Nils Jörn

Nils Jörn (born 31 October 1964) is a Germanhistorian and author. Since 2004 he has been working at the Archive of the Hanseatic City ofWismar, and since 2012 as its director.

Life

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Jörn was born inBergen auf Rügen. After attending school inUsedom andWolgast, he completed his military service with theNVA from 1983 to 1986. In September 1986 he began studying history andGerman studies at theErnst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald, where between 1987 and 1990 he specialized in medieval and early modern history under the supervision ofKonrad Fritze [de]. He completed his studies in 1991 with the authority to teach history. Subsequently, he stayed at the University Greifswald to complete a research study under the supervision ofHorst Wernicke on the subject "The Hanseatic Stalhof in London in the period from 1474 to 1554".

From 1991 to 1992, a research period took him to theGerman Historical Institute London and theLondon School of Economics. From 1994 until hisdoctorate in 1996, he worked as a research assistant on the joint project "The Hanseatic Flemish Trade" at the Universities of Greifswald and Kiel. From 1996 to 1999 he worked on the joint project "The Integration of the Southern Baltic Sea Region into the Old Reich 1555-1806" of the Universities of Greifswald,Kiel andAugsburg. The following two years until 2001 he worked on the project "Judicial activity, personnel structures and politically relevant jurisdiction at the Wismar Tribunal 1653-1806" at the Chair of General History of the Modern Era at theUniversity of Greifswald, funded by theFritz Thyssen Foundation. He then moved to theJohann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main as apostdoctoral researcher for fifteen months. Between 2002 and 2004 he worked as a scholarship holder of theGerman Research Foundation at the University of Greifswald in research and teaching.^[1]

Since October 2004 Jörn has been working at the archive of the Hanseatic city Wismar. Initially, he worked as a research assistant on theinventory and evaluation of the trial records of theWismar Tribunal [de], and since 2012 he has been head of the archive. Since 2006, Jörn has been a member of the board of theHistorical Commission for Pomerania [de] and theSociety for Pomeranian History, Classical Studies and Art [de].^[2] and since 2008 member of the board of theHansischer Geschichtsverein [de], also a member of theHistorical Commission for Mecklenburg [de], founding president of the David Mevius Society and member of the board of the Association of Friends and Sponsors of the Archive of the Hanseatic City of Wismar.