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Jean-Baptiste Ortlieb is a historian and researcher at the University of Strasbourg, affiliated with the Faculty of Historical Sciences and the SAGE laboratory (Sociétés, acteurs, gouvernement en Europe). He holds a PhD in History, defended in March 2025, on the environmental history of the Southern Vosges summits from the 13th to 18th centuries, conducted under joint supervision with the University of Antwerp. His academic work integrates interdisciplinary methodologies, bridging history, archaeology, and geography.
His primary research interests include environmental history, the history of mountain and mid-mountain regions, rural history, cartographic history, and the historical development of the Upper Rhine region (Alsace, Lorraine, Germanic areas). He explores the complex relationships between human and non-human actors in shaping mid-mountain environments, particularly through administrative knowledge and land use practices. His work contributes to both French and international environmental historiography.
The most recent publications and presentations reveal a consistent focus on the Vosges Mountains, especially the Rossberg and Hautes-Vosges areas. His research examines how cartographic practices, social agrosystems, and post-conflict transitions shaped the perception and use of mountain spaces in the medieval and modern periods. He employs interdisciplinary frameworks, often combining archival documents, maps, and archaeological data.
He has no listed scientific awards at this time.
Jean-Baptiste Ortlieb is actively involved in academic service, including teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in history at the University of Strasbourg, organizing seminars and conference panels, and coordinating special issues of academic journals. He has participated in multidisciplinary research programs funded by MISHA and Ciera, focusing on landscape and energy transitions, and the 3D restitution of historical sites. He is a founding coordinator of the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Seminar in Human Sciences – Alsace (SIDSHA).
He is engaged in collaborative research projects and has co-organized events on topics such as wind energy in France and Germany, and the interdisciplinary study of mountain environments. His laboratory affiliations include SAGE and partnerships with institutions like the DRAC Grand Est for archaeological fieldwork.
