Prof. Dr. Thomas Maissen - Personal Data

2006 - today
1996 - 2006
1981 - 1995

2010                                                                                                                                                            
Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies, Princeton (January - August).


2009-2010
Fellow of  the course of lectures "Legitimität und Religion", Centre of Religion, Economy and Politics, Universities of Basel, Lausanne, Lucerne, Zurich and Collegium Helveticum (Link).


2009
Deputy speaker of the  Area A "Governance and Administration" (Link) and member of the Steering Committe of the DFG- Cluster of Excellenze "Asia and Europa in a Global Context: Shifting Asymmetries in Cultural Flows" (Link).


2009
Professeur invité at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris.


since 2008
Coordinator of the joint master program degree in cooperation with the EHESS Paris (Link).


since 2007
Speaker of the Graduate School for Humanities and Social Sciences in Heidelberg [HGGS] (Link).


since 2007
Member of the Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften (Link).


since 2006                                                                                                                                                 
Member of the Kommission für geschichtliche Landeskunde in Baden-Württemberg (Link).


2006
HSozuKult, Historical Book of the Year 2006, Category Early Modern Age, for: Die Geburt der Republic. Staatsverständnis und Repräsentation in der frühneuzeitlichen Eidgenossenschaft, Göttingen 2006.


since winter term 2004/05
Full Professor for History of the Early Modern Age at the University of Heidelberg.


2002-2004
SNF (Schweizerischer Nationalfonds)-Associate professor at the University of Lucerne.


2002
Habilitation (postdoctoral lecture qualification) at the University of Zurich, Thesis: "Die Geburt der Republic. Staatsverständnis und Repräsentation in der frühneuzeitlichen Eidgenossenschaft" partly as project of the SNF).


2001-2002
Project of the Bär-Kälin-Foundation: Schweizer Weltkriegsdebatte und nachrichtenlose Vermögen. Die Ereignisse 1994-2000 im Urteil der Protagonisten.


1996-2004
Editor of the NZZ (Neue Zürcher Zeitung - "Historische Analysen"), signature: tmn.


1996-1999
Habilitation fellowships, Schweizerischer Nationalfonds and others.


1993-1995                                                                                                                                               
Assistant professor at the University of Potsdam (Chair for the History of the Early Modern Age, held by Prof. Luise Schorn-Schütte).


1993
PhD under the guidance of Prof. H. R. Guggisberg, Basel.
Thesis: "Die französische Vergangenheit bei italienischen Autoren des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts".


1989-1993
Research in Naples, Paris, Venice and Florence, scholarships.


1989
„Prix du bicentenaire“ of the Consulat général de France à Zürich (CHF 5000.-) for:
Die Französische Revolution – Mythos, Massstab, Mahnmal = La Révolution française – mythe, modèle, monument.


1981-89
Study of History, Latin and Philosophy at the Universities of Basel, Rome and Geneva, M.A. (licentiate) under the guidance of Prof. Frantisek Graus in Basel.


1981
Matriculation with A-Levels from the Humanistisches Gymnasium of Basel.

Staff of the chair with Prof. Maissen (June 2008). Dr. Isabelle Deflers is missing. See more images.