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Hillard von Thiessen is a full Professor of Early Modern History at the Historisches Institut of Universität Rostock, where he has held the chair since Summer Semester 2013. He served as Dean of the Philosophischen Fakultät from Winter Semester 2018/19 to Summer Semester 2022 and was previously acting chair at Universität zu Köln (2007-2012) and Universität Rostock (2012-2013). Currently, he is also a Fellow at the Käte-Hamburger-Kolleg "Einheit und Vielfalt im Recht" at the University of Münster. Professor von Thiessen completed his Magister Artium in 1995 at Freiburg with a thesis on witch hunts in Freiburg (1632-1677), for which he received the Waldseemüllerpreis in 1997. He earned his doctorate in 2001 with research on Capuchin friars as a reform order between confessionalization and everyday culture. In 2007, he completed his habilitation at the University of Bern with a study on cross-border patronage and diplomacy between Spain and the Papal States during Pope Paul V's pontificate (1605-1621). His research focuses on European Early Modern History, particularly international relations, norm competition, corruption and patronage cultures in the pre-modern era, religiosity, and the political culture of Habsburg Spain. His work often employs actor-centered perspectives to examine how individuals navigated complex normative frameworks during the Early Modern period. Recent publications demonstrate his interest in ambiguity as a historical phenomenon and how societies managed competing values and norms. His scholarly output reveals a consistent trajectory examining power structures, diplomatic networks, and cultural frameworks in Early Modern Europe, with particular attention to the intersection of religious, political, and social norms. The publications show increasing sophistication in analyzing how ambiguity functioned as a productive force rather than merely a problem to be solved in Early Modern governance and social relations. Waldseemüllerpreis der Universität Freiburg (1997) Professor von Thiessen has supervised numerous doctoral candidates through his habilitation and professorial positions, though specific student names aren't listed in the available documentation. His research has been supported by prestigious grants including the Gerda-Henkel-Stiftung post-doc fellowship, THEORIA Kurt von Fritz Science Program funding from the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Ministry, and Swiss National Science Foundation support for collaborative research projects. His current research activities are centered at the Historisches Institut of Universität Rostock, with additional collaborative work through the Käte-Hamburger-Kolleg at the University of Münster, where he explores legal frameworks and norm competition in historical perspective. His ongoing monograph project "Das Zeitalter der Ambiguität" represents a significant contribution to understanding how Early Modern societies managed conflicting norms and values.

• European History of Early Modern Period
• International Relations in Early Modern Period
• Norm Competition in Early Modern Period
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Bartosz Zalewski is a Polish legal historian and Roman law expert currently serving as Assistant Professor at the Department of Political-Legal Doctrines and Roman Law, Institute of Legal Sciences, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University. He completed his law studies at the same faculty in 2014 with distinction, earned attorney-at-law qualifications in 2018, and received his PhD in 2020 with highest honors for his dissertation Humanitas in the Legislation of Constantine the Great , which was honored in the Polish Society for Legal History Competition (2020-2022). Member of Scientific Thomistic Society Representative of junior staff at UMCS Institute of Legal Studies Active in legal NGO collaborations His research focuses on Roman criminal law reception in medieval and modern European law, Christian influence on Roman jurisprudence , and St. Thomas Aquinas' legal philosophy . Teaching includes Roman Law, Latin legal terminology, and specialized lectures on Roman economic institutions and European legal foundations. Current projects explore Roman law's impact on early modern public international law concepts. Scientific achievements include 20 publications, with 2024 articles analyzing: Retributive punishment in Roman kingship St. Isidore's natural law theories Medieval glossators' maritime law interpretations He has contributed to understanding how Roman legal institutions evolved through accusatorial procedure transformations and insanity exemption jurisprudence in medieval Sicilian and canon law. The 2016 Leksykon tradycji rzymskiego prawa prywatnego dictionary entries reflect his expertise in foundational Roman legal concepts.

