Ulinka Rublack (born 1967) is a German historian. She received her PhD from the

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, and is a

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in Early Modern European History and a Fellow of

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. Rublack is the founder of the Cambridge History for Schools outreach programme and a co-founder of the Cambridge Centre for Gender Studies. Rublack's father, , was also a historian. Rublack has been part of the expert panel for

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's ''In Our Time'' on several occasions: in December 2016 for ''

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''; in December 2018 for ''

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''; and in November 2020 for ''

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Honours

Her book ''Dressing Up: Cultural Identity in Early Modern Europe'' was winner of the Bainton Book Prize in 2011. In July 2017, Rublack was elected a

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(FBA), the United Kingdom's

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for the humanities and social sciences. She won the 2025 Einhard-Preis for her biography of Albrecht Dürer.Official website of Einhard-Stiftung (in German)
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Selected publications

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References

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