Sebastian Leitner

Sebastian Leitner

MA

20192020

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Personal profile

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

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)