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Ute Frevert

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Ute Frevert

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1954-06-10 （Schötmar, Bad Salzuflen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany）
Nationality
Germany
Languages
German, English
Residence History
Bielefeld (worked) → Berlin (Max Planck Institute, worked) → Konstanz (worked) → United States — Yale (visiting/professor)

Career

Occupations
historian, university professor, researcher, author
Active Years
1977-
Affiliations
Max Planck Institute for Human Development (Center for History of Emotions), Free University of Berlin (professor / honorary professor), University of Konstanz (professor), University of Bielefeld (professor), Yale University (professor of German history)
Memberships
Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, British Academy (Fellow)

Education

Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
History and Social Sciences
Period: 1971–1977
Year of Graduation: 1977
Country: Germany
Included period of study at the London School of Economics
London School of Economics and Political Science (study abroad)
Period: 1970年代（在学中の留学）
Country: United Kingdom
Exchange/visiting study during undergraduate years
University of Bielefeld
History
Degree: PhD
Period: 1978–1982（博士課程）
Year of Graduation: 1982
Country: Germany
PhD obtained in 1982; habilitation completed in 1989
University of Bielefeld (Habilitation)
History
Degree: Habilitation
Period: 1989
Year of Graduation: 1989
Country: Germany
Achieved habilitation (post-doctoral qualification)

Awards

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
1998
Organization: German Research Foundation (DFG)
Result: 受賞
Member of the Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
2004
Organization: German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
Result: 会員選出
Member of the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences
2009
Organization: Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences
Result: 会員選出
Fellow of the British Academy
2013
Organization: British Academy
Result: 選出
Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
2016
Organization: Office of the President of the Federal Republic of Germany (awarding)
Result: 受章
Honorary degree, University of Tampere
2018
Organization: University of Tampere
Result: 授与
Sigmund Freud Prize
2020
Organization: Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

A Nation in Barracks: Modern Germany, Military Conscription and Civil Society

2004 scholarly monograph (social history)

A social-historical study analyzing the history of conscription in modern Germany and its impact on civil society and national identity.

military historycivil societymodernization

Men of Honour: A Social and Cultural History of the Duel

1995 scholarly monograph (cultural history)

Through the practice of dueling, the book traces transformations in honor culture, gender, and social rituals in modern societies.

honorgendersocial rituals

Women in German History: From Bourgeois Emancipation to Sexual Liberation

1989 scholarly monograph (gender history)

An overview of the history of women's social status and movements in Germany, from bourgeois emancipation to twentieth-century sexual liberation.

gender historysocial historywomen's history

Emotions in History – Lost and Found

2011 scholarly monograph (history of emotions)

Addresses historical transformations of emotions and examines how individuals and societies have experienced and expressed feelings.

history of emotionscultural historysocial experience

Learning How to Feel. Children's Literature and Emotional Socialization, 1870–1970

2014 scholarly monograph (cultural history/history of emotions)

Examines the history of emotional formation and socialization of children through children's literature.

children's literatureemotional socializationhistory of education

The Politics of Humiliation: A Modern History

2020 scholarly monograph (political history/history of emotions)

A wide-ranging historical analysis of how the emotion of humiliation has influenced politics and international relations.

humiliationpolitical historypublic emotions

Bibliography

  • Krankheit als politisches Problem, 1770–1880
  • Women in German History: From Bourgeois Emancipation to Sexual Liberation
  • Men of Honour: A Social and Cultural History of the Duel
  • A Nation in Barracks: Modern Germany, Military Conscription and Civil Society
  • Emotions in History – Lost and Found
  • Learning How to Feel. Children's Literature and Emotional Socialization, 1870–1970
  • The Politics of Humiliation: A Modern History

Style & Themes

Literary Style
academic, analytical proseevidence-based and comparative descriptionscultural-historical approach focusing on emotions and everyday life
Recurring Motifs
emotions and their social constructionhonor and humiliationgender and social roles

Legacy

Ute Frevert is an internationally recognized historian in the fields of history of emotions, social history, and gender history. Through founding and directing research centers at the Max Planck Institute and a substantial body of scholarship, she has introduced emotional perspectives into modern history and influenced interdisciplinary research.

Academic Societies

  • Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
  • Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences
  • British Academy

Trivia

  • Born in Schötmar, North Rhine-Westphalia in 1954.
  • Since 2008 served as director of the Center for History of Emotions at the Max Planck Institute.
  • Recipient of the Leibniz Prize in 1998.
  • Awarded the Sigmund Freud Prize in 2020.