Chair holder
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Name
Ms Prof.in Dr. Dorit Brixius
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Research and teaching topics
- Plant knowledge in historical perspective
- Global history of knowledge
- (Colonial) acclimatization gardens
- Botanical networks
- History of medicine (early modern period)
- History Saxon gardens
Professional career and training
Since July 1, 2024 | Assistant Professor of History of Botany and Horticulture |
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October 2023 - June 2024 | Research Associate at the Department of Law at the University of Bonn |
June 2021 - September 2023 | Parental leave |
September 2019 - November 2022 | Research Associate at the German Historical Institute Paris |
October 2017 - February 2019 | Post-doctoral fellow at the German Historical Institute Paris |
April - September 2016 | Erasmus stay at the EHESS Paris/Centre Alexandre-Koyré |
October - December 2015 | Visiting doctoral candidate at the University of Cambridge (HPS) |
September 2015 | Visiting PhD student at the MPIWG Berlin, Department II: Daston |
September 2013 - September 2017 | Doctoral student at the European University Institute Florence |
April - June 2013 | Doctoral fellow at the German Historical Institute Paris |
October 2012 - March 2013 | World trip |
October 2010 - September 2012 | MA studies in Early Modern History at the University of Potsdam |
September 2009 - March 2010 | Erasmus stay at Wesminster University London |
October 2007 - September 2010 | BE studies English and History (Teaching Qualification) at the University of Potsdam |
Publications
14 Entries
2018
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A hard nut to crack: Nutmeg cultivation and the application of natural history between the Maluku Islands and Isle de France (1750s–1780s) , 2018, In: The British journal for the history of science : BJHS. 51, 4, p. 585–606 Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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Science and Islands in the Indo-Pacific Worlds , 2018, In: The British journal for the history of science : BJHS. 51, 4, p. 541-588Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
2017
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Über Macht, Märchen und Muskatnüsse : die Isle de France zwischen Geopolitik, Wissen und Utopiegedanken im 18. Jahrhundert , 2017, Ozeane. Mythen, Interaktionen und Konflikte. Edelmayer, F. & Pfeisinger, G. (eds.).p. 233-248Research output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Chapter in book/Anthology/Report
2015
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A Pepper acquiring Nutmeg: Pierre Poivre, The French Spice Quest and the Role of Mediators in Southeast Asia, 1740s to 1770s , 2015, In: The Journal of the Western Society for French History. 43, p. 68-77Research output: Contribution to journal > Research article