Claudia Schnurmann

Prof. Dr. Claudia Schnurmann holds the Chair of North American, Caribbean, and Atlantic History at the University of Hamburg's Department of History (since 2003). She specializes in transatlantic networks, colonialism, and early modern trade systems. Her academic career includes habilitation at Göttingen University (1997), guest professorships at Ireland's Moore Institute (2001-2003), and leadership roles in global history initiatives.

Education

• Magister Artium in History, German Studies, Art History (University of Cologne, 1984)
• PhD in History (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 1988)
• Habilitation in History (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 1997)

Research Focus
Her work bridges global and regional histories, emphasizing:

• Colonial and post-colonial Atlantic dynamics
• Merchant networks and knowledge transfer
• Religious missions and indigenous interactions
• 19th-century migration and transnational identities

Publications Trends

• Focus on editorial projects (e.g., Atlantic Cultural Studies series)
• Analysis of correspondence as historical sources
• Interdisciplinary approaches linking economic, cultural, and political history

Awards

• Foreign Language Book Prize (American Historians, 2001)
• Ordentliche Mitglied, Academia Europaea (2011)

Grants & Labs

• Editorial leadership of Jahrbuch für Europäische Überseegeschichte
• Member, Advisory Board for Atlantic History Summer Academy
• Co-director of research projects on transatlantic cultural transfer

Labs/Teams Collaborates with international networks like the Brill Verlag series American Colonies 1500-1830 and the Hamburg-based Global History research cluster.