PD Dr. Philipp Müller
Dr. Philipp Müller
Qualifications
Philipp Müller is lecturer in modern history at Georg-August University of Göttingen. He earned his Ph.D. with a doctoral thesis on the dramatization of crime in the Empire at the European University Institute in Florence in 2004. Then he was postdoctoral fellow at the DFG Graduate School “Media of History-History of Media” at the University of Erfurt before moving to London, where he researched and taught as a Lecturer in Modern German History at University College London from 2006 to 2011. Later on, he headed the research project "Geschichte machen" at Georg-August-University of Göttingen, funded by the German Research Foundation, and in 2017 he habilitated on the basis of his research. He has served as adjunct professor at the University of Kassel, the Ruhr University of Bochum, and the Georg August University of Göttingen.
Awards, Fellowships & Scholarships
- 2016 German Research Foundation Research Fellowship
- 2012 German Research Foundation Research Fellowship
- 2011 DAAD Scholarship
- 2011 Foundation Prussian Cultural Heritage Research Fellowship
- 2006 "History Book of the Year" Award by German H-Net
- 2004 German Research Foundation Post Doc Fellowship
- 2004 European University Institute Fin de Thèse Scholarship
- 2000 DAAD Ph.D. Scholarship at the European University Institute
Publications
Monographs
- Politics of Secrecy and Historical Archival Research during the 19th century. (currently under review)
- Auf der Suche nach dem Täter. Die öffentliche Dramatisierung von Verbrechen im Berlin des Kaiserreich. Campus: Frankfurt a.M. 2005 (Historische Studien, 40). Peer Reviewed Book Series edited by Rebekka Habermas, Gerhard Haupt, Alois Wierling, Michael Wildt [Searching for the Perpetrator. The Public Dramatisation of Crime in Imperial Berlin]
Edited Refereed Journal Issues
- History of Humanities 2 (2017) 1. Practices of Historical Research (co-edited with Markus Friedrich and Michael Riordan).
- Storia della Storiografia 68 (2015) 2. Archives and History.
- Crime, History & Societies 15 (2011) 1. Communicating Order, Policing Society.
- Österreichische Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaften 18 (2007) 2. Vom Archiv. Erfassen, Ordnen, Zeigen [About the Archive. Comprehension, Structure, Display]
- SOWI. Sozialwissenschaftliche Informationen Geschichte, Politik und Wirtschaft 34 (2005) 4. Medien Aneignung in historischer Perspektive (co-edited with Alf Lüdtke) [Approriating Media in Historical Perspective]
Refereed Journal Articles
- Des archives traditionelles à l'historiographie moderne. Histoire, recherche et politique en Mitteleuropa (1800-1850). Annales. Histoire, Sciences Sociales (accepted).
- Practices of Historical Research in Archives and Libraries from the Eighteenth to the Nineteenth Century, in: History of Humanities 2 (2017) 1, S. 3-13.
- Police et société dans l'Allemagne impériale. La chasse au criminel dans la métropole berlinoise, in: Revue d'histoire du 19ième siècle 50 (2015), 79-97.
- Die neue Geschichte aus dem alten Archiv. Geschichtsforschung und Arkanpolitik in Mitteleuropa c.1800-c.1850, in: Historische Zeitschrift 299 (2014) 1, 36-69.
- Archives and History. Towards a history of "the Use of the state archives" in the 19th century, in: History of the Human Sciences 26 (2013) 4, 27-49.
- Vom "Hauptzweck" des Geheimen Haus-, Hof- und Staatsarchivs in Wien. Joseph Knechtl über Leopold Rankes Gesuch um Benutzung des zentralen Archivs der habsburgischen Monarchie, in: Archivalische Zeitschrift 93 (2013), 71-89. [Before the Austrian Secret State Archive. Joseph Knechtl on Ranke's request to use the archive].
- "Using the Archive". Exclusive Clues of the Past and the Politics of the Archive in 19th Century Bavaria, in: Storia della Storiografia 62 (2012) 2, 27-53.
- Die fehlende Eingabe. Zur Geschichte der Archivbenutzung und ihrer Regulierung im 19. Jahrhundert, in: Archivar 65 (2012) 3, 153-159. [The Missing Petition Letter. "Using the Archive" and its History in the 19th century]
- Covering Crime, Restoring Order. The "Berlin Jack the Ripper" and the Press Policy of the Criminal Investigation Department in Imperial Berlin, in: Crime, History & Societies 15 (2011) 1, 85-110.
- "But we will always have to Individualise." Police Supervision of Released Prisoners, its 'Crisis' and Reform in Prussia (1880-1914), in: Crime, History & Societies 14 (2010) 2, 55-84.
- Doing Historical Research in the Early Nineteenth Century. Leopold Ranke, the Archive Policy, and the Relazioni of the Venetian Republic, in: Storia della Storiografia 56 (2009) 2, 80-103.
- MedienAneignungen. Vom Reiz der Medien, ihren Oberflächen und ihrem Gebrauch, in: SOWI. Sozialwissenschaftliche Informationen 34 (2005) 4, 4-16.
