Martin Uhrmacher studied history, historical regional studies, classical archaeology and ancient history at the University of Trier. His dissertation, supervised by Franz Irsigler, is dedicated to the history of leprosories in the Rhineland from the 12th to the 18th century. He has been teaching and researching at the Institute for History since the University was founded in 2003.
He earned his Magister Artium “with Distinction” from the University of Trier in 1998 and went on to complete his doctoral studies, receiving his Dr. phil. summa cum laude in 2007. In 2014, he was granted the right to supervise doctoral candidates (Autorisation à diriger des recherche) by the Faculty Council of the Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education at the University of Luxembourg.
His academic career began as a Research Fellow at the University of Trier (1998-2002), where he contributed to the “Historical Atlas of the Rhineland” project and worked within the Sonderforschungsbereich 235 “Between Rhine and Meuse: Relations, encounters and conflicts in a European core region from Late Antiquity to the nineteenth century” on the project “Hospitals in the region between Rhine, Moselle and Meuse from the 7th to the 15th century” under the direction of Prof. Dr. Franz Irsigler and Prof. Dr. Michel Pauly. In 2003, he joined the newly established University of Luxembourg as a Research Associate, later advancing to Senior Lecturer (2015-2018) before his appointment as Assistant Professor in July 2018.
Martin Uhrmacher has led numerous research projects focused on Luxembourg’s urban history, including several iterations of the “Histoire des villes luxembourgeoises” project (2010-2019). His recent work has culminated in the development of Luxatlas.lu, a digital and interactive historical atlas of the city of Luxembourg. Additionally, he has made significant contributions to the edition of medieval account books of Luxembourg City.
His scholarly recognition includes the “Hans-Richard-Winz-Preis” (2006) for excellence in research on the history of leprosy and a publication grant from the Fonds National de la Recherche Luxembourg (2011).
Martin Uhrmacher maintains active involvement in numerous academic organizations. Among his many memberships, he serves as board member and treasurer of the Centre Luxembourgeois de Documentation et d’Études Médiévales, as an honorary member of the Institut Grand-Ducal de Luxembourg’s historical section, and as a member of the International Commission for the History of Towns’ Atlas Working Group. He also serves as a member of the Scientific Advisory Council of the Gesellschaft für Leprakunde e.V., as an elected member of the Kommission für Saarländische Landesgeschichte und Volksforschung e.V., and is a member of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Krankenhausgeschichte e.V. He contributes to doctoral education at the University of Luxembourg as a member of the Scientific Board of the Doctoral Training Unit “Data Science of Digital History” (since 2022) and previously served on the Scientific Board of the Doctoral Training Unit “Digital History and Hermeneutics” (2016-2021).
His research areas encompass historical regional studies of Luxembourg, the Greater Region and the Rhineland, as well as urban history, social and economic history, historical cartography and the history of epidemics.
