Petra Tabarelli
Archivist • Historian • Author • Specialist
Affiliation
Head of the local archive of Bingen on the Rhine
Appointed member of the German Academy of Football Culture
Vice chairwoman Historische Gesellschaft Bingen
Research Interests
Public History & Nostalgia
Focus: British Romantic Rhine Tourism (1813-1863), Nostalgia in Midsomer Murders (Inspector Barnaby)
Football History
Focus: Development of Football Rules
My Services
There are several ways to work with me: Presentations, interviews, guest articles, columns, short stories, genealogy research, …
Interested? Then take a look at my services.
Biography
Please also refer to my introduction in German and in English.
While studying history and cultural anthropology at Mainz University (as well as musicology and a few semesters of computer science), I started working for the town administration of Bingen on the Rhine and to record the local archive. 2018-2024 I am working part-time as head of the archive, and from July 2024, I will manage the archive full-time.
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My research is all about the 19th century and nostalgia research from the perspective of a public and cultural historian. I’m particularly interested in British tourism on the Romantic Rhine, which is quite different from the German Romantic Rhine, but which are nevertheless interdependent. I’m focusing on the period after the lifting of the Continental Blockade up to the beginning of railway tourism on the Romantic Rhine.
As I’m an archivist in Bingen on the Rhine, I naturally focus on the Binger Loch.
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I also work as an independent football historian, combining my passions with history. As an international football rules pundit I work with the highest football rules institution, the International Football Association Board. I keen in writing articles and being interviewed for radio and television. Over the last few years, my website “Nachspielzeiten” has collected numerous German and English-language articles on the history of football rules and refereeing. I have worked with The IFAB, DFB, Der Kicker, Deutschlandfunk, Rasenfunk, ZDF/TerraX and other TV stations (SAT.1, SWR, HR), the British Society of Sports History, Soccerex and others.
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As a football historian, I’m passionate about history. I also have a passion for nostalgia research. I’m really into nostalgia and public history, especially Midsomer Murders (Inspector Barnaby).
On MidsomerMurdersHistory.org I have published a chronology of the fictional county district of Midsomer based on the episodes so far, as well as a list of all the history-related events in the series, as well as some background on the filming locations and… Let’s see what else I can come up with.
Publications
(see for more on my profile on academia.edu)
Book
- Petra Tabarelli: Simon Rosenberger, der vergessene Fußballpionier (= Jüdische Miniaturen). Berlin 2022.
- 150 Jahre MGV 1866 Ockenheim, 1866-2016. Schlaglichter aus der 150-jährigen Vereinsgeschichte. Ockenheim 2016.
Chapter in book
- Jüdische Sportjournalist*innen und -journalisten beim Kicker – Willy Meisl, Stella Bloch, Ludwig Isenburger, Simon Rosenberger. In: Einig, Furchtlos, Treu. Der Kicker im Nationalsozialismus – eine Aufarbeitung. Die Werkstatt: Göttingen 2022.
- Jedem Anfang wohnt ein Zauber inne. In: 1. FSV Mainz 05. Fußballfibel. Oldenburg 2021.
- Dem Vulkan geweiht – Bingen und das Binger Land, 4. Juni 1689. In: Kartographie der Zerstörung. Alzey 2020.
- Die Stadtverwaltung Bingen und ihr Personal 1933-1945. In: Bingen im Nationalsozialismus – Quellen und Studien. Bad Kreuznach 2018.
- Die Überlieferung des Binger Stadtarchivs als Spiegel der kommunalen Verwaltungstätigkeit in der NS-Zeit. In: Bingen im Nationalsozialismus – Quellen und Studien. Bad Kreuznach 2018.
CfA
- Victoria College in Bingen on the Rhine. In: Playing Pasts, 2022.
Presentation
- The beginnings of modern football and the first men’s World Cup in 1930 (Soccerex Heritage 2021) (nicht online)
- Influence of Covid-19 on football (m & f) in Germany (Edinburgh Critical Studies in Sport) (nicht online)
Journal Article
- DFB Schiedsrichter-Zeitung (Refereeing Magazine of the German Football Association) about Simon Rosenberger – Die Grenzen des Spiels – So kam der Referee ins Spiel– Abseits ist, wenn…, Teil 1 – Abseits ist, wenn…, Teil 2
Other (Digital/Visual Media)
- Columns about football rules, women in football and more football history in German for 1&1 Mail & Media Applications SW – GMX | WEB.DE | mail.com
- Long Read: Simon Rosenberger. Jüdischer Fußballfunktionär und Fußballjournalist (1885-1931) (Rheinische Geschichte)
- Short Biography: Simon Rosenberger. A forgotten pioneer (Football Makes History)
Interview as an Expert for the History of Football Rules
- Terra X Geschichte – Der Podcast (ZDF): Der Fußball und seine Geschichte
- alle wetter! (hr Fernsehen, Live): Wetter & Fußballregeln
- Sport Inside Podcast (WDR 5): Der „Kicker“ im Nationalsozialismus – eine fast vergessene Geschichte
- Deutschlandfunk: „Frauen und Fußball hat lange nicht ins patriarchalische Bild gepasst“
Recent project as an Archivist
- Die Geschichte des Binger Winzerfestes
- OER zu 75 Jahre Rheinland-Pfalz (Kooperation mit dem VGD Rheinland-Pfalz)
- ArchivDingsTag
- Leitfaden für die Familienforschung
- Workbook „Ordnung im Familienarchiv – sinnvoll und effizient“