Karin Priem is Professor Emerita at the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History. A former president of the German History of Education Research Association (2007–2011), Karin is currently President of the. Her research focuses on visual and material history from post-anthropocentric perspectives; the history of media and technology; the history of humanitarian organizations; the history of ecological relations; and and the history of entrepreneurship and social-educational reform. She was a member of the advisory board of the and the (Klinkhardt). She is co-editor of the book series (De Gruyter), (De Gruyter), and of (De Gruyter). Karin serves as a member of the international scientific board of (Società Italiana di Pedagogia) and (Armando). She is also a member of the international advisory board of (Taylor & Francis) and corresponding international member of the at the University of Birmingham. In addition, Karin serves as an international advisor of the research project (PID2020-113677GB-I00, funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033) at the University of the Balearic Islands. International Standing Conference for the History of Education (ISCHE) Revue Suisse des Sciences de l’Éducation Jahrbuch für Historische Bildungsforschung Pedagogia Oggi Paedagogica Historica DOMUS Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Histories of Education and Childhood Studies in the History of Education and Culture | Studien zur Bildungs- und Kulturgeschichte Appearances: Studies in Visual Research Public History from European Perspectives Historia educationis Public History of Education in Spain (1970-2020): Social Perceptions, Memories and Construction of Imaginaries about Teachers and their Practices
She completed her dissertation on the social history of orphanages (1820-1918) at the in 1990 and, in 1999, also her habilitation on the intellectual biography of the German philosopher Eduard Spranger. Karin Priem since her early career has won prestigious awards (, Habilitations-Stipendium der and Marbach-Vollstipendium der Deutschen Schillergesellschaft am ). She has curated exhibitions on the history of orphanages and domestic servants, was invited as tutor of many international doctoral and summer schools, is in high demand as an international scholar and academic adviser, and for many years served as PI of third-party funded projects at the University of Luxembourg. University of Tübingen Landesgraduiertenförderung Baden-Württemberg Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft Deutschen Literaturarchiv
Currently, Karin is coordinating an international team of researchers who is working on the ISCHE Education and Pandemics Digital Archive (). In addition, she has accepted a 2022 scholarship awarded by the . https://www.ische.org/education-and-pandemics-archive/#/ Swiss Iron Library
