Prof. Dr. Peter Uwe Hohendahl

Profil

Derzeitige StellungEmeritus
FachgebietGermanistische Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaften (Neuere deutsche Literatur)
KeywordsContinuation of conservative thought after 1945

Aktuelle Kontaktadresse

LandUSA
OrtIthaca
Universität/InstitutionCornell University
Institut/AbteilungDepartment of German Studies

Gastgeber*innen während der Förderung

Prof. Dr. Erhard SchützInstitut für deutsche Literatur, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Rüdiger SteinleinInstitut für deutsche Literatur, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin
Beginn der ersten Förderung01.01.2007

Programm(e)

2005Humboldt-Forschungspreis-Programm für Geisteswissenschaftler*innen

Projektbeschreibung der*des Nominierenden

For the past forty years Professor Peter Uwe Hohendahl has been an influential intellectual mediator between Germany and the United States. His extensive scholarly work has centered on German and European literature from the eighteenth to the twentieth century and questions of literary and social theory. His recent writings on the history and present state of the university and especially his essays on the relationship between Humboldt's idea of the university and the development of the American research have been important contributions to the present German-American dialogue on higher education. His research project seeks to reexamine the role of conservative thought in post-war Germany. In particular, his research will focus on Carl Schmitt and Ernst Juenger and their significance for the present debate on totalitarianism.

Publikationen (Auswahl)

2013Peter Uwe Hohendahl: Erfundene Welten, Relektüren zu Form und Zeitstruktur in Ernst Jüngers erzählender Prosa. Wilhelm Fink Verlag, 2013
2008Peter Uwe Hohendahl: Heinrich Heine: Europäischer Schriftsteller und Intellektueller. Erich Schmidt Verlag, 2008