• Roman Law
• Legal History
• Natural Law
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Andrew Du is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Geography at Colorado State University, within the College of Liberal Arts. His research focuses on the ecology of ancient hominins and the biases in the fossil record affecting paleoecological interpretations. He employs quantitative methods to analyze fossil assemblages and infer hominin spatiotemporal distributions. Education: Ph.D. and M.Phil. in Hominid Paleobiology, The George Washington University B.S. in Evolutionary Anthropology, Rutgers University Research Interests: Paleoanthropology, human evolution, paleoecology, macroecology, macroevolution, taphonomy, Plio-Pleistocene eastern Africa, and quantitative methods. Current projects include studying time-averaging effects in fossil assemblages, large mammal diversity in the Omo-Turkana Basin, and modeling hominin distributions. Teaching & Labs: Teaches courses on human origins, evolution, and data analysis. Maintains a lab with clear cultural norms and mentorship expectations outlined in accessible documents. Active in developing graduate-level R tutorials for statistical methods.

• Paleoanthropology
• Human Evolution
• Paleoecology
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Professor Bishnupriya Gupta is a leading scholar in economic history and development at the University of Warwick's Department of Economics, where she has served as Professor since 2016. She also directs the Centre for Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE), a major ESRC-funded research center examining long-term economic transformations. Her research focuses on India's long-run economic development , with particular attention to industrial entrepreneurship patterns in colonial India, gender dynamics including the 'missing women' phenomenon and women's labor market participation, and comparative analyses of the Great Divergence between Europe and Asia. Her work combines rigorous historical analysis with contemporary economic theory to understand centuries-long development trajectories. Gupta's scholarship demonstrates a consistent pattern of examining institutional structures that shape economic outcomes over extended historical periods. Her recent publications reveal growing interest in gendered economic impacts of demographic shocks, community-based industrial organization, and comparative analyses of Asian economic development paths. She frequently employs innovative methodologies to extract economic insights from historical data. She serves as co-editor of the Journal of Economic History and has secured substantial research funding through two consecutive ESRC grants for CAGE (2015-2020 and 2020-2025), supporting collaborative research involving numerous scholars across economic history and development economics. Gupta teaches advanced courses including EC9C1: Topics in Economic History and EC313: The International Economic System Since 1918. She initiated the CAGE-Discover Economics Schools Project, demonstrating commitment to broader educational outreach. Her influential publications include the 2025 Cambridge University Press monograph An Economic History of India: Growth, Income and Inequalities from the Mughals to the 21st Century and the co-edited 2015 Routledge volume A New Economic History of Colonial India .

• Economic History
• Long-run Economic Development of India
• Gender Economics
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Dr. Grégory Quin is an Honorary Visiting Research Fellow at De Montfort University in the School of Humanities, Faculty of Arts, Design and Humanities. He is affiliated with the International Centre for Sports History and Culture, where he conducts research on the international dimensions of modern sports history in Europe. PhD from University of Lausanne (Switzerland) and University Paris Descartes (France) MSc in History from University of Strasbourg (France) MSc in Sport Science from University of Strasbourg (France) His research focuses on the history of sports in Europe from the 19th to the 20th century, particularly rhythmic gymnastics, football during the interwar period, and post-1945 sports medicine. He utilizes extensive archival research from institutions such as FIFA, UEFA, IOC, and national archives. His work often explores themes of gender, politics, and transnational exchange in sports. The most recent articles highlight a consistent trend in European sports history, with strong emphasis on comparative and transnational analysis. His publications cover subfields such as Cold War sports diplomacy, gender verification in athletics, professionalization of football, and institutional development in gymnastics. The keywords reflect a deep engagement with Sports History , European History , and Gender Studies , with recurring methodological use of archival sources. Grégory Quin has received research grants from prestigious organizations including UEFA and CEOF, supporting his archival and collaborative work. He actively contributes to the academic community by co-organizing international conferences on 20th-century sports history, such as those on European football and Cold War sports. While no formal students are listed, his role involves mentoring through collaborative research and academic events. He is a core member of the International Centre for Sports History and Culture at DMU, which serves as a hub for interdisciplinary research on global sports history. The center supports projects involving international archives and comparative methodologies.

