What was the role of the European Recovery Program (ERP)/Marshall Plan for the development of Eur... more What was the role of the European Recovery Program (ERP)/Marshall Plan for the development of European tourism after the Second World War? The fragmentary excerpts from the national results of tourism history and the Marshall Plan have clearly shown the potential of a synthesized historiographical view. Looking beyond national borders and thinking about the connection between the Marshall Plan and tourism from a European perspective can provide extensive and exciting insights. It is not only a matter of recognizing the similarities and differences between the various European countries with their diverse backgrounds, but also of general considerations of characteristic features and interdependencies of tourism, economy, politics, society, and culture. Particularly, transfers at different levels – cultural habits, ideas, goods, technologies, money etc. – reveal the complex networks of seemingly separate spheres and nations around the world. Thereby one aspect becomes particularly obvious: A tourism history of the Marshall Plan is undoubtedly a research desideratum, an opportunity to provide insights and transnational syntheses for both the history of tourism and the history of Europe after the Second World War.
Das Begriffspaar „Region“ und „regional“ ist allgegenwärtig. Was genau eine Region ausmacht, blei... more Das Begriffspaar „Region“ und „regional“ ist allgegenwärtig. Was genau eine Region ausmacht, bleibt aber häufig unklar. Dieses Studienbuch führt in grundlegende Begriffe und Konzepte rund um „Region“ in der Geschichtswissenschaft ein und skizziert Perspektiven, Methoden und Theorien der Europäischen Regionalgeschichte. Den Kern dieser Einführung bildet eine Sondierung regionalhistorischer Themen und Zugänge: Politikgeschichte, Mikrogeschichte, Globale und Transterritoriale Geschichte, Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte, Kulturgeschichte, Umweltgeschichte, Stadtgeschichte, Religions- und Konfessionsgeschichte, Tourismusgeschichte, Migrationsgeschichte, Geschichte von Einzel- und Gruppenbiografien, Geschlechtergeschichte, Regionalgeschichte im schulischen Kontext.
What was the role of the European Recovery Program (ERP)/Marshall Plan for the development of Eur... more What was the role of the European Recovery Program (ERP)/Marshall Plan for the development of European tourism after the Second World War? The fragmentary excerpts from the national results of tourism history and the Marshall Plan have clearly shown the potential of a synthesized historiographical view. Looking beyond national borders and thinking about the connection between the Marshall Plan and tourism from a European perspective can provide extensive and exciting insights. It is not only a matter of recognizing the similarities and differences between the various European countries with their diverse backgrounds, but also of general considerations of characteristic features and interdependencies of tourism, economy, politics, society, and culture. Particularly, transfers at different levels – cultural habits, ideas, goods, technologies, money etc. – reveal the complex networks of seemingly separate spheres and nations around the world. Thereby one aspect becomes particularly obvious: A tourism history of the Marshall Plan is undoubtedly a research desideratum, an opportunity to provide insights and transnational syntheses for both the history of tourism and the history of Europe after the Second World War.
Das Begriffspaar „Region“ und „regional“ ist allgegenwärtig. Was genau eine Region ausmacht, blei... more Das Begriffspaar „Region“ und „regional“ ist allgegenwärtig. Was genau eine Region ausmacht, bleibt aber häufig unklar. Dieses Studienbuch führt in grundlegende Begriffe und Konzepte rund um „Region“ in der Geschichtswissenschaft ein und skizziert Perspektiven, Methoden und Theorien der Europäischen Regionalgeschichte. Den Kern dieser Einführung bildet eine Sondierung regionalhistorischer Themen und Zugänge: Politikgeschichte, Mikrogeschichte, Globale und Transterritoriale Geschichte, Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte, Kulturgeschichte, Umweltgeschichte, Stadtgeschichte, Religions- und Konfessionsgeschichte, Tourismusgeschichte, Migrationsgeschichte, Geschichte von Einzel- und Gruppenbiografien, Geschlechtergeschichte, Regionalgeschichte im schulischen Kontext.
Many cities across the globe are rediscovering their rivers. After decades or even centuries of e... more Many cities across the globe are rediscovering their rivers. After decades or even centuries of environmental decline and cultural neglect, waterfronts have been vamped up and become focal points of urban life again; hidden and covered streams have been daylighted while restoration projects have returned urban rivers in many places to a supposedly more natural state. This volume traces the complex and winding history of how cities have appropriated, lost, and regained their rivers. But rather than telling a linear story of progress, the chapters of this book highlight the ambivalence of these developments. The four sections in Rivers Lost, Rivers Regained discuss how cities have gained control and exerted power over rivers and waterways far upstream and downstream; how rivers and floodplains in cityscapes have been transformed by urbanization and industrialization; how urban rivers have been represented in cultural manifestations, such as novels and songs; and how more recent strategies work to redefine and recreate the place of the river within the urban setting. At the nexus between environmental, urban, and water histories, Rivers Lost, Rivers Regained points out how the urban-river relationship can serve as a prime vantage point to analyze fundamental issues of modern environmental attitudes and practices.
