History, Bielefeld University, Germany
Janvier à Mars 2016
Heinz-Gerhard HAUPT is born in 1943 at Göttingen where he started his study in history, political science and French language in 1962. After studies at the Institut d’études politiques in Paris he got his PhD at the Free university of Berlin in 1972. In 1974 he was appointed as professor at the University of Bremen where he stayed until 1993. From 1993 to 1998 he acted as founding professor of history at the Martin-Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg. In 1998 he was appointed professor of social history at the University of Bielefeld. In 2012 he retired. He spent several years outside the German academic community. During 1985 and 1987 to 1989 he was associated professor at the University Lyon II Lumière, in 1986 he occupied the German professorship at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales at Paris. From 1989 to 1993 he was acting as professor of European History at the European University Institute in Florence, 1999-2000 as adjunct professor at Columbia University New York. In 1999-2000 he was fellow at the Davies Center in Princeton University. From 2003-2012 he was again member of the History Department at the European University Institute where he acted as Head of department (2006-2009).
"How did societies react to terrorism? Historical and comparative study of 19th -century France, Germany and Italy"
How did societies react to terrorism? The research project is analyzing the reactions inside the German, French and Italian societies during the first wave of terrorism at the end of the 19th century. It is interested in showing the different semantics used to describe the anarchist violence as well as to illuminate the visions of violence across the borders. It will also problematize the role of the law and justice. Are there new legal concepts developing and how they were applied during important trials? Finally, the reaction of the public to anarchist actions will be high lightened. Is there any” moral panic”, same “great fear” or did the government succeed in stopping and controlling the violence. In a long time perspective, the project will ask whether there can be detected same “path dependency”.
2010.(Ed.), Control of Violence.Historical and international perspectives on violence in modern society, with Wilhelm Heitmeyer et.al., New York: Springer.
2009.(Ed.), Comparative and transnational history. Central European approaches and new perspectives, with Jürgen Kocka, New York: Berghahn Books.
2004. Konsum und Handel. Europa im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
1995. The Petite Bourgeoisie in Europe 1780-1914. Enterprise, Family and Independance, with Geoffrey Crossick London: Psychology Press.
1993. Histoire sociale de la France depuis 1789, Paris.