PD Dr. Stephan Scheuzger
RESEARCH PROFILE
RESEARCH FOCI
- Global history, 19th – 21st century
- History of social policies
- History of small states
- History of punishment
- Dealing with past injustice
- History of Marxism und the left
- Ethnicity, autochthonous groups
- History of migration
- Public History
Regional Foci
- Europe: Great Britain, Germany, Liechtenstein
- Americas: USA, Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Peru, Chile, Argentina
- Africa: South Africa, Guinea
- South Asia: India
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS
- The World of Social Policies in a Very Small State: Welfare in Liechtenstein since the Late 19th Century
- The Global History of the Prisonin the „Long“ 19th Century
Recent Publications
“Sozialpolitik in einem sehr kleinen Staat – Fürsorge in Liechtenstein in historischer Perspektive”, co-author with Loretta Seglias, in 160 im Quadrat. Wissenschaftsmagazin des Liechtenstein-Instituts und der Universität Liechtenstein 1 (2020), pp. 16–20.
“Global History as Polycentric History” in Comparativ. Zeitschrift für Globalgeschichte und vergleichende Gesellschaftsforschung, 29 (2019) 2, pp. 122–153.
(ed., together with Christian Büschges) “Global History and Area Histories”, issue of Comparativ. Zeitschrift für Globalgeschichte und vergleichende Gesellschaftsforschung, 29 (2019) 2.
“La historia contemporánea de México y la historia global: reflexiones acerca de los ‘sesenta globales’” in Historia Mexicana, 68 (2018) 1, pp. 313–358.
“Truth Commissions and the Politics of History: A Critical Appraisal” in Berber Bevernage and Nico Wouters, eds., The Palgrave Handbook of State-Sponsored History after 1945, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018, pp. 621–636.
Current Presentations
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February 28, 2020 : “La production et la diffusion du savoir pénitentiaire à l’échelle mondiale“, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris.
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January 27, 2020:: “‘Die Revolution geht immer weiter‘ – Sozialismus in Lateinamerika“, Lecture Series: “Totgesagte leben länger: Sozialismus und Kommunismus“, Universität Zürich, Switzerland (Adult Education Centre).
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December 3, 2019: “Migration auf dem amerikanischen Doppelkontinent im 20. Jahrhundert”, Lecture Series: „Geschichte Amerikas, 3: Das 20. Jahrhundert“, Universität Zürich, Switzerland (Adult Education Centre).
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December 2, 2019: “Die Globalisierung des modernen Gefängnisses“, National Commission for the Prevention of Torture, Switzerland.
Organisation of Conferences and Panels
- „Global History and the History of Very Small States: Research Agendas for the Integration of a Marginalized Field of Study“, Sixth European Congress on World and Global History, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, June 17 – 20, 2021.
Current Courses
Fall term 2020
Lecture
Techniken des modernen Strafens – ein globale Geschichte
[Techniques of Modern Punishment – a Global History]
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich
Portrait of course: Research seminar: “Vom Hängen, Auspeitschen, Deportieren und Einsperren: Globalhistorische Forschungspraxis am Beispiel der Geschichte des Strafens im langen 19. Jahrhundert“, Universität Bern, Frühlingssemester 2018:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LX7hXk3-Yr8
List of supervised Doctoral and Master Theses
| Education | |
| 2015 | Habilitation, Department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland, Venia legendi for Modern History (Neue und Neueste Geschichte) |
| 2003 | Doctoral degree in Modern History, Faculty of Humanities, University of Bern, Switzerland |
| 1995 | Licentiate, Faculty of Humanities, University of Bern, Switzerland, Major: Modern History, First Minor: Philosophy, Second Minor: German Literature |
| Career | |
| sicne 2019 | Research Fellow, Department of History, Liechtenstein Institute |
| since 2019 | Associated Researcher at the Center for Global Studies of the University of Bern |
| 2018–2019 | Associate Professor (Dozentur) for the History of Migration ad interim (job sharing), Institute of History, University of Bern, Switzerland |
| 2017 | Guest Scholar at the Weatherhead Initiative on Global History, Harvard University, USA |
| seit 2015 | Adjunct Associate Professor (Privatdozent), Institute of History, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2013–2018 | Research Professor of the Swiss National Science Foundation, Institute of History, University of Bern, Switzerland |
| 2013 | Guest Scholar, Research Project “Narratives of Terror and Disappearance” of the European Research Council, Institute of Literature, University of Constance, Germany |
| 2011–2012 | Fellow at the School of History, Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS), University of Freiburg, Germany |
| 2009 | Substitute of the Chair for Extra-European History, University of Münster, Germany |
| 2004–2013 | Research Assistant (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter) at the Institute of History, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2002–2004 | Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Institut für Geschichte der ETH Zürich |
| 1997–1998 | Scholarship holder of the Swiss National Science Foundation, Universidad Iberoamericana UIA, Mexico City, Mexico |
| 1996–1997 | Guest Lecturer at the Department of History, Universidad Iberoamericana, UIA, Mexico City, Mexico |
| 1996–1997 |
Scholarship holder of the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Faculty of Economics, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico |
| 1991–2004 | Language teacher in adult education (schools of the Migros-Genossenschaftsbund, Berne and Biel, Switzerland; Business Education Center, Bern) |
| Other | |
| Languages | German (mother tongue), English, French, Spanish, Portuguese (passive), Italian (passive) |