- Geschichte machen. Überlegungen zu lokal-spezifischen Praktiken in der Geschichtswissenschaft und ihrer epistemischen Bedeutung im 19. Jahrhundert. Ein Literaturbericht, in: Historische Anthropologie 12 (2004) 3, 415-433. [Making History. Reflections about Locally Specific Practises in Historical Studies and Their Epistemic Significance during the 19th century. Essay]
- Journalistische Vermittlung und ihre Aneignung: öffentliche Verhandlungen über den Fall Wilhelm Voigt in Berlin 1906/08, in: Österreichische Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaften 13 (2002) 2, 35-56. [Media Coverage and and is Appropriation: Public Negotiations on the Voigt Case (Captain of Cöpenick) in Berlin 1906/08]
- Elende Mütter und Obdachlose. Ein Review-Essay, in: Österreichische Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaften 13 (2002) 2, 123-132. [Review Essay on the Issue of Poverty]
Chapters in Books (Selection)
- Die longue durée der Eingabe. Das Bittgesuch von Karl August Muffat, in: Quellen(analysen) für das Studium der Geschichtswissenschaften - ein epochenübergreifender Leitfaden aus der Praxis für die Praxis, hg. v. Maria Rhode und Ernst Wawra (forthcoming).
- Die Niederungen des Archivs. Von Hilfsarbeitern und Dienern, Schriftstücken und anderen Archivdingen, in: Xenia von Tippelskirch/Sandra Maas (Hg.), Faltenwürfe der Geschichte. Entdecken, entziffern, erzählen, Frankfurt a.M. 2014, S. 305-317.
- The 'Opening of the Archives' and its Limits. Contested Interests in 'Tÿrol'.Popular History Now and Then. International Perspectives, ed. Sylvia Paletschek and Barbara Korte, Transcript: (History in Popular Cultures; 5) Bielefeld 2012, 105-122.
- Ranke in the Lobby of the Archive. Metaphors and Practices of Historical Research. Unsettling History: Archiving and Narrating in Historiography, ed. by Sebastian Jobs and Alf Lüdtke, Campus: Frankfurt a.M./New York 2010, 109-125.
- 'Éducateur' ou 'mauvais garçon'? Le capitaine de Köpenick et les bouleversements du paysage médiatique dans l'Allemagne de Guillaume II. Das 19. Jahrhundert als Mediengesellschaft, ed. by Jörg Requate, Oldenbourg: Paris/München 2009 (Ateliers, 4), 89-99.
- Der "Berliner 'Jack the Ripper'"? Zu Polizei, Presse und den Vielen im Berlin des Kaiserreichs. Verbrechen im Blick. Perspektiven der neuzeitlichen Kriminalitätsgeschichte, ed. by Rebekka Habermas and Gerd Schwerhoff, Campus: Frankfurt a.M., New York 2009, 247-276. [The "Berlin 'Jack the Ripper'". The Police, the Press, and the Many in Imperial Berlin]
- Aufsicht und Fürsorge. Unzulänglichkeiten der preußischen Polizeiaufsicht 1870-1914. Polizei und Recht - eine wechselvolle Geschichte, ed. by Helmut Gebhardt, Grazer Universitätsverlag: Graz 2006, 59-73. [Limits of Prussian Police Supervision 1870-1914]
- Öffentliche Ermittlung und ihre Aneignungen im urbanen Raum. Verbrecherjagden im Berlin des Kaiserreichs. Ortsgespräche. Raum und Kommunikation im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert, ed. by Alexander C.T. Geppert,Uffa Jensen, Jörn Weinhold, Transcript: Bielefeld 2005 (Zeit - Sinn - Kultur), 231-256. [Public Investigations and their Appropriations in the Metropolis: Criminal-Hunts in Berlin 1870-1914]
Presentations (Selection)
- Die geöffneten Archive. Historisches Forschen und Arkanpolitik im 19. Jahrhundert. Historikertag Hamburg, September 2016.
- Die kleine Diplomatie der Gelehrten: Lobbyarbeit im Vorraum des Archivs. HU Berlin, July 2015.
- Die Mikropolitik der Gelehrten. Archivbenutzung und Arkanpolitik im 19. Jahrhundert. Universität Gießen, June 2015.
- Praxis - Medium - Wissen. Die Eingabe im frühen 19. Jahrhundert, Universität Zürich, NCCR Mediality and Historicity, 03/2015.
- Archive Politics and Historical Research in 19th-Century Central Europa, University of Arizona, Tucson, Feb. 2014.
- The New History out of the Old Archive. Historical Research and Politics of Secrecy in Central Europe in the long 19th century. University of Chicago, Feb. 2014.
- Kontinuität und Wandel. Die frühneuzeitliche Tradition der Suppliken und die Öffnung des Archivs im 19. Jahrhundert, Technische Universität Dresden, 12/2013.
- Geschichte und Geheimnis. Geschichtsforschung und Arkanpolitik in Mitteleuropa, c.1800 - c.1850, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Nov. 2013.
- Wem gehören die Daten? Zur Wissensgeschichte der historischen Archivrecherche im 19. Jahrhundert, Gesellschaft für Philosophische Kultur e.V., Philosophischer Salon, Detmold, Nov. 2013.
