Michael Limberger was born in Linz (Austria) in 1966 He studied History and Publicity and Communication at the University of Vienna and followed doctoral studies at the 'European University Institute' Firenze.

He obtained his PhD. at the University of Antwerp - UFSIA with a thesis on Sixteenth-century Antwerp and its rural surroundings. Social and economic changes in the hinterland of a commercial metropolis (ca. 1450- ca. 1570)

He was Teaching assistant and Senior assistant (Doctor-assistent) at the University of Antwerp, Postdoctoral researcher of the Dutch National Organisation for Scientific Research at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) in the framework of the project: 'The metropolis and the state. The autonomy of Amsterdam and Antwerp in a comparative perspective, c. 1530-1830' (under direction of dr. M. 't Hart). (2003-2004), Part-time Assistant Professor at Vesalius College, Vrije Universiteit Brussel for the course on ‘History of Russia and the former Soviet Union’, Lecturer at the Catholic University of Brussels( 2005-2008)

Since 2024 he is Full Professor (hoogleraar) at the History Department at Ghent University (Assistant professor 2008-2013, Associate Professor 2013-2024)

Projects

Projects as supervisor

Projects as researcher

ESIND. Europe's representations of India. Texts, images, and encounters. A COST action (2024 - 2028)

Publications

Key publications

Sixteenth-century Antwerp and its rural surroundings(2008)
- Michael Limberger
The making of the urban fiscal system of Antwerp until 1800: excises, annuities and debt managment(2012)
- Michael Limberger
Public or private interests? The investment behaviour of public officials in Antwerp during the early modern period(2014)
- Nicolas De Vijlder
- Michael Limberger
No town in the world provides more advantages’: economies of agglomeration and the golden age of Antwerp(2001)
- Michael Limberger

Most recent publications

Full bibliography

Teaching

A002010 Maritieme geschiedenis

A002630 Mondiale processen in historisch perspectief

A002366 Geschiedenis van Zuid- en Centraal-Azië

A002716 Geschiedenis van de Europese expansie tijdens de Vroegmoderne Tijd

A002710 Financiële en monetaire geschiedenis: Middeleeuwen en Vroegmoderne Tijd

Services

Coordinator of the UGent-VUB alliance-research group Institute for Early Modern History (IEMH)

Academic Director and Chairman of the Education Committee of the Erasmus+ programme European Master of Global Studies (EMGS) at Ghent University

Member of the Board of the International Network of Atlantic Seaports and Global Interactions

Member of the Scientific committee of Groupement d'intérêt scientifique CNRS d’ Histoire maritime, France, 2015-2024

Member of the Steering Committee of the Flemish-Dutch Association for Early Modern History (Vlaams-Nederlandse Vereniging voor Nieuwe Geschiedenis) since 2015.

Member of the scientific committe of the review “Cuadernos Medievales” (Buenos Aires)

Member of the Editorial Board of Historiant – yearbook of the Association for the history of Antwerp.

Member of the Board of the Linschoten –Vereeniging, The Netherlands, 2011-2023

Woordvoerder van de UGent-VUB alliantie-onderzoeksgroep Instituut voor Vroegmoderne Geschiedenis (IEMH)

Academisch Directeur en voorzitter van het Erasmus+ programma European Master of Global Studies (EMGS) voor Gent

Lid van het wetenschappelijk commité van het International Network of Atlantic Seaports and Global Interactions

Lid Scientific committee of Groupement d'intérêt scientifique CNRS d’ Histoire maritime, France, 2015-2024

Lid Raad van Bestuur van de Vlaams-Nederlandse Vereniging voor Nieuwe Geschiedenis.

Lid scientific committe of the review “Cuadernos Medievales” (Buenos Aires)

Member of the Editorial Board of Historiant – yearbook of the Association for the history of Antwerp.

Lid van Bestuur van de Linschoten –Vereeniging, 2011-2023.