Ingo Heidbrink
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Ingo Heidbrink is a German Maritime Historian who is presently Professor of History with a specilization on Maritime History at Old Dominion University
in Norfolk,VA.
He is specialized on Fisheries History, Traditional Watercraft and Museum Ship
s, Methodology of Maritime History and interdisciplinary research projects.
(Germany), where he got his M.A. in 1994 and his Dr.phil. in 1999. His doctoral thesis on German inland-waterway tanker-shipping was supervised by Ulrich Troitzsch as well as his earlier MA-thesis on traditional watercraft. In 2004 he finished his Habilitation (German professorial degree) at the University of Bremen
(Germany) with a thesis on the history of German deep-sea fishing industry in the 20th century.
After positions at various maritime museums in Germany Heidbrink became the founding head of the department of fisheries history at the German Maritime Museum / Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum
in Bremerhaven in 1996. From 2000 to 2002 he was a research fellow at the Hanse Institute for Advanced Study (HWK) in Delmenhorst. Hereafter he returned to the German Maritime Museum. Since 2000 he taught at the University of Bremen where he became Privatdozent
in 2004 and one of the Principal Investigators of the Bremen International Graduate School for Marine Sciences – Global Change in the Marine Realm (GLOMAR). In 2003 and 2007 he was guest lecturer at the Ilisimatusarfik, the University of Greenland
. In 2008 he was appointed Associate Professor for Maritime History at the History Department of Old Dominion University
in Norfolk, VA, where he became Graduate Program Director of the history program in 2009. In summer 2010 he was promoted to Professor of History.
Heidbrink has recently been selected as a Research Fellow at the newly established Rachel Carson Center at the University of Munich, a newly established federal think tank for environmental history.
Beside his academic career he holds a masters license for commercial watercraft on inland waterways and is an officially appointed surveyor for historical watercraft and museum ships in Germany.
Since the mid 1990s he dealt intensively with the theoretical framework behind the restoration and operation of museum ships and traditional vessels. His most important contribution to this particular field of research was that he authored together with Arne Gotved and John Robinson the “Barcelona Charter
– European Charter for the Conservation and Restoration of traditional ships in operation” which was adopted by the European association of owners of such vessels (European Maritime Heritage) in 2003 and is recognized as an international standard for such vessels by many European governments.
Towards the end of the 1990s Heidbrink’s research was mainly dedicated to the history of European inland-waterway navigation and his book on inland-waterway tanker navigation became standard for this field of research.
Since 2000 his publications mainly focus on fisheries history and the Law of the Sea
and especially his book on the fishing conflicts of the 20th century was discussed controversial, because he stated that the European distant-water fisheries of the late 19th and 20th century have been a kind of common economic colonialism in the North Atlantic area.
Beside this concrete research he dealt with the methodological improvement of maritime history and is part of a movement that wants to widen the scope of maritime history to a universal history of the interaction of humans and the oceans. As a part of this methodological work he was involved in the design of new scholarly educational schemes that combine marine sciences with the humanities and social sciences and were realized for example in the Bremen International Graduate School for Marine Sciences – Global Change in the Marine Realm (GLOMAR).
(ICMH). In September 2009 he took over as Acting Secretary General of the ICMH after the previous Secretary General stepped back from the office and was elected to Secretary General in August 2010. He is president of the North Atlantic Fisheries History Association (NAFHA).
Old Dominion University
Old Dominion University is a state university located in Norfolk, Virginia, United States, and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools...
in Norfolk,VA.
He is specialized on Fisheries History, Traditional Watercraft and Museum Ship
Museum ship
A museum ship, or sometimes memorial ship, is a ship that has been preserved and converted into a museum open to the public, for educational or memorial purposes...
s, Methodology of Maritime History and interdisciplinary research projects.
Academic education and professional positions
Heidbrink studied Social and Economic History at the University of HamburgUniversity of Hamburg
The University of Hamburg is a university in Hamburg, Germany. It was founded on 28 March 1919 by Wilhelm Stern and others. It grew out of the previous Allgemeines Vorlesungswesen and the Kolonialinstitut as well as the Akademisches Gymnasium. There are around 38,000 students as of the start of...