• Sports History
• European History
• History of Gymnastics
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Puck Brecher is a Professor in the Department of History at Washington State University's College of Arts and Sciences. His scholarship focuses on early modern and modern Japanese social and cultural history, with particular expertise in human-animal relationships, environmental history, aesthetics, and the study of autonomy in historical contexts. Ph.D., University of Southern California, 2005 M.A., University of Michigan, 1991 B.A., Kenyon College, 1988 Dr. Brecher's research explores intersections between cultural practices and environmental thought in Japan, including topics like the historical treatment of animals, urban development, and the role of eccentricity in shaping societal norms. His 2022 book Animal Care in Japanese Tradition: A Short History examines the evolution of animal ethics in Japanese culture. Recent publications emphasize multispecies dynamics (2023), imperial ecology (2023), and global environmental history frameworks (2024). His work also addresses transnational comparisons in wildlife conservation, religious influences on sport, and historical responses to ecological crises. Dr. Brecher's methodological approach blends interdisciplinary analysis with close textual study of historical documents, literary works, and ethnographic sources. He has contributed extensively to journals like Asian Ethnology and Early Modern Japan , focusing on marginalized figures and alternative historical narratives.

• East Asian History
• Japanese Cultural History
• Environmental History
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Catherine Ingrassia serves as Professor and Dean of the College of Humanities & Sciences at Virginia Commonwealth University. She holds a PhD in English from the University of Texas at Austin (1992) and specializes in British literature and culture of the long eighteenth century (1660-1820). Her research interests span multiple interconnected fields including women's writing, particularly from the first half of the eighteenth century; the history of enslavement and captivity; women's life writing; the history of authorship and print culture; and the history of the London Stage. She has made significant contributions to our understanding of how gender, power, and representation intersect in eighteenth-century British literature. Dr. Ingrassia's publications reveal a consistent focus on marginalized voices and overlooked aspects of eighteenth-century literature, particularly women writers and issues of captivity. Her recent book Domestic Captivity and the British Subject, 1660-1750 (2022) explores how captivity informed identity and human relationships for British subjects as represented in fictional texts from the period. Her work often examines the connections between literary production and broader social, economic, and political contexts. Percy G. Adams Prize for Best Article (2014) American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Innovative Course Design Competition Winner (2015/16) VCU College of Humanities and Science Distinguished Service Award (2014) As Dean of the College of Humanities & Sciences, she oversees numerous academic departments and programs while maintaining an active research agenda. Her courses include specialized offerings such as 'Cultures of Captivity in the Long Eighteenth Century,' 'The London Stage 1660-1800,' and 'Women Writers of the Eighteenth Century,' reflecting her deep expertise in these areas.

• British Literature
• 18th Century British Culture
• Women's Writing
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Florent Garnier is a University Professor at Toulouse Capitole University, Faculty of Law, where he is also the Director of the Toulouse Center for the History of Law and Political Ideas (CTHDIP, UR 789). He is affiliated with the Department of History of Law and Institutions. Garnier has previously held positions at the University of Auvergne, where he served as Honorary Dean of the Law School and Director of the Doctoral School of Economic, Legal, Political, and Management Sciences. He has held prominent national roles including former President of Section 03 of the CNU (2019–2023), former Vice-President of Group 1 of the CNU, and former scientific delegate for AERES/HCERES. He is a member of the Committee for the Economic and Financial History of France (IGPDE) and the Steering Committee of the Arca Comunis network. Florent Garnier earned his Doctorate in Law (History of Law, Economics, and Society) from Panthéon-Assas University Paris in 2002 and was a student at the École Normale Supérieure de Cachan from 1995 to 1999. He was admitted to the First National Competition for the Aggregation of University Professors in the History of Law and Institutions in 2004. His research focuses on the history of law and institutions , with particular emphasis on medieval urban institutions , taxation in the Middle Ages , commercial legal doctrine (19th–20th centuries) , normative systems , and cultural heritage law . His scholarly work explores the interplay between legal norms, fiscal systems, and societal structures across historical periods, especially in France. His recent publications demonstrate a strong focus on medieval and early modern legal and fiscal history , including studies on legislation in the Kingdom of France, fiscal temporalities in Millau, and commercial networks. He has also edited significant collective volumes on wartime administrative law (1914–1918), the history of taxation in medieval Europe, and the legacy of jurists like Jacques Cujas. His work often bridges legal, economic, and social history, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach grounded in meticulous archival research. Florent Garnier has no listed scientific awards in the provided text. He actively contributes to academic life through book editing, participation in scholarly committees, and leadership in research units. He has not advised any students listed in the provided materials. Garnier is deeply involved in the academic community, serving on national councils and steering committees, and has coordinated numerous research projects and publications. His work on cultural heritage and patrimonialization reflects a broader engagement with the societal role of legal history. He leads the Toulouse Center for the History of Law and Political Ideas (CTHDIP), a research unit dedicated to the study of legal and political thought. He has also been involved with the Federal Institute for Legal Research 'Mutation of Legal Standards' (IFR) as a former president. His collaborations span national and international networks focused on economic and legal history.

