Melanie Arndt (born 1977)[1] is a German environmental historian.[2]

Education

Arndt has a joint master's degree in political science from the University of Potsdam and in modern history and eastern European studies from the Free University of Berlin, awarded in 2004. She wrote her doctoral dissertation in history at the Humboldt University of Berlin in 2008. In 2018, she habilitated at Regensburg University.[3]

Career and research

Arndt's main focuses of work are contemporary history, environmental history and social history, historical disaster research, civil society and transnational history. Since 2018, she has been a member of the advisory board of the trade journal Zeithistorische Forschungen (Studies in Contemporal History); previously she was an editor for the magazine since 2012.[4] Since 2020, she has been the chair for economic, social and environmental history at the University of Freiburg.[4] In 2023, she was elected as part-time vice rector for internationalization and sustainability at Freiburg.[5]

Selected works

Monographs

References

  1. ^ Birth year from German National Library catalog, retrieved 2023-12-22
  2. ^ Schalamon, Stella (12 June 2021). "Interview mit Umwelthistorikerin: "Man sprach vom Miasma"" [Interview with environmental historian: "The language of the miasma"]. Taz (in German). Retrieved 2023-12-22.
  3. ^ "Curriculum vitae" (PDF). European Society for Environmental History. June 2023. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
  4. ^ a b "Prof. Dr. Melanie Arndt — Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies – FRIAS". www.frias.uni-freiburg.de. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  5. ^ "Nebenamtliche Prorektorinnen für Universitätskultur sowie für Internationalisierung und Nachhaltigkeit gewählt". idw – Informationsdienst Wissenschaft. 13 December 2023. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
  6. ^ Reviews of Gesundheitspolitik im geteilten Berlin:
  7. ^ Reviews of Tschernobylkinder:
    • Astrid Sahm, WerkstattGeschichte, doi:10.14361/zwg-2022-850118
    • Susanne Schattenberg, Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas, JSTOR 27073866
    • Frank Steffen, Nordost-Archiv, [2]
    • Yuliya von Saal, sehepunkte, [3]
    • Anna Veronika Wendland, H-Soz-Kult, [4]

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