Dr.
Ines Peper
ines.peper(at)oeaw.ac.at
+43-1-51581-7318
Ines Peper is a research associate in the research unit History of the Habsburg Monarchy. Since 2021 she is working on the projects “Family Matters. Female Dynastic Agency in the Correspondence of Empress Eleonora Magdalena of Pfalz-Neuburg (1655-1720)” (conducted by Katrin Keller) and “'Tout Vienne me riait'. Family and court relations in the memoirs of Countess Louise Charlotte von Schwerin (1684−1732)” (conducted by Ines Peper), both supported by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF).
Brief Biography
Studied History and Art History at the universities of Vienna and Graz, PhD in History from the University of Graz. Research associate with the START-project „Monastische Aufklärung und die benediktinische Gelehrtenrepublik“ and the FWF-project Projekt „Benedictines, State Reform and the Church in Austria, 1720-40“ (both conducted by Thomas Wallnig at the University of Vienna), grant by the Gerda-Henkel-Stiftung for research on “Das ideale Dorf gründen. Zur Vorgeschichte des Ökodorfs (1613 – 1939)”, research associate with the research project „Die Kaiserin schreibt“ (funded by the City of Vienna, conducted by Katrin Keller at the IHB). Currently research associate with the FWF-projects “Family Matters. Female Dynastic Agency in the Correspondence of Empress Eleonora Magdalena of Pfalz-Neuburg (1655-1720)” (conducted by Katrin Keller) and “'Tout Vienne me riait'. Family and court relations in the memoirs of Countess Louise Charlotte von Schwerin (1684−1732)“ (conducted by Ines Peper).
Research Interests
Period: Early Modern Period
Area: Habsburg Monarchy, Holy Roman Empire
Topics: intellectual and religious history, self narratives, women and gender in court society, scholarly editions, intentional communities
Selected Publications
- Konversionen im Umkreis des Wiener Hofs um 1700 (Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung 55, Wien–Köln–München 2010).
- Europäische Geschichtskulturen um 1700 zwischen Gelehrsamkeit, Politik und Konfession, hg. von Thomas Wallnig – Thomas Stockinger – Ines Peper – Patrick Fiska (Berlin–Boston 2012).
- Thomas Stockinger – Thomas Wallnig – Patrick Fiska – Ines Peper – Manuela Mayer – Claudia Soyer, Die gelehrte Korrespondenz der Bruder Pez. Text, Regesten, Kommentare, 2: 1716–1718 (Quelleneditionen des Instituts für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung 2/2, Wien 2015).
- Central European Pasts. Old and New in the Intellectual Culture of Habsburg Europe, 1700–1750, hg. von Ines Peper– Thomas Wallnig (Berlin–Boston 2022).
Projects
ed. with Th. Wallnig, Central European Pasts
