Jan-Otmar Hesse (born 6 February 1968) is a German historian of economics.

Life

Born in

Göttingen Göttingen (, ; ; ) is a college town, university city in Lower Saxony, central Germany, the Capital (political), capital of Göttingen (district), the eponymous district. The River Leine runs through it. According to the 2022 German census, t ...

, Hesse did his community service from 1987 to 1989. From 1989 to 1995 he studied history, economics, political science, film and television studies at the

Ruhr-Universität Bochum The Ruhr University Bochum (, ) is a public research university located in the southern hills of the central Ruhr area, Bochum, Germany. It was founded in 1962 as the first new public university in Germany after World War II. Instruction began in ...

. His academic teacher was . Hesse was awarded his doctorate in Bochum by Petzina in 1999 with a thesis on the history of the

Reichspost ''Reichspost'' (; "Imperial Mail") was the name of the postal service of Germany from 1866 to 1945. ''Deutsche Reichspost'' Upon the outbreak of the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 and the break-up of the German Confederation in the Peace of P ...

and telegraph administration from 1876 to 1914. Hesse was a doctoral fellow of the

Fritz Thyssen Foundation The Fritz Thyssen Foundation () is a private nonprofit foundation in Germany, created on 7 July 1959 by Amélie Thyssen and Anita Gräfin Zichy-Thyssen and named in memory of prominent iron and steel manufacturer August Thyssen and his son Fritz, ...

from 1997 to 2000. From 2000 to 2008, Hesse was a research assistant at the History Department of the

Goethe University Frankfurt Goethe University Frankfurt () is a public research university located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It was founded in 1914 as a citizens' university, which means it was founded and funded by the wealthy and active liberal citizenry of Frankfurt ...

with . During the 2005/2006 year, he was

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at the German Historical Institute Washington DC. He received his

habilitation Habilitation is the highest university degree, or the procedure by which it is achieved, in Germany, France, Italy, Poland and some other European and non-English-speaking countries. The candidate fulfills a university's set criteria of excelle ...

in Frankfurt in 2007 with a history of science thesis on economics in the young Federal Republic. From April 2008 to September 2010, he took over the representation of the professorship of for Economic and Social History at the

University of Göttingen The University of Göttingen, officially the Georg August University of Göttingen (, commonly referred to as Georgia Augusta), is a Public university, public research university in the city of Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany. Founded in 1734 ...

. From October 2010 to March 2015, Hesse taught as professor of general history, in particular economic history, at the

University of Bielefeld Bielefeld University () is a public university in Bielefeld, Germany. Founded in 1969, it is one of the country's newer universities, and considers itself a "reform" university, following a different style of organization and teaching than the e ...

. In 2014 he accepted a proposal by the

University of Bayreuth The University of Bayreuth (German: Universität Bayreuth) is a public research university located in Bayreuth, Germany. It is one of the youngest German universities. It is broadly organized into seven undergraduate and graduate faculties, with ...

for a newly established W3 professorship in economic and social history. He has taught there since April 2015. His research focuses on corporate history, media history and the history of economics. In 2001 he was awarded the Prize for Corporate History by the for his dissertation on the corporate history of the Reichspost. His habilitation, published in 2010, focuses on the development of economics as an academic subject. In 2013 Hesse published the introduction ''Wirtschaftsgeschichte. Entstehung und Wandel der modernen Wirtschaft''. This was followed in 2014 by an introduction to the history of the

Great Depression The Great Depression was a severe global economic downturn from 1929 to 1939. The period was characterized by high rates of unemployment and poverty, drastic reductions in industrial production and international trade, and widespread bank and ...

written jointly with Werner Plumpe and Roman Köster. Since 2008 Hesse is a member of the . Since 2011 he has been a member of the scientific advisory board of the "Gesellschaft für Unternehmensgeschichte". Since 2017 he has been a full member of the .

Publications

Monographs * with Roman Köster and Werner Plumpe: ''Die Große Depression. Die Weltwirtschaftskrise 1929–1939.'' Campus Verlag, Frankfurt among others 2014, . * ''Wirtschaftsgeschichte. Entstehung und Wandel der modernen Wirtschaft''. (''Historische Einführungen.'' Vol. 15). Campus Verlag, Frankfurt u. a. 2013, . * ''Wirtschaft als Wissenschaft. Die Volkswirtschaftslehre in der frühen Bundesrepublik''. (''Campus Forschung.'' Vol. 947). Campus Verlag, Frankfurt 2010, (zugleich: Habilitationsschrift, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, 2007). * ''Im Netz der Kommunikation. Die Reichs-Post- und Telegraphenverwaltung 1876–1914''. (''Schriftenreihe zur Zeitschrift für Unternehmensgeschichte''. vol. 8). C. H. Beck, Munich 2002, (zugleich: Dissertation, Universität Bochum, 1999 under the title: ''Der institutionelle Wandel der Kommunikationssysteme in Deutschland''). * ''Kulturalismus, Neue Institutionenökonomik oder Theorienvielfalt : eine Zwischenbilanz der Unternehmensgeschichte''.''Kulturalismus, Neue Institutionenökonomik oder Theorienvielfalt : eine Zwischenbilanz der Unternehmensgeschichte''
on WorldCat

References

External links

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Beiträge von Jan-Otmar Hesse
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Page about Hesse at the University of Bayreuth
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hesse, JanOtmar 1968 births Living people Writers from Göttingen Historians of economics 20th-century German historians 21st-century German historians Academic staff of Bielefeld University Academic staff of the University of Bayreuth