Axel Horstmann (classical philologist)

Axel E.-A. Horstmann (born August 26, 1945 in Halle (Westf.) ) Is a German classical philologist.

Horstmann studied classical philology , philosophy and Protestant theology , received his doctorate in 1971 at the Ruhr University Bochum under Hellmut Flashar and completed his habilitation in philosophy in Hamburg in 1986. He teaches there as a private lecturer in philosophy.

He was a member of the management of the Volkswagen Foundation , Hanover, with responsibility for the humanities and social sciences as well as the Lower Saxony Vorab. From 2010 to 2014 he was Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Hanns Lilje Foundation in succession to Jürgen Fitschen .

Philological fields of work are the Hellenistic poet Theokritos and the history of classical philology , especially August Boeckh .

Fonts (selection)

• Irony and humor in Theocritus (= contributions to classical philology. Volume 67). A. Hain, Meisenheim am Glan 1976 (also dissertation Bochum 1976).
• with Hellmut Flashar and Karlfried Founders : Philology and Hermeutics in the 19th Century. On the history and methodology of the humanities. Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 1979, ( online ).
• Ancient theoria and modern science. August Boeckh's conception of philology. Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main et al. 1992 (revised version of the habilitation thesis, University of Hamburg 1986).
• Ernst Vogt, August Böckh's work as a challenge for our time. Axel Horstmann, Why Humanities? August Boeckh's answer. Two lectures with a foreword by Ursula Schaefer . November 24, 1997. Humboldt University of Berlin 1998, (PDF) .

Web links

• Axel Horstmann in the Hamburg professor catalog
• Short biography as a member of the board of trustees of the Hanns Lilje Foundation