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Len Scales (Juli 2018-März 2019)

Len Scales
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Durham University

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Len Scales studies the political culture of late medieval Europe, particularly the German-speaking lands. His current work is concerned with ideas about ‘German’ identity between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries. His recent publications in this area have concentrated upon collective stereotypes (the ‘warrior’ Germans), the relationship between peoplehood and power, and the question of medieval German ‘exceptionalism’. He is also exploring the history of medieval ideas about ethnicity and common identity more broadly, across the whole of the c.500-c.1500 period. His current and forthcoming publications in this field examine medieval ideas about the destruction of peoples. For the future, he plans a comparative investigation of political communication and ‘propaganda’ in the late Middle Ages, concentrating on the development of popular and visual media. He would welcome the opportunity to supervise postgraduate research on late medieval German history, late medieval political culture, and medieval peoplehood and inter-ethnic and inter-cultural relations.

  • 2013  Durham University, Department of History: Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor of  Medieval History

  • 1996-2013 Durham University, Department of History: Lecturer in Medieval History

  • 1994-1996 University of Sheffield, Department of History: British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow

  • 1992-1994 University of Sheffield, Department of History: Research Associate on the ‘Hundred Rolls Project’, funded by the Leverhulme Trust (project leader: Dr D.R. Roffe)

  • 1991-1992 University of Sheffield, Department of History: Temp. Lecturer in Medieval History

  • 1987-1991 University of Manchester, Department of History: research for degree of PhD Title of thesis:  ‘Alexander of Roes: Empire and Community in Later Thirteenth-Century Germany’ Degree of PhD: awarded 1993

  • 1984-1987 University of Manchester, Honours School of History First Degree: BA History with First Class Honours, 1987

Len Scales wird während seines Aufenthaltes die Arbeit an seiner Monografie zum Thema "The Kaiser Myth: Medieval Emperors and German Memora, CE 900-2000" vorantreiben. Wie der Titel bereits andeutet, geht es hierbei um die Mythologisierung des mittelalterlichen westlichen Kaisertums. Während seiner Zeit in Berlin wird es dabei ausschließlich um die Forschung hierzu sowie die Fertigstellung der ersten fünf Bücher gehen. Diese behandeln vor allem die Vorstellung über das Kaisertum und die Wahrnehmung des westlichen Kaisers während des Mittelalters, hauptsächlich im deutschsprachigen Europa, sowie Quellen über die westlich kaiserliche Lehre in der Antike und christliche bzw. jüdische Denkanstöße.

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  • Europe: History & Archaeology: The history of ethnicity and nationhood in the Middle Ages
  • Medieval history: The history of ethnicity and nationhood in the Middle Ages
  • Politicial, cultural, social history: The history of ethnicity and nationhood in the Middle Ages
  • Europe: History & Archaeology: The political and cultural history of medieval Germany and Central Europe
  • Medieval history: The political and cultural history of medieval Germany and Central Europe
  • Politicial, cultural, social history: The political and cultural history of medieval Germany and Central Europe
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