Werke der historisch-topografischen Literatur - wie die Merian-Topografien, in denen Länder, Regi... more Werke der historisch-topografischen Literatur - wie die Merian-Topografien, in denen Länder, Regionen oder Städte in Text, Bild und Karte beschrieben wurden - waren Bestseller der Frühen Neuzeit. Martin Knoll untersucht dieses Genre erstmals als Medium historischer Umweltwahrnehmung. Ausgehend von einem praxistheoretischen Wahrnehmungskonzept spürt er den materiellen, sozialen und medialen Faktoren nach, die das topografische Bild von Gesellschaft und Umwelt prägten. Die Studie trägt damit nicht nur zur Kultur- und Umweltgeschichte bei, sondern ist auch interessant für Wissens- und Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Kartografiegeschichte sowie Kunstgeschichte.
The environmental history of the early modern period has become a highly dynamic field of researc... more The environmental history of the early modern period has become a highly dynamic field of research. This volume documents the proceedings of an exploratory workshop that aimed to review the scholarly work done in the field, hereby identifying research trends, discussing their potential, and developping new perspectives. Experts explore topics such as historical climatology and climate reconstruction (Christian Pfister), historical disasters (Gerrit Jasper Schenk), societies and aquatic environments (Martin Schmid, Salvatore Ciriacono), early modern forests (Reinhold Reith, Richard Hölzl), cities and hinterlands (Martin Knoll, Georg Stöger), agricultural land use, nature perception and knowledge (Verena Winiwarter, Simona Boscani Leoni, and Marcus Popplow). Thus, the volume surveys the state of the art in an impressively wide and diverse field of environmental history research.
Workshop "Theories and Models II. SPP 1630, "Häfen von der Römischen Kaiserzeit bis zum Mittelalt... more Workshop "Theories and Models II. SPP 1630, "Häfen von der Römischen Kaiserzeit bis zum Mittelalter": Environmental and Socio-Cultural Concepts for the Analyses of Harbours and Maritime Societies", Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum, June 2014
Workshop "Jenseits der Mediengeschichte. Zum Quellenwert
hsitorischer Zeitungen für kulturgeschic... more Workshop "Jenseits der Mediengeschichte. Zum Quellenwert hsitorischer Zeitungen für kulturgeschichtliche und sozialwissenschafltiche Fragestellungen", Abt. für Kulturgeschichte und vergleichende Landesforschung der Universität Vechta und Institut Deutsche Presseforschung der Universität Bremen, Bremen
Workshop "Man, Nature and Environment Between the Northern Adriatic and the Eastern Alps in Pre-M... more Workshop "Man, Nature and Environment Between the Northern Adriatic and the Eastern Alps in Pre-Modern Times", University of Ljubljana, Slowenia, Mai 2014
12th Int. Conference on Urban History (European
Association for Urban History), Lissabon, Portug... more 12th Int. Conference on Urban History (European
Association for Urban History), Lissabon, Portugal, Sept. 2014
41. Internationale Tagung des Arbeitskreises für historische Kulturlandschaftsforschung in Mittel... more 41. Internationale Tagung des Arbeitskreises für historische Kulturlandschaftsforschung in Mitteleuropa e.V. (ARKUM), Bad Blankenburg, Sept. 2014
International conference of the interdisciplinary doctoral programme "On the Move: People - Objec... more International conference of the interdisciplinary doctoral programme "On the Move: People - Objects - Signs" at Salzburg University, Feb. 1-2 2019, Programme
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The four sections in Rivers Lost, Rivers Regained discuss how cities have gained control and exerted power over rivers and waterways far upstream and downstream; how rivers and floodplains in cityscapes have been transformed by urbanization and industrialization; how urban rivers have been represented in cultural manifestations, such as novels and songs; and how more recent strategies work to redefine and recreate the place of the river within the urban setting. At the nexus between environmental, urban, and water histories, Rivers Lost, Rivers Regained points out how the urban-river relationship can serve as a prime vantage point to analyze fundamental issues of modern environmental attitudes and practices.
hsitorischer Zeitungen für kulturgeschichtliche und sozialwissenschafltiche Fragestellungen", Abt. für Kulturgeschichte und vergleichende Landesforschung der
Universität Vechta und Institut Deutsche Presseforschung der Universität Bremen, Bremen
Association for Urban History), Lissabon, Portugal, Sept. 2014