Sebastian Leitner, MA

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• Curriculum Vitae

  Professional career

  Since 2024 PhD Researcher in the ERC-STG project Scarce (PI Sebastian Felten), University of Vienna

  2021-2024: Teacher at a Swiss grammar school (secondary II school, subjects: history and geography)

  2017-2021: Student assistant and various tutoring positions at the History Department of the University of Zurich

  2016-2020: Librarian staff at the Pro Senectute Library Zurich

   

  Education

  2024: Teaching diploma for baccalaureate schools (history and geography)

  2022: Master of Arts (major in history, minor in geography)

  2020: Study visit to the University of Vienna

  2018: Bachelor of Arts (major in history, major minor in geography, minor in political science)

  2013: Matura (CH)

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• Research Interests

  • History of knowledge
  • Economic and social history
  • Environmental history
  • Human-nature relationships
  • Concepts of landscape and nature in the pre-modern era
  • History of the pre-modern era
  • Theories and methods of historical science
• Qualification Works

  Master Thesis: Leitner, Sebastian: Das Schuldennetzwerk von Heinzmann von Scharnachthal. Strukturen und Praktiken, Masterarbeit, Universität Zürich, Zürich 2022.

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• Memberships

  • Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Geschichte: https://www.sgg-ssh.ch