• History of Law
• Medieval Law
• Legal Institutions
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Cristina Fernandes is an integrated researcher at INET-md within the Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas at Universidade Nova de Lisboa, where she coordinates the research group 'Historical and Cultural Studies in Music'. She holds a PhD from the University of Évora (2010), a Master's in Musicology, and a Bachelor's in Musical Sciences from NOVA FCSH. Her post-doctoral research (2011-2017) focused on the musical practices and ceremonial of Lisbon's Royal and Patriarchal Chapel. Her research explores: 18th-century music in Iberian/European courts Intersections of music with royal power and diplomacy Performance practices of historical music and dance Socio-professional conditions of musicians Music and Women's Studies Critical analysis of concert programming Publications primarily investigate 18th-century musical culture through interdisciplinary lenses, examining royal patronage systems, transnational networks, sacred-secular repertoire transmission, and gender dynamics in musical practices across Portugal, Spain, and Italy. Awards: FCT Grant, 5th Individual Scientific Employment Stimulus Competition (CEEC, 2022) Research Leadership: Principal Investigator: 'Music, Performing Arts and Diplomacy in the 18th century' (FCT-funded, 2022–present) Co-Principal Investigator: 'PROFMUS - Social condition of musicians in Lisbon' (2020-2022) Collaborations: ERC project PERFORMART (Roman aristocratic arts patronage, 2016-2022) Hispanic scenography project (Spanish Ministry, 2021) Music in Spain research group (Universidad de La Rioja)

• Musicology
• 18th Century Music
• Music and Diplomacy
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Aaron J. Stone is a Rising Scholar Postdoctoral Fellow in the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program at the University of Virginia, specializing in queer and trans studies, narrative theory, and modernist literature with critical intersections of race and gender. Education: A.B. from Kenyon College (2014) Ph.D. from the University of Michigan (2022) Stone's research centers on queer desires for form , investigating how queer and trans subjects navigate social structures through narrative. His first book project, Desires for Form: Modernist Narrative and the Shape of Queer Life , analyzes early 20th-century queer communities' narrative strategies, arguing that experimental forms often express desires for traditional life structures while conventional narratives enable queer worldmaking. His second project, Black Vernacular Sexology , examines how African American novelists engage with and subvert sexual science. His scholarly output reveals a trajectory from modernist literary analysis to contemporary drag culture studies, with consistent focus on narrative form's role in shaping queer and trans identities across historical periods. Key thematic threads include racialized gender nonnormativity, the politics of respectability, and vernacular knowledge production challenging scientific racism. Scientific Awards: Mellon Foundation fellowship University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities fellowship Stone's research is supported by prestigious fellowships enabling deep archival work on queer modernism and Black literary responses to sexology. While his postdoctoral position does not involve formal student advising, his publications establish foundational frameworks for analyzing narrative structure in gender and sexuality studies. His work bridges literary criticism with transfeminist and critical race theory, particularly through projects examining drag as both cultural form and autobiographical practice. Operating within interdisciplinary gender studies, Stone's scholarship actively engages with decolonial methodologies and critiques of scientific racism, positioning narrative analysis as central to understanding how marginalized communities imagine alternative social structures beyond normative constraints.

