Prof. Dr. Christine Hünefeldt

Profil

Derzeitige StellungProfessor W-3 und Äquivalente
FachgebietWeitere Geschichtswissenschaften
Keywordsurban history, history of slavery, gender history, scientific expeditions, circulation of scientific ideas

Aktuelle Kontaktadresse

LandUSA
OrtLa Jolla
Universität/InstitutionUniversity of California, San Diego
Institut/AbteilungDepartment of History

Gastgeber*innen während der Förderung

Dr. Petra WeigelUniversitäts- und Forschungsbibliothek Erfurt/ Gotha, Sammlung Perthes, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Gotha
Prof. Dr. Ulrich MückeFachbereich Geschichte, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg
Beginn der ersten Förderung01.03.2012

Programm(e)

2011Humboldt-Forschungspreis-Programm für Geisteswissenschaftler*innen

Projektbeschreibung der*des Nominierenden

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.