Prof. Dr. Martin Dinges: Early modern „soldiers‘“ experiences with violence and war

Name: Prof. Dr. Martin Dinges: Early modern „soldiers‘“ experiences with violence and war
Start: 2026-03-23T17:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-03-23T18:30:00+02:00
Location: Vilniaus universitetas / Vilnius University

Schedule

Mon Mar 23 2026 at 05:00 pm to 06:30 pm

UTC+02:00

Location

Vilniaus universitetas / Vilnius University | Vilnius, VL

Vokietijos istorijos instituto Varšuvoje padalinys Vilniuje bendradarbiaudamas su Vilniaus Universiteto Istorijos fakultetu, Lietuvos Istorijos Institutu ir Max Weber Netzwerk Osteuropa kovo 23 d. kviečia Jus į viešą 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟. 𝐃𝐫. 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 paskaitą 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 „𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐬‘“ 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬: 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧?
📑Paskaitą moderuos Dr. Kirill Lewinson (MWNO)
🏛️Paskaita vyks Vilniaus universiteto Istorijos fakulteto 2️⃣1️⃣1️⃣ auditorijoje. Pradžia - 𝟏𝟕 𝐯𝐚𝐥.
📑Paskaita vyks anglų kalba.
𝐃𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐢𝐚𝐮 𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐚̨: Violence is at the core of war – first as a means to create „order“ between states or to discipline soldiers inside the army. Second, violence tends to destroy the only capital of the „soldier“, his healthy body. In this talk I shall focus on this destructive aspect of violence. Higher military ranks to the general command report laconically horrifying numbers of killed or injured „soldiers“. To get closer to the experience of the individual „soldier“ it is necessary to use other sources such as diaries, autobiographies and letters. I shall analyze a corpus of these „ego documents“. No doubt, injuries may have direct effects on the masculinity of these soldiers as warriors or providers. Beyond this evidence one may wonder whether the representation of experienced violence varies between text genres – and during the three centuries of the early modern period. The different positions of the authors inside the hierarchy of the armies might be a further clue to explain their attitudes toward violence. Whether this might also hint to different types of masculinity has to be discussed.
𝐃𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐢𝐚𝐮 𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬̌𝐞̇𝐣𝐚̨: Prof. Dr. Martin Dinges is adjunct professor of modern history at the University of Mannheim and was until 2019 deputy director of the Institute for the History of Medicine of the Robert Bosch Foundation, Stuttgart. His research interests cover the history of the health and gender history.
He has widely published on these topics, recently: Männlichkeiten in der Frühmoderne: Körper, Gesundheit und Krankheit (1500-1850), Stuttgart 2020 (ed. with Pierre Pfütsch); Gewalterfahrungen von Jungen und Männern und Folgen für ihre Gesundheit. Sechster Deutscher Männergesundheitsbericht der Stiftung Männergesundheit, Gießen 2025 (ed. with A. M. Möller-Leimkühler). https://martindinges.de/
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