University of Konstanz
Department of History and Sociology
Chair of Modern History
Box 05
D-78457 Konstanz
Email:
rainerbeck@t-online.de
Research Interests
- Rural society in the early modern period
- Microhistory
- Historical anthropology
- Research on witches
- History of ideas and intellectual history
Academic Career
2009-2021
Associate Professor of Early Modern History (Chair Prof. Dr. Rudolf Schlögl) at the University of Konstanz
2007-2008
Interim professor of Early Modern History at the University of Konstanz
1996
Habilitation at the University of Salzburg
1996-2006
Privatdozent (postdoctoral lecturer) at the University of Salzburg
1986
Doctoral degree (PhD) in Modern History, Bavarian History and Economics at the Ludwig Maximilians University (LMU) Munich
1984-1985
Freelance contributor to Bayerischer Rundfunk/Fernsehen (Bavarian radio/television)
1979-1982
Research assistant in the DFG Priority Programme “Wandel der Familienstrukturen, der Geschlechts- and Generationsprobleme seit dem 18. Jahrhundert” (changing family structures, gender and generational problems since the 18th century); later member of the “Arbeitskreis für Familiengeschichte” (Working group for Family History) and the Arbeitskreis “Historische Anthropologie“ (Working group for Historical Anthropology)
1978
“Magister Artium” degree in Bavarian History, Modern History and Economics at the Ludwig Maximilians University (LMU) Munich