Ludger Mees

Ludger Mees
Mees in 2019
Born
Ludger Karl Paul Mees

1957 (age 68–69)
Essen, West Germany
EmployerUniversity of the Basque Country
Academic background
Education

Ludger Karl Paul Mees (born 1957) is a German historian and professor of history at the University of the Basque Country. His research focuses on the political history of the Basque Country during the 20th century.

Biography

Mees was born in Essen. As a child, he visited Guernica with his family, where he became interested in Basque culture. He received a PhD in history from Bielefeld University, where he worked as an assistant professor until 1991. He co-wrote El péndulo patriótico. Historia del Partido Nacionalista Vasco (1999) with Santiago de Pablo [eu]. Between 2004 and 2009, he served as vice-rector of the University of the Basque Country.

Personal life

Mees speaks German, English, French, and Basque. He lives in Zarautz with his wife, who hails from Navarre.

Selected bibliography

Books

  • Mees, Ludger (1992). Nacionalismo vasco, movimiento obrero y cuestion social (in Spanish). Sabino Arana. ISBN 978-8488379009.
  • Mees, Ludger (2003). Nationalism, Violence and Democracy: The Basque Clash of Identities. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1403943897.
  • Mees, Ludger; Klaus-Jürgen, Nagel; Puhle, Hans-Jürgen (2005). Kampf um den Wein: Modernisierung und Interessenpolitik im spanischen Weinbau Rioja, Navarra und Katalonien 1860-1940 (in German). Verlag für Geschichte und Politik [de]. ISBN 978-3702804060.
  • De Pablo, Santiago; Mees, Ludger (2005). El péndulo patriótico: historia del Partido Nacionalista Vasco, 1895-2005 (in Spanish). Editorial Crítica [es]. ISBN 978-8484326854.
  • Mees, Ludger (2006). El profeta pragmático: Aguirre, el primer Lehendakari (1939-1960) (in Spanish). Alberdania [eu]. ISBN 978-8496643031.
  • Mees, Ludger (2019). The Basque Contention: Ethnicity, Politics, Violence. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1857439632.

Journal articles

  • Mees, Ludger (January 2000). "The Basque Peace Process, Nationalism and Political Violence". The Management of Peace Processes: 154–194. doi:10.1057/9780333993668_5.
  • Mees, Ludger (January 2001). "Between votes and bullets. Conflicting ethnic identities in the Basque Country". Ethnic and Racial Studies. 24 (5): 798–827. doi:10.1080/01419870120063981.
  • Mees, Ludger (June 2004). "Politics, economy, or culture? The rise and development of Basque nationalism in the light of social movement theory". Theory and Society. 33 (3–4): 311–331. doi:10.1023/B:RYSO.0000038602.33658.92. JSTOR 4144875.
  • Mees, Ludger (January 2015). "Nationalist Politics at the Crossroads: The Basque Nationalist Party and the Challenge of Sovereignty (1998–2014)". Nationalism and Ethnic Politics. 21 (1): 44–62. doi:10.1080/13537113.2015.1003487.
  • Elias, Anwen; Mees, Ludger (April 2017). "Between accommodation and secession: Explaining the shifting territorial goals of nationalist parties in the Basque Country and Catalonia". Revista d'Estudis Autonòmics i Federals (25): 129–165. doi:10.2436/20.8080.01.17.
  • Mees, Ludger (July 2018). "Ethnogenesis in the Pyrenees: The Contentious Making of a National Identity in the Basque Country (1643–2017)". European History Quarterly. 48 (3): 462–489. doi:10.1177/0265691418777994.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Solé, Albert (21 March 2017). "Ludger Mees: "Els polítics els tenim per resoldre problemes, no per passar la patata calenta a la gent"". Ara (in Catalan). Retrieved 9 November 2026.
  2. ↑ Sainz, Jorge (4 April 2010). "«Hace falta el equilibrio entre la ikurriña y la cartera»". El Diario Vasco (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 November 2026.
  3. ↑ Goyoaga, Ander (11 May 2022). ""Es difícil encontrar en la historia del País Vasco un periodo con un nivel de convivencia como el actual"". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 November 2026.
  4. ↑ Hernández, Marta (5 May 2013). "Una historia que contar". Deia (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 November 2026.
  5. ↑ Domínguez, Eunate F. (1 October 2023). "Ludger Mees irakasleak saria jaso du 'The History of Rioja wine. Tradition and Invention' lanarengatik". Noticias de Álava [eu] (in Basque). Retrieved 9 November 2026.
  6. ↑ Aizpeolea, Luis R. (2 September 2019). ""Hay una visión simplista muy extendida sobre el fin de ETA"". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 November 2026.
  7. ↑ Landaburu, Ander (22 April 2012). "75 años después sigue la polémica sobre la masacre". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 November 2026.