Members of the Chair of Medieval History (Jaspert) Vera Peternek, M.A.
Contact
Office 221 in the Department of History
Tel.: +49 (0)6221-54-2294
Email: vera.peternek@zegk.uni-heidelberg.de
Address:
Vera Peternek
Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
Zentrum für Europäische Geschichts- und Kulturwissenschaften (ZEGK)
Historisches Seminar
Grabengasse 3–5, D-69117 Heidelberg
Consultation hours:
During the lecture period of the summer term 2026: starting on April 22 on Wednesdays 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. (room 221 on the second floor of the history department) or via email.
Appointments during the lecture free period via email.
Research interests
- History of religious orders, especially the mendicant orders
- Relations between the crown and monastic communities
- Institutional memory as well as the origins and functions of institutional self-histories
- History of the Crusades and Crusader states
Dissertation project
Carmelites at Court. An Anglo-Mediterranean Comparison (Arbeitstitel)
Curriculum Vitae
- Since April 2026: Research assistant at the Chair of Medieval History (Prof. Dr. Nikolas Jaspert)
- 2021–2025: M.A. in History, Heidelberg University
- 2016–2017: Erasmus exchange at the University of Exeter, England
- 2014–2020: B.A. in German Studies, English Studies, and History at University of Würzburg and Heidelberg University
Classes
- Summer term 2026: The small mendicant orders in the Middle Ages