(Germany), where he got his M.A. in 1994 and his Dr.phil. in 1999. His doctoral thesis on German inland-waterway tanker-shipping was supervised by Ulrich Troitzsch as well as his earlier MA-thesis on traditional watercraft. In 2004 he finished his Habilitation (German professorial degree) at the University of Bremen
University of Bremen
The University of Bremen is a university of approximately 23,500 people from 126 countries that are studying, teaching, researching, and working in Bremen, Germany...
(Germany) with a thesis on the history of German deep-sea fishing industry in the 20th century.
After positions at various maritime museums in Germany Heidbrink became the founding head of the department of fisheries history at the German Maritime Museum / Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum
Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum
The Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum is a museum in Bremerhaven, Germany. It is part of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Scientific Community. The main museum building was opened on 5 September 1975 by then-president Walter Scheel, though scientific work already had started in 1971...
in Bremerhaven in 1996. From 2000 to 2002 he was a research fellow at the Hanse Institute for Advanced Study (HWK) in Delmenhorst. Hereafter he returned to the German Maritime Museum. Since 2000 he taught at the University of Bremen where he became Privatdozent
Privatdozent
Privatdozent or Private lecturer is a title conferred in some European university systems, especially in German-speaking countries, for someone who pursues an academic career and holds all formal qualifications to become a tenured university professor...
in 2004 and one of the Principal Investigators of the Bremen International Graduate School for Marine Sciences – Global Change in the Marine Realm (GLOMAR). In 2003 and 2007 he was guest lecturer at the Ilisimatusarfik, the University of Greenland
University of Greenland
The University of Greenland is a university located in Nuuk, Greenland. Most courses are taught in Danish and a few in Greenlandic. As of 2007, the university had approximately 150 students, almost all local inhabitants, and around 14 academic staff and five technical-administrative employees...
. In 2008 he was appointed Associate Professor for Maritime History at the History Department of Old Dominion University
Old Dominion University
Old Dominion University is a state university located in Norfolk, Virginia, United States, and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools...
in Norfolk, VA, where he became Graduate Program Director of the history program in 2009. In summer 2010 he was promoted to Professor of History.
Heidbrink has recently been selected as a Research Fellow at the newly established Rachel Carson Center at the University of Munich, a newly established federal think tank for environmental history.
Beside his academic career he holds a masters license for commercial watercraft on inland waterways and is an officially appointed surveyor for historical watercraft and museum ships in Germany.
Scholarly work
Heidbrink’s scholarly work is dedicated to several sub-topics of maritime history:Since the mid 1990s he dealt intensively with the theoretical framework behind the restoration and operation of museum ships and traditional vessels. His most important contribution to this particular field of research was that he authored together with Arne Gotved and John Robinson the “Barcelona Charter
Barcelona Charter
The Barcelona Charter, in full the European Charter for the Conservation and Restoration of Traditional Ships in Operation is an informal but widely accepted standard for maintenance and restoration projects on historic watercraft that are still in operation as active sailing vessels.- Background...
– European Charter for the Conservation and Restoration of traditional ships in operation” which was adopted by the European association of owners of such vessels (European Maritime Heritage) in 2003 and is recognized as an international standard for such vessels by many European governments.
Towards the end of the 1990s Heidbrink’s research was mainly dedicated to the history of European inland-waterway navigation and his book on inland-waterway tanker navigation became standard for this field of research.
Since 2000 his publications mainly focus on fisheries history and the Law of the Sea
Law of the sea
Law of the sea may refer to:* United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea* Admiralty law* The Custom of the Sea...
and especially his book on the fishing conflicts of the 20th century was discussed controversial, because he stated that the European distant-water fisheries of the late 19th and 20th century have been a kind of common economic colonialism in the North Atlantic area.
