Prof. Dr. Christine Hünefeldt

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsOther Areas of History
Keywordsurban history, history of slavery, gender history, scientific expeditions, circulation of scientific ideas

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityLa Jolla
InstitutionUniversity of California, San Diego
InstituteDepartment of History

Host during sponsorship

Dr. Petra WeigelUniversitäts- und Forschungsbibliothek Erfurt/ Gotha, Sammlung Perthes, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Gotha
Prof. Dr. Ulrich MückeFachbereich Geschichte, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg
Start of initial sponsorship01/03/2012

Programme(s)

2011Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Hünefeldt is well known internationally for her outstanding research in Latin American and Peruvian History. She has made important contributions to our understanding of the daily life and popular culture of the working classes, women and slaves in nineteenth-century Peru. Professor Hünefeldt combines long-ranging archival research with an innovative research agenda. During her stay in Germany, she will do research on scientific expeditions to the Amazon Basin with a special focus on the nineteenth century.