Dorothea Fischer-Hornung
Biographic Data
| ID | 1716916 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dorothea Fischer-Hornung |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dorothea |
| FAMILY NAME | Fischer-Hornung |
| SIGNATURE | FISCHER-HORNUNG D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Heidelberg University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9266-1361 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Working Together with Alfred Hornung over the Years
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Charting the future
The Introduction to the special issue "Charting the Future: Twentieth-anniversary issue of Atlantic Studies: Global Currents" traces the first two decades of the journal's publication.A survey of essays serves to exemplify its methodological and theoretical perspectives that embody fundamental questions moving beyond the historical paradigm of Atlantic Studies to explore, for example, images and paintings, cultural theory, the novel and poetry, a…
Nurturing Transatlantic Ties
For us, John was a friend with whom we shared so many wonderful times in many countries. We miss discussing ideas with him, laughing with him, and exchanging good stories and adventures with him. Many a tale could be told about adventures we had together over the years. It all started with the idea of MELUS-Europe. When Heike returned from the MLA conference in the United States in 1995, she told Dorothea about a MELUS dinner where several people…
The hidden Atlantic
On a late autumn day, Michael Zeuske and I met in his office at the University of Cologne to discuss his most recent research on the “Hidden Atlantic.” We talked about his eight years of archival w
Response to Gopalan Balachandran, “Atlantic paradigms and aberrant histories”
For a decade, Atlantic Studies has explored the conceptual, historical, and cultural exchanges within this specific space from the early modern to the present day. The addition of the subtitle Glob
On worldedness, literature, and culture
Eric Hayot is Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature and Asian Studies at Penn State University, where his research focuses on transnational history of literary and cultural forms, as we
Moodling beyond Bollywood
A report on an interdisciplinary e-course experiment on language, literature and culture in the Indian Diaspora. One of the rich potentials of the World Wide Web is to enable international and interdisciplinary projects by utilizing e-learning technologies. Further, contemporary students are used to structuring much of their public and private life and learning around the use of electronic technologies. Certainly, when learning, thinking and work…
Keep alive the powers of Africa
As the site of the first black republic and the center of the African diasporic culture of Vodoun, the island of Haiti undoubtedly plays a central role in the African American imaginary in multifaceted ways. Katherine Dunham, Zora Neale CitationHurston, and Maya Deren, each in turn, attempted to decipher the meaning of Vodoun and Hoodoo for the community of practitioners, for non-practitioners, as well as for themselves in the context of their li…
When Passion Makes Ideas Travel
Alfred Hornung, William Boelhower, Heike Raphael-Hernandez, Dorothea Fischer-Hornung, Rocio G. Davis; When Passion Makes Ideas Travel In Memory of Katharin
Keep alive the powers of Africa
As the site of the first black republic and the center of the African diasporic culture of Vodoun, the island of Haiti undoubtedly plays a central role in the African American imaginary in multifaceted ways. Katherine Dunham, Zora Neale CitationHurston, and Maya Deren, each in turn, attempted to decipher the meaning of Vodoun and Hoodoo for the community of practitioners, for non-practitioners, as well as for themselves in the context of their li…
When Passion Makes Ideas Travel
Alfred Hornung, William Boelhower, Heike Raphael-Hernandez, Dorothea Fischer-Hornung, Rocio G. Davis; When Passion Makes Ideas Travel In Memory of Katharin
Keep alive the powers of Africa
As the site of the first black republic and the center of the African diasporic culture of Vodoun, the island of Haiti undoubtedly plays a central role in the African American imaginary in multifaceted ways. Katherine Dunham, Zora Neale CitationHurston, and Maya Deren, each in turn, attempted to decipher the meaning of Vodoun and Hoodoo for the community of practitioners, for non-practitioners, as well as for themselves in the context of their li…
Moodling beyond Bollywood
A report on an interdisciplinary e-course experiment on language, literature and culture in the Indian Diaspora. One of the rich potentials of the World Wide Web is to enable international and interdisciplinary projects by utilizing e-learning technologies. Further, contemporary students are used to structuring much of their public and private life and learning around the use of electronic technologies. Certainly, when learning, thinking and work…
Response to Gopalan Balachandran, “Atlantic paradigms and aberrant histories”
For a decade, Atlantic Studies has explored the conceptual, historical, and cultural exchanges within this specific space from the early modern to the present day. The addition of the subtitle Glob
On worldedness, literature, and culture
Eric Hayot is Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature and Asian Studies at Penn State University, where his research focuses on transnational history of literary and cultural forms, as we
The hidden Atlantic
On a late autumn day, Michael Zeuske and I met in his office at the University of Cologne to discuss his most recent research on the “Hidden Atlantic.” We talked about his eight years of archival w
Charting the future
The Introduction to the special issue "Charting the Future: Twentieth-anniversary issue of Atlantic Studies: Global Currents" traces the first two decades of the journal's publication.A survey of essays serves to exemplify its methodological and theoretical perspectives that embody fundamental questions moving beyond the historical paradigm of Atlantic Studies to explore, for example, images and paintings, cultural theory, the novel and poetry, a…
Nurturing Transatlantic Ties
For us, John was a friend with whom we shared so many wonderful times in many countries. We miss discussing ideas with him, laughing with him, and exchanging good stories and adventures with him. Many a tale could be told about adventures we had together over the years. It all started with the idea of MELUS-Europe. When Heike returned from the MLA conference in the United States in 1995, she told Dorothea about a MELUS dinner where several people…
Working Together with Alfred Hornung over the Years
.
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