Philipp Merkel, M.A.
Address
Department of Medieval History
Konviktstraße 11
53113 Bonn
Room: U2.012
Phone: +49 (0) 228 73-2754
E-Mail: ph.merkel@uni-bonn.de
© Philipp Merkel
C.V.
- born 1992 in Geilenkirchen
- 2012-2016 Bachelor of Arts in History and Politics and Society at the University of Bonn
- 2016-2018 Editorial Assistant at the Phoenix TV channel
- 2016-2020 Master of Arts in History with a focus on general history at the University of Bonn
- 2016-2022 Student assistant and graduate student assistant at the Department of Medieval History as well as at the Collaborative Research Center 1167 “Macht and Herrschaft – Premodern Configurations in a Transcultural Perspective” at the University of Bonn
- since 2021 Doctoral Studies in Medieval and Modern History at the University of Bonn with the doctoral dissertation project “Ausgewählte Adelsfamilien des 10. und 11. Die Ezzonen im Vergleich”
- since 2022 Research associate at the Department of Medieval History at the University of Bonn within the framework of the DFG-project “Pillars of Royal Rule. Queens and Princes in the Eastfrankish-German realm (9th to the beginning of the 12th century)”
Research interests
- Nobility/Elites in Ottonian and Salian times
- ‘Mittelgewalten’ in the Eastfrankish-German realm
- History of ‘Macht’, ‘Herrschaft’ and dependencies
- Family, Kindship and Memory in the Early and High Middle Ages
- Regional History of the Middle Ages (Main focus: The Rhineland)