Dr. Ulrike Ludwig

Bild von Ulrike Ludwig

Internationales Kolleg für Geisteswissenschaftliche Forschung "Schicksal, Freiheit und Prognose. Bewältigungsstrategien in Ostasien und Europa"




Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin

Home Institution: Institut für Geschichte, Technische Universität Dresden


IKGF Visiting Fellow April 2014 - March 2015

(Last change of profile by end of stay)

IKGF Research Project:

Zukunftstechnologie des 16. Jahrhunderts. Geomantie als herrschaftliche Entscheidungstechnik gegen die Ungewissheit


Curriculum Vitae

After studying history, literature and sociology, Ulrike Ludwig received her doctoral degree from the Technical University Dresden in 2006 for her work on the shaping of territorial governance in criminal law and in the practice of grace using the example of Electoral Saxony in the period 1548-1648. From 2007-2010, she worked on a research project on the history of the duel in early modern Germany. In 2010, she began to investigate the forms of representation of noble functionaries. Her research interests lie in the field of early modern government and administration, the history of crime and law, and magic practices in these fields.

Selected Publications