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Dirk Alvermann (born 1965) is a German historian and
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.


Early life and education

Born in Berlin, Alvermann is a son of the photographer Dirk Alvermann. From 1988 he studied archive science and history at the
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (german: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a German public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin. It was established by Frederick William III on the initiative o ...
and the
Sapienza University of Rome The Sapienza University of Rome ( it, Sapienza – Università di Roma), also called simply Sapienza or the University of Rome, and formally the Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", is a Public university, public research university l ...
. In 1993 he took his master's degree in Berlin. Alvermann was a scholarship holder of the
German Historical Institute in Rome The German Historical Institute in Rome, short DHI Rome, is the oldest of the German historical institutes abroad. Its purpose is to conduct research in the history of both Italy and Germany, and investigate particularly the German-Italian relatio ...
in 1994. In 1995, he received his
doctorate A doctorate (from Latin ''docere'', "to teach"), doctor's degree (from Latin ''doctor'', "teacher"), or doctoral degree is an academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism ''l ...
in Berlin with a dissertation suggested by and supervised by
Michael Borgolte Michael Borgolte (born 1948) is a German Historian. Besides the history of medieval endowments he studies mainly the Comparative history of Europe and the Global history of the Middle Ages. Career Borgolte was educated at the University of M ...
on the integration of the Reich and the practice of rule under Kaiser,
Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor Otto II (955 – 7 December 983), called the Red (''der Rote''), was Holy Roman Emperor from 973 until his death in 983. A member of the Ottonian dynasty, Otto II was the youngest and sole surviving son of Otto the Great and Adelaide of Italy ...


Career


Posts

After his doctorate, Alvermann worked for the and the . Since 1998 he has been director of the . Alvermann is member of the Historical Commission for Pomerania and was from 2001 to 2011 as editor of the board member of the . Since 2011 he has been a member of the board of directors of the society


Research

Alvermann's research focuses on medieval
diplomatics Diplomatics (in American English, and in most anglophone countries), or diplomatic (in British English), is a scholarly discipline centred on the critical analysis of documents: especially, historical documents. It focuses on the conventions, p ...
, archival studies,
history of Pomerania The history of Pomerania starts shortly before 1000 AD with ongoing conquests by newly arrived Polans rulers. Before that, the area was recorded nearly 2000 years ago as Germania, and in modern-day times Pomerania is split between Germany and Pol ...
and university history. In his dissertation, Alvermann used the methods of itinerary analysis of Müller-Merten's "Reichtsstruktur und Herrschaftspraxis Otto II". He not only concentrated on the northern alpine region, but also included Italy in his analysis. Alvermann concluded that "the structural characteristics of the early medieval East Franconian German Empire, which Müller-Mertens described on the basis of Otto I's
itinerarium An ''itinerarium'' (plural: ''itineraria'') was an ancient Roman travel guide in the form of a listing of cities, villages ( ''vici'') and other stops on the way, including the distances between each stop and the next. Surviving examples include ...
, are also confirmed for Otto II's reign". However, there are "partial discontinuities with regard to the structure of the empire and the practice of rule". Thus, under Otto II, all of
Thuringia Thuringia (; german: Thüringen ), officially the Free State of Thuringia ( ), is a state of central Germany, covering , the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states. It has a population of about 2.1 million. Erfurt is the capital and larg ...
became a close zone of royal rule. The two southern German duchies
Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...
and
Swabia Swabia ; german: Schwaben , colloquially ''Schwabenland'' or ''Ländle''; archaic English also Suabia or Svebia is a cultural, historic and linguistic region in southwestern Germany. The name is ultimately derived from the medieval Duchy of ...
remained also under Otto II's far zones of the royal rule. Otto II visited the "political central areas" in the north, especially during the high church festivals. Italy was a "development and construction phase" both for
Otto I Otto I (23 November 912 – 7 May 973), traditionally known as Otto the Great (german: Otto der Große, it, Ottone il Grande), was East Francia, East Frankish king from 936 and Holy Roman Emperor from 962 until his death in 973. He was the olde ...
's reign and for his son. The presence in
Salerno Salerno (, , ; nap, label= Salernitano, Saliernë, ) is an ancient city and ''comune'' in Campania (southwestern Italy) and is the capital of the namesake province, being the second largest city in the region by number of inhabitants, after ...
is "perhaps the most striking sign of an intensification of rule in the Lombard south" under Otto II. Together with the historian Nils Jörn, Alvermann is editor of the ''Biographisches Lexikon für Pommern.''Homepage des Verlages Böhlau: ''Biographisches Lexikon für Pommern.'' Volume 1. Content


Publications

Monographs * ''Königsherrschaft und Reichsintegration. Eine Untersuchung zur politischen Struktur von regna und imperium zur Zeit Kaiser Ottos II. (967) 973–983'' (''Berliner historische Studien.'' Vol. 28). Duncker und Humblot, Berlin 1998, (At the same time: Berlin, Humboldt-Universität, dissertation, 1995). Editorial boards * ''... die letzten Schranken fallen lassen. Studien zur Universität Greifswald im Nationalsozialismus.'' Böhlau, Cologne among others. 2015, }. * with : ''Quellen zur Verfassungsgeschichte der Universität Greifswald.'' (''Beiträge zur Geschichte der Universität Greifswald.'' vol. 10, 1–3). 3 volumes. Steiner, Stuttgart 2011–2014; ** Volume 1: Benjamin Müsegades, Sabine-Maria Weitzel: ''Von der Universitätsgründung bis zum Westfälischen Frieden. 1456–1648.'' 2011, ; ** Volume 2: Marco Pohlmann-Linke, Sabine-Maria Weitzel: ''Die schwedische Großmachtzeit bis zum Ende des Großen Nordischen Krieges 1649–1720.'' 2012, ; ** Volume 3: Sabine-Maria Weitzel, Marco Pohlmann-Linke: ''Von der Freiheitszeit bis zum Übergang an Preußen 1721–1815.'' 2014, . * with Irmfried Garbe: ''Ernst Moritz Arndt. Anstöße und Wirkungen'' (= ''Veröffentlichungen der Historischen Kommission für Pommern.'' 5th series: ''Forschungen zur Pommerschen Geschichte.'' Vol. 46). Böhlau, Cologne among others 2011, . * with Karl-Heinz Spieß: ''Bausteine zur Greifswalder Universitätsgeschichte. Vorträge anlässlich des Jubiläums „550 Jahre Universität Greifswald“'' (''Beiträge zur Geschichte der Universität Greifswald.'' Vol. 8). Steiner, Stuttgart 2008, . * with Nils Jörn and Jens E. Olesen: ''Die Universität Greifswald in der Bildungslandschaft des Ostseeraums'' (''Nordische Geschichte.'' Vol. 5). Lit, Berlin among others 2007, . * with Irmfried Garbe and Manfred Herling: Gerhardt Katsch: ''Greifswalder Tagebuch 1946–47.'' Ludwig, Kiel 2007, (several editions). * with Birgit Dahlenburg: ''Greifswalder Köpfe. Gelehrtenporträts und Lebensbilder des 16.–18. Jahrhunderts aus der pommerschen Landesuniversität.'' Hinstorff, Rostock 2006,
Review
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External links

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Veröffentlichungen von Dirk Alvermann
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Seite von Alvermann am Universitätsarchiv Greifswald


References

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