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Prof. Dr. Jörg Zedler is a Senior Academic Councillor and Associate Professor at the Chair of Bavarian Regional History within the Institute of History at the University of Regensburg's Faculty of Philosophy, Arts, History and Social Sciences. Since 2023, he has held the title of apl. Professor, and during the academic years 2023/24-2024/25, he serves as Acting Professor for Modern History at LMU Munich.
His research focuses on cultural history from the 18th to 21st centuries, with special emphasis on funeral ceremonies, diplomatic history of the 19th and 20th centuries, Catholicism research, Bavarian-Italian relations, and early 18th century travel research. His work frequently bridges regional Bavarian history with broader European contexts, particularly examining connections between Bavaria and Italy/Belgium.
His major publications include "Useful Corpses. Monarch Burials in Bavaria and Belgium (1825–1935)" (2022) and "Bavaria and the Vatican. A political biography of the last Bavarian ambassador to the Holy See, Otto von Ritter (1909–1934)" (2013). Recent scholarly output shows a strong focus on Bavarian-Vatican relations, royal funeral ceremonies, diplomatic history, and transnational cultural transfers.
- Member of the Gesellschaft der Münchner Landeshistoriker
- Member of the Historischer Verein für Oberpfalz und Regensburg
His teaching encompasses Bavarian regional history, covering topics from early modern imperial church politics through princely travels of the 16th-18th centuries to tourism history, environmental and protest history of the 20th-21st centuries, and Jewish history. His methodological approach combines cultural, social, political event, and environmental history perspectives, often placing specifically Bavarian regional historical questions within larger national, European comparative, and smaller regional contexts.
