Jon Mathieu: Titularprofessor der Universität Luzern, Schweiz. Historiker mit einer zentralen Fokussierung auf die Geschichte des Alpenraumes in der Neuzeit. Viele Publikationen (Bücher und Papers) zu spezifischen Entwicklungen im Alpenraum. Starkes Engagement im Aufbau von Institutionen für die Geschichte des Alpenraumes und Mitglied vieler entsprechenden Organisationen und Kommissionen. Beliebter Referent an vielen alpenbezogenen Veranstaltungen.
Education and scholarly activties:
Jon Mathieu, born in 1952, studied history, anthropology and psychology at the
University
of
Berne
. Doctoral dissertation in history 1984, Habilitation 1991.
Taught/teaches at several Universities in
Switzerland
and abroad, including
Zurich
, Basle, Berne, Lugano,
Lucerne
,
Innsbruck
, Bogotà; and directed/supervised various research projects, including „The Elites and the Mountains. Alpine Discourse and Counter-Discourse since the Renaissance“; „Fiat Lux. The Making of Night Landscapes in the Alpine Area" (National Research Programme 48); „La memoria delle Alpi“ (Interreg).
Was the founding director of the Istituto di Storia delle Alpi at the Università della Svizzera italiana, 2000-2005, and co-editor of the multilingual journal „Histoire des Alpes – Storia delle Alpi – Geschichte der Alpen“, 1996–2005.
Is currently professor of history at the
University
of
Lucerne
, and involved in the research project „Comparative Mountain History in the Modern Period“ (2007–2010).
Held/holds several positions in academic institutions, including: International Society for Alpine History (founding member and secretary general), Interacademic Commission for Alpine Studies ICAS (founding member), Swiss National Science Foundation (Stiftungsrat), International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (member of Swiss commitee).
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Single-authored books and edited publications:
Bauern und Bären. Eine Geschichte des Unterengadins von 1650 bis 1800, Chur: Octopus 1987 (3rd edition 1994).
Eine Agrargeschichte der inneren Alpen. Graubünden, Tessin, Wallis 1500 bis 1800, Zürich: Chronos 1992 (Habilitation).
Geschichte der Alpen 1500 bis 1900. Umwelt, Entwicklung, Gesellschaft, Wien: Böhlau 1998 (2nd edition 2001)
Die Alpen! Zur europäischen Wahrnehmungsgeschichte seit der Renaissance / Les Alpes! Pour une histoire de la perception européenne depuis la Reinaissance (Co-editor with Simona Boscani Leoni), Berne: Peter Lang 2005.
Religion and Sacredness in Mountains: A Historical Perspective, Special Issue of „Mountain Research and Development“, 26/4, 2006 (Guest editor with Chetan Singh).
Internationale Gebirgsforschung und Gebirgspolitik (2007–2009; SNF)
Articles in co-authored publications
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Articles in journals
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Co-organization of conferences on mountain history and mountain research:
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