Holger Berg, historian
I am a historian with a particular focus on the history of early modern Germany and the Golden Age of Danish literature during the nineteenth century. I am employed at the Hans Christian Andersen Centre, University of Southern Denmark.
Selected publications
I am coeditor of the digital scholarly edition of the manuscripts of Hans Christian Andersen. My coeditor Ane Grum-Schwensen and I recently published the book with 12 contributions that each explore aspects of Andersen's creative work.
My monograph Military Occupation under the Eyes of the Lord. Studies in Erfurt during the Thirty Years War (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2010) was defended as a Ph.D. thesis at the European University Institute in Florence in November 2008.
Affiliations and memberships
Affiliations
- 2017–
- Philologist at the Hans Christian Andersen Centre, University of Southern Denmark (mostly in an administrative position (AC-TAP); until 2020: part-time employment)
- 2011–20
- Philologist at the Grundtvig Research Center, Aarhus University (AC-TAP). Twice on paternity leave for a total of 15 months
- 2009–10
- Curator (2009) at the Reventlow-Museum on Lolland. Daily manager (2010) during a merger with Museum Lolland-Falster
- 2004–08
- PhD-student at the European University Institute, Florence, Italy
Memberships (selection)
- 2026–
- National research network Older Danish Literature
- 2024–
- International research network e-editiones (www.e-editiones.org)
- 2023–
- Det Danske Sprog- og Litteraturselskab (The Danish Society for Language and Literature; dsl.dk)
- 2021–26
- Research network Historicitet and NaturKulturarv at SDU (headed by Sofie Kluge)
- 2021–23
- Research network TextVid Öresund (a cooperation between the universities in Lund and Copenhagen)
- 2019–24
- Research network Tekstvidenskab (University of Copenhagen); board member 2020–22
- 2012–
- Kildeskriftselskabet (the main society for the publication of sources to Danish history); board member since 2013
- 2013–16
- Research network Erfurter RaumZeit-Forschung (DFG, German research council)
- 2011–
- Research network Nordisk Netværk for Editionsfilologi (www.nnedit.org)
- 2007–09
- Research network Historiographiegeschichte der Frühen Neuzeit (1400–1800) (DFG)
Organization
- 2025
- Co-organizer of The Track Changes of Literary History. Panel at the international seminar Old Texts, New Tools, Changing Questions. Computational Literary Studies in the AI Era. University of Copenhagen. December 15–16, 2025.
- 2024
- Co-organizer of Data Stories: Analyzing and Visualizing Textual Narratives. National workshop at the Centre for Digital Humanities, University of Southern Denmark. May 17, 2024.
- 2023
- Co-organizer of H.C. Andersen ved skrivebordet. Det Kongelige Videnskabernes Selskab. August 22–24, 2023. International conference; contributions are included in the accompanying volume H.C. Andersen ved skrivebordet (2025).
- 2022
- Co-organizer of Digitale undersøgelser af skandinavisk litteratur. Panel (Arbeitskreis) at the international Arbeitstagung der deutschsprachigen Skandinavistik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. September 6–8, 2022.
- 2021
- Co-organizer of Tekstvidenskab i stor skala. Seminar in the local research group Tekstvidenskab, University of Copenhagen. August 30, 2021.
Contact
University of Southern Denmark · nh@sdu.dk · ORCID 0000-0002-8496-7221