Ute Frevert is a German historian. She is a specialist in modern and contemporary Germany, with an interest in social and gender history. She currently serves as the executive director of the Center for the History of Emotions at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development

Max Planck Institute for Human Development

The Max Planck Institute for Human Development is located in Berlin, Germany. It was founded in 1963 and is one of 80 institutes in the Max Planck Society ....

. From 2003-2007 she was professor of German history

History of Germany

The concept of Germany as a distinct region in central Europe can be traced to Roman commander Julius Caesar, who referred to the unconquered area east of the Rhine as Germania, thus distinguishing it from Gaul , which he had conquered. The victory of the Germanic tribes in the Battle of the...

 at Yale University

Yale University

Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...

. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Bielefeld in 1982, and was previously on the faculty of the Free University of Berlin

Free University of Berlin

Freie Universität Berlin is one of the leading and most prestigious research universities in Germany and continental Europe. It distinguishes itself through its modern and international character. It is the largest of the four universities in Berlin. Research at the university is focused on the...

, the University of Konstanz

University of Konstanz

The University of Konstanz is a university in the city of Konstanz in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was founded in 1966, and the main campus on the Gießberg was opened in 1972. As one of nine German Excellence Universities today University of Konstanz is counted among Germany's most prestigious...

, and the University of Bielefeld.

Awards

Frevert received the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize

The Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize is a research prize awarded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft every year since 1985 to scientists working in Germany. This highest German research prize consists of a research grant of 2.5 million euro, to be used within seven years...

 for her historical research in 1998.

Published works

• A Nation in Barracks: Modern Germany, Military Conscription and Civil Society. Translated by Andrew Boreham. New York: Berg, 2004.
• Men of Honour: A Social and Cultural History of the Duel. Translated by Anthony Williams. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Publishers, 1995.
• Women in German History: From Bourgeois Emancipation to Sexual Liberation. Translated by Stuart McKinon-Evans. New York: Berg, 1989.

External links

• Ute Frevert at the Max Planck Institute
• Ute Frevert: Professor of Feeling Research
• The Leibniz Prize recipient list