Erik Heinrich

Biography

Professor Heinrichs is a historian of medieval and early modern Europe. He studied at Harvard University (Ph.D. and A.M.) and Marquette University (B.A.), as well as for three semesters at the Leopold-Franzens University of Innsbruck, Austria. He has held two Fulbright scholarships for research, one for Austria (2000-1) and one for Germany (2005-6), where he was affiliated with the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich. He was also a post-doctoral fellow at the Herzog August Bibliothek (Wolfenbüttel) and the Leibniz Institute for European History (Mainz, Germany).

Research Interest

His research focuses on medical and cultural responses to plagues in late medieval and early modern Europe, particularly in German-speaking lands.