Dr. Austin Collins
Department of History
Wilhelmstraße 36
72074 Tübingen
Mail: samuel-austin.collins @philosophie.uni-tuebingen.de
Tel.: 07071-29-72386
Office hours during summer semester 2024
After taking contact via mail.
Office: Hegelbau, 2nd floor, room 2005
Biography
I am a historian of early modern European history, with a specialisation in urban, religious, and spatial approaches. My research investigates how monarchical and religious influence interacted with civic authority within urban spaces during the early French Wars of Religion. My current book project, based on my doctoral dissertation and provisionally entitled ‘‘La ville eut l’éphémère honneur d’être comme la capitale du Royaume': A Spatial History of Charles IX’s Royal Tour of France, 1564–1566 (Angoulême, Lyon, Sens)’, explores how royal, civic, and religious actors utilized different urban spaces in France to project their own authority and promote religious toleration and co-existence through royal entrances amid religious warfare. My research incorporates primary source material such as festival books, financial records, correspondences, city council minutes, and maps. Prior to Tübingen, I have taught early modern European seminars at Durham University.
Scientific Career
2024-2025
Teach@Tübingen Fellow
2019-2023
PhD from Durham University & Universität Erfurt
‘La ville eut l’éphémère honneur d’être comme la capitale du Royaume': A Spatial History of Charles IX’s Royal Tour of France, 1564–1566 (Angoulême, Lyon, Sens)’
2021-2022
Doctoral Fellow, Universität Erfurt
2020-2021; 2022-2023
Seminar Tutor in early modern European history, Durham University
2018-2019
MA in Early Modern History, King’s College London
2014-2018
BA in History and French, Catawba College, USA
Research Interests
• Early Modern France
• French Monarchy
• French Wars of Religion
• Centre & Periphery
• Religious Toleration & Co-Existence
• Urban History
• Visual & Material Culture
Publications & Media
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Peer Reviewed Article: ‘Angoulême: Constructing a Royal Connection on the Forgotten Periphery’ in Religion and Urbanity Online (forthcoming) (https://doi.org/10.1515/urbrel)
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Book Review: Kelly Digby Peebles and Gabriella Scarlatta (eds.), Representing the Life and Legacy of Renée de France: From Fille de France to Dowager Duchesse (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021) in Royal Studies Journal 9, no. 2 (2022) (https://doi.org/10.21039/rsj.362)
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Podcast: UrbRel podcasts: Corinna Riva & Austin Collins for the KFG ‘Religion & Urbanity: Reciprocal Formations’ Podcast (October 2022) (https://urbrel.hypotheses.org/3435)
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Workshop Report: Typologising Cities: Critical Reflections Workshop for the KFG ‘Religion & Urbanity: Reciprocal Formations’ Workshop (May 2022) (https://www.hsozkult.de/conferencereport/id/fdkn-128447)
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Blog Post: ‘Finally, a Long-Awaited Research Trip to France!’ for the KFG ‘Religion & Urbanity: Reciprocal Formations’ Blog (April 2022) (https://urbrel.hypotheses.org/2541)
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Workshop Report: Guides to Urbanity Workshop for the KFG ‘Religion & Urbanity: Reciprocal Formations’ Workshop (January 2021) (https://www.hsozkult.de/conferencereport/id/fdkn-127461)
Teaching
summer semester 2024
Exercise
Imagining the City: Urban Spaces in the Global Early Modern Period
Fr, 10 am - 12pm c.t., location: Tübingen, Wilhelmstraße 26, (Universitätskasse u.a.), room 111,
teaching language: Englisch
start: 19.04.2024