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The University of Aberdeen
School of Divinity, History and Philosophy
Crombie Annexe
Meston Walk
King’s College
Old Aberdeen
AB24 3FX
Room: 111
Biography
I completed my degree in Modern History, Medieval History and Law at the Technical University of Braunschweig. As a lecturer (2005-2012) I gathered experience in teaching and researching modern European history, with a particular interest in the fields of political cultural history, military history, the history of monarchies and the history of the media in the long nineteenth century.
Between 2012-2016 I worked as a research fellow at the University of St Andrews, before joining Aberdeen's School of Divinity, History and Philosophy for the AY 2016-17.
I am a researcher and teacher in European modern history and particularly interested in political cultural history, military and media history as well as the history of the monarchy in the long nineteenth century.
From 2012-2016 I worked as a research fellow with the AHRC-funded research project “Heirs to the throne in the Constitutional Monarchies of Nineteenth-Century Europe (1815-1914)”, based at the University of St Andrews. Together with Frank Lorenz Mueller I have edited two volumes on royal heirs in European monarchies. I am currently writing a book on succession and heirs to the throne in the constitutional political systems of Prussia, France and Great Britain (1815-1914).
Another exciting field of research is the cultural history of nineteenth-century warfare and politically motivated violence. My doctoral thesis on the Franco-Prussian war 1870/71 formed part of the DFG-funded research project “France and Germany at War (18th–20th centuries)” led by Professor Ute Daniel (TU Braunschweig) and Professor Gerd Krumeich (Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf).
‘Diese armen Geiseln machen immer ein jämmerliches Gesicht’. Über Anfänge des humanitären Völkerrechts (‘Those poor hostages always look miserable’. On the beginnings of humanitarian law)
Mehrkens, H.
Krieg Macht Nation. Wie das deutsche Kaiserreich entstand. Bauer, G., Protte, K., Wagner, A. (eds.). Sandstein-Verlag, pp. 336-345, 9 pages
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)
Den Feind studieren: Perspektiven auf den franzoesischen Soldaten in deutscher Kriegsgefangenschaft (1870-1871) (Studying the enemy: perspectives on French soldiers as German prisoners of war (1870-1871))
Mehrkens, H.
Les prisonniers de guerre (xve-xixe siecle). Jalabert, L. (ed.). Presses universitaires de Rennes, pp. 65-79, 14 pages
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
Der Koenig weint.: Der Tod des Prinzen Ferdinand-Philippe d'Orleans und das 'Neue Frankreich' (The King's Tears.: The death of Prince Ferdinand-Philippe d'Orleans and the 'New France')
Mehrkens, H.
Geboren, um zu herrschen?. Widder, E., Holzwart-Schäfer, I., Heinemeyer, C. (eds.). Mohr Siebeck, pp. 231-250, 20 pages
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
Ein Opfer des Krieges und der Kriegsgesetze?: Die Beschießung von Bazeilles im Deutsch-Französischen Krieg 1870 (A victim of war and the laws of war: The bombardment of Bazeilles in the Franco-Prussian War, 1870)
Mehrkens, H.
Krieg in der industrialisierten Welt. Majerus, B., Kolnberger, T. (eds.). Caesarpress, pp. 3-24, 21 pages
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters