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Edition 51 (2014) Winner
Jürgen Osterhammel
ユルゲン・オスター＝ハメル
Jurgen Osterhammel
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1952-03-12 （Wipperfürth, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany）
- Nationality
- Germany
- Languages
- German, English
- Residence History
- Wipperfürth (birth) → London (research fellow) → Freiburg (lecturer) → Hagen (FernUniversität Hagen) → Geneva (Graduate Institute) → Konstanz (professor, emeritus)
Career
- Occupations
- Historian, Professor, Researcher
- Active Years
- 1976-
- Affiliations
- German Historical Institute, London, University of Freiburg, FernUniversität Hagen, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, University of Konstanz (Professor Emeritus), Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS) Fellow, Volkswagen Foundation (Member of Board of Trustees)
- Memberships
- British Academy (Corresponding Fellow), Member of Pour le Mérite
- Influenced By
- Ian Nish, Max Weber
- Influenced
- Subsequent scholars in global history
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London School of Economics (research fellow) | — | — | — | 1976–1977 | United Kingdom |
| University of Kassel | Modern History | History | PhD | 〜1980 | Germany |
London School of Economics (research fellow)
Period:
1976–1977
Year of Graduation:
1977
Country:
United Kingdom
Research fellow; worked under Ian Nish
University of Kassel
Modern History
/ History
Degree:
PhD
Period:
〜1980
Year of Graduation:
1980
Country:
Germany
PhD in Modern History
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize | — | — | Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) | 受賞 |
| 2014 | Sigmund Freud Prize | — | — | German Academy for Language and Literature (Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung) | 受賞 |
| 2017 | Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts | — | — | Order Pour le Mérite | 受賞 |
| 2018 | Balzan Prize (Global History) | — | Global History | Balzan Foundation | 受賞 |
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
2010
Organization:
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
Result:
受賞
Sigmund Freud Prize
2014
Organization:
German Academy for Language and Literature (Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung)
Result:
受賞
Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts
2017
Organization:
Order Pour le Mérite
Result:
受賞
Balzan Prize (Global History)
2018
Category:
Global History
Organization:
Balzan Foundation
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Transformation of the World: A Global History of the Nineteenth Century
2014 History (Global History)A global-history account of the nineteenth century that analyzes interconnections, comparative developments, and the processes of modernization across regions.
global historycomparative historymodernizationimperialism
Globalization: A Short History
2005 History (Global History)A concise overview of the historical development of globalization and its multifaceted nature.
globalizationeconomic historyinterconnections
Colonialism: A Theoretical Overview
2005 History (Colonial Studies)A theoretical overview that organizes frameworks for understanding colonialism and analyzes its structures and effects from multiple perspectives.
colonialismempirescomparative analysis
Unfabling the East: The Enlightenment's Encounter with Asia
2018 History (Intellectual History)Examines European perceptions of Asia during the Enlightenment and discusses the processes shaping East-West understandings.
EnlightenmentEast-West exchangeshistory of perception
Bibliography
- Max Weber and his Contemporaries (editor, with Wolfgang J. Mommsen)
- In Search of a Nineteenth Century (article)
- Colonialism: A Theoretical Overview
- Globalization: A Short History
- The Transformation of the World: A Global History of the Nineteenth Century
- Decolonization: A Short History (co-authored)
- Unfabling the East: The Enlightenment's Encounter with Asia
- Global Publics: Their Power and their Limits, 1870-1990 (co-editor)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- scholarly and comparative proserigorous empirical analysis based on primary sourceselegant and accessible scholarly writing
- Recurring Motifs
- emphasis on interconnections and connectivitycomparative perspectivesinteraction of colonialism and modernization
Legacy
Jürgen Osterhammel is a leading scholar in global history whose comparative approach and broad perspective have substantially contributed to reinterpreting the nineteenth century and globalization. He has received multiple international honors and is highly regarded in the academic community.
Academic Societies
- British Academy (Corresponding Fellow)
Trivia
- Professor emeritus at the University of Konstanz.
- Received the Balzan Prize for Global History in 2018.
- Member of the Board of Trustees of the Volkswagen Foundation.