1952born in Winterthur/Switzerland
Studied history, political science and German language and literature in Marburg and Frankfurt am Main
Doctorate in Medieval History at the University of Kassel
1983 - 1985Training as a scientific archivist at the Archivschule Marburg
1985 - 1986research assistant at the German Mining Archives in Bochum
since 1986Head of the department "Archives, Memorials, Historical Collections" at the Landeswohlfahrtsverband Hessen in Kassel
2001Habilitation for the subject Modern History
since 2007Adjunct professor at the University of Kassel

 

Memberships

  • Editor of the "Zeitschrift des Vereins für Hessische Geschichte und Landeskunde" (Journal of the Association for Hessian History and Regional Studies)
  • Historical Commission for Hesse, main board of directors
  • Society for German Hospital History, extended board
  • Society for the History of Neurology, extended board of directors

Main areas of work

  • Social history of the early modern period
  • History of medicine
  • Hospital and hospital history
  • History of psychiatry

 

DFG research project

DFG Research Project: "Illness in the Village - Hessian Hospitals

Note

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