Mark Häberlein

Mark Häberlein is Professor of Early Modern History in the Department of History at the University of Bamberg's Faculty of Historical and Geographical Sciences, a position he has held since 2004. His academic career spans prestigious institutions including the University of Freiburg and Pennsylvania State University.

His educational background includes:

• 1996: Habilitation in Modern History, University of Freiburg
• 1991: Ph.D. in Modern History, University of Augsburg, Germany
• 1988: M.A. in American Studies, Michigan State University, U.S.A.

Häberlein's research focuses on international networks of early modern merchant companies, religious movements, and migration patterns. His work particularly examines Halle pietism as a global movement, religious pluralism in the Atlantic world, social history of medicine, language contacts in the early modern period, and migration history across Europe and the Atlantic. His scholarship bridges economic, religious, and social history through a transnational lens.

His major publications demonstrate consistent engagement with questions of how local networks connected to broader global patterns, particularly through his studies of merchant families like the Fuggers and Welsers, and religious movements like Halle Pietism.

His scientific recognition includes:

• 2001 Heisenberg Fellowship, German Research Council
• 1999 Feodor Lynen Fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
• 1999 Gerhard Hess Prize, German Research Council

Häberlein has demonstrated significant leadership in academia, serving as Chairman of the Academic Senate and Vice President of the University Board at the University of Bamberg (2007-2011), and as Dean of the Faculty of Historical and Geographical Sciences (2006-2007). He has secured multiple research grants from the German Research Council focusing on ecclesiastical institutions, cultural brokers, and early modern entrepreneurs.