).
  • Effizienz und Emotion. Deutungsmuster und Dynamiken weiblicher Gefühlsarbeit in Familienunternehmen, in: Draiflessen Collection (Eds.), Ehefrau, Erbin, Unternehmerin. Zum Wandel weiblicher Funktionen und Rollen in Familienunternehmen, Göttingen: Böhlau 2023, pp. 157-167, simultaneously:
  • Efficiency and Emotion. Interpretive Patterns and Dynamics around Women’s Emotional Labour in Family Businesses, in: Draiflessen Collection (Eds.), Wives, Heiresses, Businesswomen. Historical case studies of women’s changing roles in family businesses, Göttingen: Böhlau 2023, pp. 161-171, simultaneously:
  • Efficiëntie en emotie. Interpretatiepatronen en dynamiek van emotionele arbeid door vrouwen in familiebedrijven, in: Draiflessen Collection (Eds.), Echtgenote, erfgename, onderneemster. De veranderende functies en rollen van vrouwen in familiebedrijven, Göttingen: Böhlau 2023, pp. 153-163.
  • Zivilgesellschaft als Treiber der Kotransformation? Ein intellektuelles Konzept und seine politischen Implikationen, in: Markus Böick/ Constantin Goschler/ Ralph Jessen (Eds.), Jahrbuch Deutsche Einheit, Berlin: Ch. Links 2022, pp. 37-51.
  • Renaissance or Reconstruction? Intellectual transfer of civil society discourses between Eastern and Western Europe, in: Friederike Kind-Kovács/ Jessie Labov (Eds.), From Samizdat to Tamizdat: Transnational Media During and After Socialism, 2nd ed., New York: Berghahn 2015, pp. 156-171.
  • Der Bedeutungsverlust des Marxismus in transnationaler Perspektive. “Histoire Croisée” als Ansatz und Anspruch an eine Beziehungsgeschichte West- und Ostmitteleuropas, in: Agnes Arndt/ Joachim C. Häberlen/ Christiane Reinecke (Eds.), Vergleichen, Verflechten, Verwirren? Europäische Geschichtsschreibung zwischen Theorie und Praxis, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2011, pp. 89-114.
  • Europäische Geschichtsschreibung zwischen Theorie und Praxis – Chancen, Risiken und Grenzen, (mit Joachim C. Häberlen/ Christiane Reinecke), in: Agnes Arndt/ Dies. (Eds.), Vergleichen, Verflechten, Verwirren? Europäische Geschichtsschreibung zwischen Theorie und Praxis, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2011, pp. 11-30.

Media Contributions and Discussion Papers

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