Research Projects

Alexander von Humboldt-Postdoctoral fellowship more

The letters of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm to the Emperor Ferdinand III. highlight important aspects of the politics regarding the Empire and the Spanish and the warfare in the final stage of the Thirty Years War. more

A detailed qualifying as well as quantifying analysis of a sailor's description of his life on sea to exhibit the remarkable impact of different functions held on board on the texts about life on sea. more

This project supported by the DAAD analyses the specific type of governance utilised by Spanish monarchy in early modern history more

This network serves the purpose of connecting researches who are interested in an interdisciplinary and comparative history of the archive in eraly modern history more

The aim of this project is a functional analysis of french ports in early modern history. more

This project aims to create a database recording the courtiers of the austrian Habsburgs in the imperial line as well as the side line in the 16th and 17th century more

This project researches techniques of justifying decisions through the reference to knowledge more

Alexander von Humboldt-Postdoctoral fellowship more

The objective of the project is a social and political history of colonial and imperial Rio de Janeiro (16th to 19th centuries) along the lines of its expanding water supply more

This project is supported by the DFG. more

An application for a Collaborative Research Centre "Cultures of Vigilance" is being prepared at the Institute. more