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Profile
| Academic position | Emeritus |
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| Research fields | History of Science,Other Areas of History,English and American Literature |
| Keywords | Mensch und Kosmos, Astronomie und Geistesgeschichte, die Erde als Stern?, Kopernikanismus, Literature & Cosmology |
Current contact address
| Country | Canada |
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| City | Vancouver |
| Institution | University of British Columbia |
| Institute | Department of English |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Götz Schmitz | Institut für Anglistik, Amerikanistik und Keltologie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn |
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| Prof. Dr. Andreas Kühne | Lehrstuhl für Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), München |
| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/07/1990 |
Program(s)
| 1987 | Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme |
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| 2011 | Konrad Adenauer Research Award Programme |
Nominator's project description
| Professor Danielson is an outstanding historian of literature and ideas, who has made exceptional scholarly contributions to the study of the poet John Milton and his intellectual achievements. Professor Danielson has also challenged the conceptions of both scientists and scholars in the humanities about the historical and cosmological meaning of the Copernican Revolution. During his stay in Germany he will continue his interdisciplinary study of the literary, cultural, and scientific reception of Copernicanism. |