Beside this concrete research he dealt with the methodological improvement of maritime history and is part of a movement that wants to widen the scope of maritime history to a universal history of the interaction of humans and the oceans. As a part of this methodological work he was involved in the design of new scholarly educational schemes that combine marine sciences with the humanities and social sciences and were realized for example in the Bremen International Graduate School for Marine Sciences – Global Change in the Marine Realm (GLOMAR).
International scholarly organizations
Heidbrink is involved in a variety of international organizations dedicated to research in Maritime History. In 2005 he was elected to Assistant Secretary General of the International Commission for Maritime HistoryInternational Commission for Maritime History
The International Commission for Maritime History was established in 1960 to promote international cooperation and the exchange of ideas in the field of maritime history. It is affiliated with the .- History :...
(ICMH). In September 2009 he took over as Acting Secretary General of the ICMH after the previous Secretary General stepped back from the office and was elected to Secretary General in August 2010. He is president of the North Atlantic Fisheries History Association (NAFHA).
Other
The maritime historian Ingo Heidbrink should not be mistaken for Ingo Heidbrink of Switzerland, who seems to be involved in the amusement industry.monographs
- Schrott oder Kulturgut. Zur Bewertung historischer Wasserfahrzeuge aus der Perspektive des Historikers. Bestandserfassung - Bewertung - quellengerechte Erhaltung. Lage / Lippe 1994.
- Deutsche Binnentankschiffahrt 1887-1994. Hamburg (Convent Vlg.) 2000.
- together with: Werner Beckmann and Matthias Keller: ... und heute gibt es Fisch - 100 Jahre Fischindustrie und Fischgroßhandel in Schlaglichtern. Bremen (Hauschild Vlg) 2003.
- “Deutschlands einzige Kolonie ist das Meer” Die deutsche Hochseefischerei und die Fischereikonflikte des 20. Jahrhunderts. Hamburg (Convent Vlg) 2004.
edited publications
- Konfliktfeld Küste – Ein Lebensraum wird erforscht. (= Hanse Studien Bd.3). Oldenburg (BIS) 2003.
- The “Barcelona Charter”. European Charter for the Conservation and Restoration of Traditional Ships in Operation. Bremen, Andijk (Hauschild Vlg.) 2003.
- together with David J. Starkey & Jon Th. Thor: A History of the North Atlantic Fisheries: Vol. 1, From Early Times to the mid-Nineteenth Century. Bremen (Hauschild Vlg. & Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum) 2009.
articles
- Vocational training in the German Deep-Sea Fishing Industry. In: International Journal of Maritime History Vol. XI, 1999, No. 2. pp 143–153.
- Museumsschiffe Baujahr 1999. Anmerkungen zum Wiederaufbau historischer See- und Binnenschiffe. In: Deutsches Schiffahrtsarchiv 22, 1999, pp 43–58.
- Kaitai ka hozon ka. Doitsu ni okeru ogata konsen no hozon ninen to hekishi keiken to jitsurei. In: Miraini tsunagu jinnouino waza 2. Senpaku no hozon shutuku. Tokyo 2002. pp 58–70.
- Ibunka kann ni okeru kaiji isan no hozon ni tsuite. Nihon to EMH to no kagakutekikoryu. In: Miraini tsunagu jinnouino waza 2. Senpaku no hozon shutuku. Tokyo 2002. pp 143–145.
- Det tyske havgående fiskeri og Grønland: vejen til et gennembrud for det internationale fjernfiskeri. In: Ilisimatusarfik (Ed.): Grønlandsk kultur-og samfundsforskning 2003. Nuuk 2004. pp 57–69.
- Historic Ship Safety. In: Starkey, David J. , Hahn-Pedersen, Morten (Eds.): Bridging Troubled Waters. Conflict and Co-operation in the North Sea Region since 1550. 7th North Sea History Conference, Dunkirk 2002. Esbjerg 2005. pp 221–225.
- The Oceans as the Common Property of Mankind from Early Modern Period to Today. In: History Compass Vol. 6 (2008). link