Professur für Neuere Geschichte Christian Stenz
Contact
Christian Stenz
2nd Floor, Room 224
History Department
Grabengasse 3-5
D-69117 Heidelberg
Tel.: +49 6221/54 3705
E-Mail: christian.stenz@zegk.uni-heidelberg.de
Office hours: Tuesday 13-14 Uhr (or with appointment)
Christian Stenz is a PhD student at the Department of History. He received a BA from the University of Zurich in 2019 and completed his studies at the University of Heidelberg in 2022 with an MA in History. Additionally, he has conducted several research stays at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana in Mexico City, the German Historical Institute in Washington DC, Guatemala and England. He currently works as a research assistant at the Department of History at the University of Heidelberg. He teaches classes on colonial history, the history of Latin America and the history of capitalism.
Research
In his dissertation project, Christian Stenz examines ‘scientific’ collections and collecting practices of plantation owners in Guatemala in the 19th century. Thereby, he studies in particular the overlap between economic and scientific practices, the production and circulation of knowledge and the marginalisation of indigenous knowledge systems. He also researches the capitalist practices and interactions of consular agents, merchants and plantation owners and examines their role in the globalisation processes of the ‘long’ 19th century. His research interests include the global history of knowledge and science, the social and economic history of Latin America and the colonial history of the German-speaking regions.
Teaching winter term
Theory & Methodology Seminar: Global Social History. New Theoretical Perspectives on Social Inequality, Class Formation and Gender Roles in a Global Context
Seminar: Colonial Newspapers, Travelogues, and 'Unequal Treaties.' Sources of a 'Long' German Colonial History