Martin Ott

Is Professor of Franconian History and founding director of the eponymous Institute of the Universities of Bayreuth and Bamberg at Thurnau. He was awarded his MA, Phd and Habilation from LMU Munich, and was a lecturer at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. He is the author of Salzhandel in der Mitte Europas. Raumorganisation und wirtschaftliche Außenbeziehungen zwischen Bayern, Schwaben und der Schweiz, 1750-1815 (Munich 2013) and Die Entdeckung des Altertums and Der Umgang mit der römischen Vergangenheit Süddeutschlands im 16. Jahrhundert (Kallmünz 2002). His current research interests include structural transformations in Franconia across time and spacial constructions and dynamics in regional history.