• queer and trans theory
• narrative theory
• modernist studies
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Kerstin Maria Pahl is a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin's Center for the History of Emotions and served as a Visiting Professor (50%) at Humboldt University Berlin from June 2023 to March 2024. She is an active member of ALLEA (All European Academies) and Die Junge Akademie at Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Science and Humanities. Her academic journey includes a binational PhD between Humboldt University Berlin and King's College London, reflecting her transatlantic scholarly focus. Dr. Pahl's educational background includes a PhD in Art and Visual History (2018), an MA in Art History from Freie Universität Berlin (2011), and a BA in China Studies (2017-2020). Her international academic training also encompasses studies in art history, classical archaeology, and German literature across Frankfurt, Berlin, and Cambridge. Her research centers on historical intersections between self and society, particularly examining intellectual and emotional practices of everyday meaning-making from the early modern period to the nineteenth century. Pahl specializes in the European Enlightenment's political and intellectual culture, working primarily with ego-documents such as autobiographies, diaries, and letters to understand historical conceptions of personhood and feeling. Her current project, Sensibility in an Age of Violence , investigates moral value change through individual agency in transatlantic Britain between 1780 and 1840, with case studies including Black abolitionist writing and missionary correspondences in Guangzhou. Analysis of her recent publications reveals a consistent focus on the history of emotions across different historical contexts, with particular attention to visual culture, moral frameworks, and transnational connections. Her work demonstrates increasing engagement with interdisciplinary approaches that connect emotional history with political institutions, visual representation, and cross-cultural encounters, reflecting the evolving methodological sophistication of the field. Fulbright scholarship for Harvard University research Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies Visiting Scholar (2023) Sign UP! for Leadership Careerbuilding Programme for Female Postdocs BOOST! Programme by Max Planck Society (2019) PhD grant from German Academic Scholarship Foundation (2014-2017) Dr. Pahl actively participates in multiple collaborative research projects including Feeling Political , Changing the Feeling Rules , and Immoral Sentiments . She has secured competitive funding from prestigious institutions including the Fulbright Program, Harvard University, and the Max Planck Society. Her international scholarly network spans institutions in Germany, the United States, UK, China, and Canada, reflecting her transnational research focus. Pahl is also engaged in public scholarship through interviews with major media outlets including Deutschlandfunk Kultur and the Atlantic.

• History of Emotions
• Cultural History
• Intellectual History
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Michael Höckelmann is Professor of State and Society of China at Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg since 2019. Previously, he served as a Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh (2018-2019), Lecturer in East Asian History at the University of Manchester (2017-2018), and Assistant Professor at Hong Kong Baptist University (2015-2017). He completed his doctoral studies at the University of Münster in 2013 with a dissertation on Li Deyu (787-850). His primary research interests focus on pre-modern Chinese history, particularly medieval China (2nd-10th centuries CE), with specializations in gender history (especially eunuch studies), institutional history, and Chinese philology. Höckelmann explores how historical actors in imperial China perceived historical time and how they appropriated ancient institutions and knowledge in their own present. His work often examines the relationship between religion, politics, and biography in Tang Dynasty China. His extensive publication record demonstrates a consistent focus on the social and political roles of eunuchs throughout Chinese history, particularly during the Tang Dynasty. He has also contributed significantly to the study of punitive emasculation, military institutions, and the intersection of gender and power in medieval China. His research reveals how marginalized groups like eunuchs navigated and influenced imperial court politics despite their official exclusion from mainstream political structures. British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship Schneider-Sasakawa Fund Scholarship Höckelmann has served as a reviewer for numerous prestigious journals including Chinese Literature: Essays, Articles, Reviews; Journal of Asian Studies; Journal of the British Association for Chinese Studies; Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society; Journal of World History; Monumenta Serica; Reviews in History; Zeitschrift für Historische Forschung; and Zeitschrift für Religionswissenschaft. His current research project 'Empire and Its Dysfunction: Classicising Learning and Careers in Middle Period China' examines career paths of middling officials during the Tang-Song transition period. He has also contributed to public scholarship through appearances on BBC Radio 4's 'In Our Time' program discussing 'The Eunuch' (2015) and 'The Battle of Talas' (2014), and contributed entries to the Database of Religious History at the University of British Columbia.

• Chinese History
• Medieval History
• Gender History
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