Solveig Grebe, M.A.
Curriculum Vitae
- 1985 Born in Winsen/Luhe
- 2003 Abitur in Glückstadt
- 2004-2010 M.A. studies of Medieval, Early Modern and Modern History, Ancient History and English Philology at Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (Kiel University). M.A. dissertation on the political self-perception of the Ulster Scots 1770-1781 (German title: “Preaching Identity. Politische Selbstwahrnehmung der Ulster Scots 1770–1781”)
- 2007 Studies of History, European and Baltic Sea Region Studies at Turun Yliopisto (University of Turku, Finland)
- 2008-2010 Traineeship at the Church Record Office Kiel (Nordelbisches Kirchenarchiv)
- 2010 Student assistant at the chair of Early Modern History at Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (Kiel University)
- Since 3/2011 PhD scholar in Postgraduate Research Group “The Personal Union of Great Britain and Hanover, 1714–1837: An International Space of Communication and Interaction”
- Early Modern Irish and British political and cultural history
- Political and cultural identity/ies, interculturality (focussing on questions of self- and external perception)
- Historical anthropology
Focus of research
Publications
Grebe, Solveig: Personifizierung, Individualisierung, Fiktionalisierung - Neue Wege in der Gedenkstättenarbeit?. In: Petersen, Hauke (u.a.) [Hrsg.]: Gedenkstätten und Erinnerungskulturen in Schleswig-Holstein. Geschichte, Gegenwart und Zukunft. Berlin 2011, S. 147-169.
Grebe, Solveig: "Verzage nicht, du Häuflein klein..." - Todesdarstellungen König Gustavs II. Adolf in der deutschen Literatur des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts. Zwei Beispiele. In: Reichel, Maik / Schubert, Inger [Hrsg.]: Leben und Sterben auf dem Schlachtfeld von Lützen. Beiträge eines wissenschaftlichen Kolloquiums der Schwedischen Lützen-Stiftung Göteborg in Zusammenarbeit mit der Stadt Lützen vom 5. bis 8. November 2009 in Lützen. Lützener Gespräch. Lützen und Göteborg 2011, S. 163-172.
Doctoral dissertation project
Perception of the personal union of Great Britain and Hanover as mirrored in diplomatic correspondence 1763-1789.
The doctoral dissertation project inquires after perceptions of the personal union from the point of view of British diplomats and leading politicians in the years between the end of the Seven Years’ War and the outbreak of the French Revolution. The "actors" themselves are the centre of the analyses: mission reports and personal correspondences are thus dissected from an anthropological point of view. In this context, diplomatic correspondence is to be understood as testimonies of intercultural situations of interaction in which the world of meaning of those participating in foreign-policy actions is also taken into account. A great variety of narratives concerning the personal union is thus to be expected - depending on the personal, cultural and political backgrounds of the diplomats in question. This way it is hoped to unveil a complex image of the perception(s) of the personal union while at the same time drawing special attention to the heterogenity of the British political and cultural landscape.