Ute Lotz-Heumann: Geboren 1966; 1986-93 Studium der Geschichte, Anglistik, Pädagogik und Psychologie in Gießen und Schottland; 1993-98 Promotionsstudium; 1993-94 Forschungsaufenthalt an der State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1995 am Trinity College, Dublin; 1999 Disputation; seit 1995 wiss. Mitarbeiterin und seit 2000 wiss. Assistentin am Lehrstuhl für Geschichte der Frühen Neuzeit der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Ute Lotz-Heumann, Heiko A. Oberman Professor of Late Medieval and Reformation History, In my research I am interested in the history of Europe from the fifteenth to the early nineteenth centuries. The religious, social and political face of Europe changed dramatically during these centuries, making this a very dynamic period in history. The Reformation, colonization and the enlightenment were movements originating in Europe that shape the world until this day -- for better or for worse.