Profile
Abstract
Antje Dietze is a researcher in the Collaborative Research Centre (SFB 1199) “Processes of Spatialization under the Global Condition”. She is deputy director and coordinator of the Leipzig Centre for the Study of France and the Francophonie and speaker of the Franco-German graduate school „Transferts culturels / Kulturtransfers“.
Her field of research is the social and cultural history of Germany, Europe and North America in the 19th and 20th centuries. She focuses on the history of artistic movements, cultural organizations, and the cultural and media industries, using approaches from transnational history and transregional studies, in particular intercultural transfer analysis and GIS-based mapping.
She is currently writing her second book on the entrepreneurs and transnational connections of the entertainment industries in North America and Europe from the 1880s to the 1920s.
Professional career
- since 01/2023
Speaker of the Franco-German graduate school „Transferts culturels – Contributions à une histoire transnationale et transrégionale des mondes modernes et contemporains / Kulturtransfers – Beiträge zu einer transnationalen und transregionalen Geschichte der Moderne und der Gegenwart“. École normale supérieure (ENS-PSL) Paris and Centre for the Study of France and the Francophonie / Graduate School Global and Area Studies at Leipzig University. Funded by the Franco-German University. - since 07/2022
Deputy director and coordinator of the Centre for the Study of France and the Francophonie (FZL) at Leipzig University - since 05/2016
Researcher in the Collaborative Research Centre (SFB 1199) “Processes of Spatialization under the Global Condition” at Leipzig University - 10/2022 - 01/2024
Co-Lead, Work Package 02 „Arqus Living Labs – European Heritage“ of the Arqus European University Alliance - 09/2022 - 12/2022
Visiting research fellow at École Normale Supérieure-Paris Sciences & Lettres - 05/2018 - 06/2018
Visiting research fellow, Centre canadien d’études allemandes et européennes, Université de Montréal, Canada - 05/2017 - 06/2017
Visiting research fellow, Centre canadien d’études allemandes et européennes, Université de Montréal, Canada - 11/2014 - 04/2016
Research Fellow, Programme “Postdoctoral Researchers International Mobility Experience” (P.R.I.M.E.), German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), at the Centre canadien d’études allemandes et européennes, Université de Montréal, Canada and the Centre for Area Studies, Leipzig University. Funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (Marie Curie Actions) - 06/2014 - 10/2014
Researcher, State Ministry for Science and Arts of Saxony (SMWK) Research Project “New Regionalisms in a Changing Global Order: Mapping Latin America and Africa”, Centre for Area Studies, Leipzig University - 04/2012 - 03/2014
Postdoctoral Researcher, DFG Research Training Group (GK 1261): “Critical Junctures of Globalization”, Centre for Area Studies, Leipzig University - 05/2005 - 01/2006
Research assistant in the project “Mind the Map! History Is Not Given”, initiated by “East Art Map” (IRWIN), Slovenia, and “relations”/German Federal Cultural Foundation, at the Institute of Theatre Studies, Leipzig University
Education
- 04/2006 - 06/2012
PhD at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Philosophy, Leipzig University - 01/2012 - 03/2012
PhD fellowship, programme “A New Passage to India”, funded by the German Academic Exchange Service DAAD, at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India - 10/2010 - 12/2010
PhD Fellowship, Free State of Saxony/Leipzig University - 04/2006 - 03/2009
PhD Fellowship, German Research Foundation/Research Training Group (GK 1261): “Critical Junctures of Globalization”, Leipzig University - 10/1998 - 07/2005
MA, Cultural Studies, Theatre Studies and French Studies, Leipzig University and Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris, France
Panel Memberships
- since 07/2022
Member of the advisory board of the GLOBE Science Festival, organized by the Research Centre Global Dynamics at Leipzig University - since 04/2020
Executive board member (postdoc representative), Leipzig Research Centre Global Dynamics - since 05/2019
Editoral board member, Eurostudia. Revue transatlantique de recherches sur l’Europe - since 06/2017
Review Editor, Transnational, Cross-Regional and Global Connections. A Journal for Historians and Area Specialists and Comparativ. Zeitschrift für Globalgeschichte und Vergleichende Gesellschaftsforschung - 04/2019 - 05/2021
Executive board member (postdoc representative), Graduate School Global and Area Studies, Leipzig University - 01/2017 - 05/2020
Executive board member (PhD and postdoc representative), Collaborative Research Centre (SFB 1199): “Processes of Spatialization under the Global Condition”
- Cultural and social history of Germany, Europe and North America in the 19th and 20th centuries
- Transnational, transregional and urban history
- Entangled histories of the Cold War and postsocialist transformations
- Media and entertainment industries, popular culture, cultural organizations
- Business history, history of capitalism
- Intercultural transfers, spatial perspectives and GIS-based mapping
http://uni-leipzig.academia.edu/AntjeDietze
- SFB 1199/A01: Spheres of Production and Circulation: Mass Culture between Europe and North America, 1830s to 1930sMöhring, MarenDuration: 01/2020 – 12/2023Funded by: DFG Deutsche ForschungsgemeinschaftInvolved organisational units of Leipzig University: Leipzig Research Centre Global Dynamics (ReCentGlobe); Institut für Kulturwissenschaften; SFB 1199: Verräumlichungsprozesse unter Globalisierungsbedingungen
- M4 - Central German Network for the Development of Methods concerning Multidimensional Microdata in the HumanitiesDietze, AntjeDuration: 10/2022 – 04/2023Funded by: BMBF Bundesministerium für Bildung und ForschungInvolved organisational units of Leipzig University: Global and European Studies Institute; Leipzig Research Centre Global Dynamics (ReCentGlobe)
- Dietze, A.; Möhring, M. (Eds.)Produktionswelten der MassenkulturGeschichte und Gesellschaft. 2020. 46 (1).
