Alexander Engel

Prof. Dr. Alexander Engel is a historian specializing in global and economic history, currently serving as Acting Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU). He is affiliated with the Faculty 09 Historical Seminar and represents the Chair of Modern and Contemporary History (Prof. Dr. Roland Wenzlhuemer).

• Doctorate (2007) and Habilitation (2020) in Economic and Social History at the Georg-August University of Göttingen

Research Interests encompass long-term economic and social transformations, particularly focusing on:

• Globalization and colonial economies
• History of capitalism and market systems
• Exchange relations, competition, and risk practices
• History of knowledge and digital history
• Commodity history and futures trading

Awards and Fellowships include:

• John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellowship (Harvard, 2011/12)
• German Historical Institute London Research Fellowship (2003)
• Friedrich Lütge Prize (2009)
• K. Austin Kerr Prize (2009)
• Admission to the Economic History Committee of the Association for Social Policy (2015)

Academic Leadership includes roles in university governance at Göttingen (Senate commissions, Graduate Committee, Study Commission) and co-organizing the DFG network '(Post-)Colonial Business History'.