The historian and the sea – Fernand Braudel (1902–1985)

The "Historian and the Sea" is the story of Fernand Braudel (1902–1985) and an allusion to Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea". Unlike the fisherman who, after a dramatic struggle, only brings home the bones of his giant fish in the end, the French historian managed to write a history of the Mediterranean in the age of Philip II of Spain under equally adverse circumstances and thus set completely new standards for historical thinking and representation. The lecture will examine the individual and political circumstances surrounding the genesis of this epoch-making work and discuss its content-related and methodological consequences for the historical sciences as a transdisciplinary and existential field of work.

Due to limited capacity, please register by 16 December at 0361/737-5530 or veranstaltungen.fb@uni-erfurt.de.