Anna Mattern
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NameAnna Mattern M.A.
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Curriculum Vitae
- Studied History, Art History, Protestant Theology and Political Science at the TU Dresden
- 2021 Graduation as Master of Arts
- 2018-2021 Student Assistant at the Chair for the History of Technology and Science of Technology
- 2018-2021 Student Assistant in the DFG project "Willy Gehler"
- 2021 Student Assistant at the Chair of History of Technology and Economics
- Oct.-Dec. 2021 Research Assistant in the research project "TH Dresden im NS"
- Jan. 2022 - Aug. 2024 Research Assistant at the Chair of History of Technology and Economy
- since Sept. 2024 Research Associate at the Chair of History of Technology and Economy
Core research areas
- Collections, especially technical university collections
- History and transfer of knowledge
- History of technology and economics in the 19th century
- Digital methods in historical studies
- Nuclear power debate in the Federal Republic until 1990
Doctoral project
More information on the doctoral project "Between Networks and Capital. Technical university collections in the 19th and early 20th century" can be found here.
Publications
- Between circulation and change. The network behind the East Asian holdings of the mechanical-technological collection of the Dresden Polytechnic, in: Ron Hellfritzsch/Sören Gross/Timo Mappes (eds.): Technisches Kulturgut. Provenance research on trade and confiscation, Dresden 2024, pp. 44-57.
- "In terms of attendance and interest in the exhibition, all expectations were exceeded." The East Asian holdings of the mechanical-technological collection at Dresden Polytechnic 1862-1877, in: Dresdner Hefte No. 154, pp. 54-64.
- Together with Uwe Fraunholz and Maximilian Gasch: Konstruktion - Dekonstruktion. Bauingenieure im Krieg, Dresden 2023. https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa2-840978.
- Between models, books and violet wood. Dresden's mechanical-technological collection between 1851 and 1872, in: transfer - Zeitschrift für Provenienzforschung und Sammlungsgeschichte / Journal for Provenance Research and the History of Collection 1 (2022), DOI: https://doi.org/10.48640/tf.2022.1.91521, 122-133.
- Kurt Beyer, in: Sächsische Biografie, published by the Institute of History and Folklore of Saxony e.V. Online edition: http://www.isgv.de/saebi/ (17.9.2021).
- Willy Gehler, in: Saxon Biography, published by the Institute of History and Folklore of Saxony. Online edition: http://www.isgv.de/saebi/ (17.9.2021).
Lectures
- 10.10.2024: Fair and equitable solutions: A step back - the challenges, lecture at the symposium "Faire und gerechte Lösungen? Perspectives on dealing with contexts of injustice, Jena
- 14.06.2024: In the dark and secret attics of the TU Dresden, contribution to the Science Slam of the Dresden Science Night, Dresden
- 10.05. 2024: Between networks and capital. Technical university collections in the 19th and early 20th centuries (a workshop report), lecture as part of "Technikgeschichte über Mittag"
- 12.12.2023: Thinking the history of technology globally: New perspectives and approaches. "Technical collections and their non-European traces", lecture in the lecture series "studium decoloniale? Research, education and mediation in a postcolonial perspective at TU Dresden
- 18.04.2023: The opium pipe is not included. Der ostasiatische Bestand der MTS Dresden, lecture at the research colloquium of the Chair of History of Technology and Economy at TU Dresden
- 30.03.2023: "Unfortunately, the opium pipe did not fit into the package". Ostasiatische Bestände in technischen Sammlungen am Beispiel des Dresdner Polytechnikums, lecture at the symposium "Provenienzforschung Technisches Kulturgut. Dealers, museums and collections", Jena
- 14.10.2022: Herkunft, Wert, Objekt - Rechnungsberichte als Quelle für unbekannte Bestände, lecture at the workshop of the series "Junges Forum für Sammlungs- und Objektforschung" at the Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
- 29.10.2021: Technical university collections as nodes of knowledge, lecture at the joint student colloquium of the TUD Dresden University of Technology and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
- 03.12.2019: Well-meaning fellow citizens against competent expertise - Invective as a rule of discourse in the nuclear debate of the 1970s and 1980s, lecture at the research colloquium of the Chair for the History of Technology and Technical Science at TU Dresden
- 30.10.2018: Nuclear energy, engineers and belief in progress. An analysis of the magazine "Atom und Strom" from 1955-1979, lecture at the research colloquium of the Chair for the History of Technology and Science of Technology at TU Dresden
Exhibitions
Online exhibition "Construction - Deconstruction. Civil engineers during the war" https://ausstellungen.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/bauingenieure-im-krieg/
Awards and scholarships
- Jan. 2023 - Aug. 2024: Maria Reiche Doctoral Fellowship of the TU Dresden