- Dietze, A.A Middleman’s Process: Booking and Managing Musical Theater Venues in Montreal from the 1880s to the First World WarJournal of Urban History. 2021. 47 (5). pp. 997–1015.
- Dietze, A.; Castryck-Naumann, K. (Eds.)Situating Transnational ActorsEuropean Review of History: Revue européenne d’histoire. 2018. 25 (3-4).
- Dietze, A.Cultural Brokers and MediatorsIn: Middell, M. (Ed.)Handbook of Transregional Studies. London: Routledge. 2019. pp. 494–502.
- Dietze, A.; Vari, A. (Eds.)Urban Popular Culture and Entertainment. Experiences from Northern, East-Central, and Southern Europe, 1870s–1930sNew York: Routledge. 2023.
- Leipzig Research Centre Global Dynamics (ReCentGlobe); Frankreichzentrum der Universität LeipzigKulturtransfers – Beiträge zu einer transnationalen und transregionalen Geschichte der Moderne und der GegenwartStart Date of Collaboration: 01/01/2023External participating organisations: École normale supérieure (Paris, France); Deutsch-Französische Hochschule (Saarbrücken)Involved persons: Dietze, Antje
Research seminars for doctoral students at the Graduate School Global and Area Studies, as well as BA and MA seminars at the Institute for the Study of Culture and the Global and European Studies Institute at Leipzig University
2019–2021: Development of a Postdoc-Certificate-Programme for emerging scholars of the Graduate School Global and Area Studies at Leipzig University
With Martina Keilbach and Katja Castryck-Naumann
https://recentglobe.uni-leipzig.de/en/graduate-school/programm/postdoc-zertifikat-programm
Since summer semester 2022: Transnational research seminar “Transferts Culturels – Kulturtransfer – Intercultural Transfers” (online)
Organized with Michel Espagne, Matthias Middell, Anne Saada and Ninja Steinbach-Hüther in cooperation of the École normale supérieure (ENS-PSL) Paris with the French Study Centre and the Research Centre Global Dynamics of Leipzig University
Integrated into the Master’s programmes at the Global and European Studies Institute and the PhD programmes of the Graduate School Global and Area Studies at Leipzig University
https://research.uni-leipzig.de/transfertsculturels
Pre-Doc-Award of Leipzig University 2022/23: Strategic funding for research tandems (pre-docs and postdocs), together with Helen Laura Reichelt
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„Transferts Culturels – Kulturtransfer – Intercultural Transfers“
with Michel Espagne, Matthias Middell, Anne Saada and Ninja Steinbach-Hüther
Since summer semester 2022, Leipzig University and École Normale Supérieure (ENS-PSL) Paris (online)
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Europäische Verflechtungsgeschichte aus der Perspektive von Migration, Flucht und Diaspora
with Dr. Katja Castryck-Naumann
Winter semester 2021/22, Department of History, Leipzig University
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PhD séminaire de rédaction.
with Dr. Elisabeth Tutschek
Summer trimester 2021, Transatlantic Research Training Group IRTG “Diversity. Mediating Difference in Transcultural Spaces” at Université de Montréal, Canada (online)
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Transregionale Verflechtungen in der atlantischen Welt.
with Prof. Dr. Maren Möhring
Winter semester 2020/21, Institute for the Study of Culture, Leipzig University
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Transregional Perspectives on the Atlantic.
with Dr. Katja Naumann
Winter semester 2019/20, Graduate School Global and Area Studies, Leipzig University
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New Perspectives on the History of Capitalism.
with Dr. Steffi Marung and Dr. Jürgen Dinkel
Winter semester 2018/19, Graduate School Global and Area Studies, Leipzig University
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Acting Transnationally: Problems, Strategies and Resources
with Dr. Katja Naumann
Winter semester 2018/19, Institute for the Study of Culture and Global and European Studies Institute, Leipzig University
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Global Cultural Circuits: Temporalities and Political Geographies.
with Dr. Beata Hock
Winter semester 2016/17, Global and European Studies Institute, Leipzig University
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Cultural Transfer: Concept and Cases.
Summer semester 2014, Global and European Studies Institute, Leipzig University
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Actors and Institutions of Globalization: At the Crossroads of Politics and Culture in the 19th and 20th Centuries.
with Dr. Katja Naumann
Winter semester 2013/14, Global and European Studies Institute, Leipzig University
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Urban Culture and Globalization – From Cultural Capitals to Creative Cities.
Winter semester 2012/13, Global and European Studies Institute, Leipzig University