- The 'Opening of the Archives'. Secrecy, History, and the Administering of Access to State Archives, AGHS Conference Edinburgh. Sept. 2012
- Discovering Archives. Monuments, Letters and the Past during Ranke's Study tour in Central Europe. Universiteit Leiden, Workshop 'Discovering the Archive in Historiography. Jan. 2012
- 'Observing the Past, its Representation and Conditions'. Freiburg Inst. of Advanced Studies & Humboldt Centre for Epistemological Research. Sept. 2011
- Regulating Access, Producing Sources. The Politics of the Archive in the 19th Century. Institute of Historical Research, London. March 2011
- 'The Opening of the Archives'. Historical Interest and the Administering of State Archives. DFG Research Group Historische Lebenswelten, Popular History 1800 - 1900 - 2000, Universität Freiburg. July 2010
- 'But we will always have to individualise'. Police Supervision, its Crisis and Reform in Prussia 1880-1914. German Historical Institute London, Changing Patterns of including and excluding the "deviant" poor. Febr. 2010
- Using the Archive. Administering Secret Knowledge in the Nineteenth Century. Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, University of Manchester. Oct. 2009
- Monuments, the Historian and the Past. Ranke touring Central Europe. Ruhr Universität Bochum, Symposium 'From the Margins to the Centre'. Sept. 2009
- "'Using the Archive'. The Arcana? and the Public in the Long Nineteenth Century." Research Centre "Archive, Power, and Knowledge", Universität Bielefeld. June 2009
- Reform and Change. Police Supervision in Prussia during the Imperial Period. Universität Erfurt, Symposium Everyday Life in Transnational Perspective: Alltagsgeschichte Revisited. Oct. 2008
- Archives and Historians in the Nineteenth Century. Conference 'Histories: Unsettled and Unsettling' Universität Erfurt. July 2007
- "Searching the Perpetrator in Berlin around 1900." German Historical Institute Paris, Das 19. Jahrhundert als Mediengesellschaft. June 2007
- "'Teacher' or 'Crook'? The Captain of Köpenick Case and the Transformation of the Media Landscape in Imperial Berlin'. University of Oxford, Modern Germany History Seminar. Oct. 2007
- Enchanting Modernity. Semi-Official Sensations and Emotional Politics in Imperial Berlin. University College London, CEELBAS Launch Conference East European Area Studies. April 2007
- Leopold Ranke Seeking Access to the Archive. European University Institute Florence, Workshop 'Historians at Work'. Oct. 2006
- "Letters of Historians and Writs of the State Administration." Ruhr Universität Bochum, Workshop 'Cultures of Letter Writing'. Aug. 2006
- Searching the Perpetrator in the Metropolis. The Culture of Sensations in Imperial Berlin. Centre for Global Culture and Communication, Northwestern University (Illinois). February 2006
- Time, Speed, and Rhythm. The Narrative Administering of Time. Universität Erfurt, Symposium 'Provincializing Europe: Potential and Pitfalls of (Non-) Western Approaches to History'. June 2005
- The Criminal. Metamorphoses of a Stereotype. German Historical Institute London, Workshop 'Social Stereotypes and History'. Oct. 2005
- News and Tidings in the Metropolis: Berlin's Dailies and Peoples Idle Talk around 1900. Goethe-Institute Prague, Workshop 'City - Media - Space'. Oct. 2005
- "Beyond Fiction. New Approaches of the History of Sciences." Research Centre 'Archive, Power, and Knowledge', Universität Bielefeld. Oct. 2005
- "Semi-Official Sensationalism and Emotional Politics in Wilhelmine Berlin." Villa Vigoni, Como, Workshop 'Transfigurationen der Macht. Politik, Vermittlung und Popularität'. March 2005
- "Photographic Representations and Popular Perceptions of the Criminal in Berlin, 1890-1914." 15th Colloquium for Police History. July 2004
- Mug Shots and their Use in the Combat against Crime in Imperial Berlin." Institute of the History of Technology and Sciences of Technology (TU Dresden), Seminar. June 2004
- News and 'Idle Talk' in the Metropolis: The Interrelations between Berlin's Dailies and Peoples Talk Around 1900. Workshop 'Interrogating Hearsay: Rumours and Gossip in Historical Perspective 1500-2003', University of Essex. July 2003
- "Limits of Police Supervision in Imperial Germany." 14th Colloquium for Police History, Universität Graz. July 2003
- "'Searching for Hennig'. Appropriating News in the Metropolis." Symposium 'Raum als Kategorie einer Kommunikationsgeschichte des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts'. Febr. 2003
- From Metaphor to Algebra: The Making of the Captain of Cöpenick in 1906. European University Institute Florence, Workshop 'Making Sensation and Covering Reality'. Nov. 2002
- The Public Combat Against Crime in Wilhelmine Berlin. 13th Colloquium for Police History, Universiteit Twente. July 2002
- Not Knowing the City. The Heinze Case and the Role of Print Media in the Production of Urban Knowledge in Berlin around 1900. European Association for Urban History, 6th Intern. Conf. on Urban History, Edinburgh. Sept 2002