Dr. Vitus Huber

Biography

Vitus Huber is a Full Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Fribourg and directs the graduate school ProMoRen at the Institut d’Etudes de la Renaissance et de l’âge moderne. His academic journey includes roles as an Ambizione fellow at the Swiss National Science Foundation at the University of Geneva and an associated fellow at the University of Oxford. Huber’s published works include 'Beute und Conquista: Die politische Ökonomie der Eroberung Neuspaniens' (Campus 2018), which analyzes the political economy of the Conquista in New Spain, and 'Die Konquistadoren: Cortés, Pizarro und die Eroberung Amerikas' (C. H. Beck 2019), offering a synthesis of the conquistadors' actions. Additionally, his research spans themes of body history, autobiography, and self-optimization, with ongoing work on early modern practices of self-observation and improvement. Huber has received multiple grants and held fellowships at prestigious institutions including Harvard University and the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris. He studied History, German Literature, and Linguistics in Bern and Valencia, Spain.

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