Bernhard Dahm
Bernhard Dahm (born August 30, 1932 in Kirchen (Sieg) ) is Professor of Non-European History and held the Chair of Southeast Asian Studies at the University of Passau from 1984 to 1997.
Life
Bernhard Dahm, the second son of the pastor Wilhelm Dahm and his Sumatra- born wife Margarete (née Beisenherz), grew up in Burbach- Niederdresselnorf . After being in Dillenburg / Hessen Graduated from 1952 Wilhelm von Orange-school had taken off, he studied at the universities of Marburg and Kiel , first German and English literature and later history and political science . After the state examination in Kiel in 1960, he received a scholarship to study Indonesian history and culture in the Netherlands. After receiving his doctorate in Kiel (1964) study trips to Southeast Asia and invitations to the Department of Southeast Asia Studies at Yale University in the USA followed, initially as a Postdoctoral Fellow and Visiting Lecturer, from January 1972 to July 1973 again as a visiting professor in the department there of History.
In the meantime Bernhard Dahm had completed his habilitation at the University of Kiel, where he taught non-European history from 1973 to 1984. When the chair for Southeast Asian Studies was established at the University of Passau in 1984, Dahm was appointed the first chair holder and remained its head until his retirement (1997).
One of the main focuses of his teaching was the often overlooked after-effects of pre-colonial cultural traditions in the Southeast Asian states that became independent after the Second World War. During his tenure, seven international conferences were held in Passau on these and other topics relating to modern Southeast Asia.
For his work José Rizal . The national hero of the Filipinos , history professor Dahm was awarded the German-Filipino culture prize in Berlin in 2010.
Bernhard Dahm has been with Elke born in 1961. Vieth married and has two daughters.
Fonts (selection)
As an author:
- Sukarno's struggle for Indonesia's independence. Metzner, Frankfurt am Main 1966 (dissertation); Dutch edition 1966; American edition 1969; Indonesian edition 1987.
- History of Indonesia in the Twentieth Century. Praeger, New York / London 1971.
- Attempts at emancipation from colonial rule in Southeast Asia. The Philippines and Indonesia. A comparison. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1974 (habilitation thesis).
- Southeast Asian Studies in the USA, Western Europe and the Federal Republic of Germany. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1975.
- Indonesia. History of a developing country 1945–1971. Brill, Leiden / Cologne 1978.
- José Rizal. The national hero of the Filipinos. Muster-Schmidt, Göttingen 1988; 2nd edition equals 2010.
As editor:
- with Werner Draghun: Politics, Society and Economy in the ASEAN States. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1984.
- Economy and Politics in the Philippines under Corazon Aquino. Institute for Asian Studies, Hamburg 1991.
- with Vincent JH Houben : Vietnamese Villages in Transition. Department of Southeast Asian Studies, Passau 1999.
- with Roderich Ptak: Southeast Asia Handbook. History, society, politics, economy, culture. Beck, Munich 1999.
Web links
- Literature by and about Bernhard Dahm in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dahm, Bernhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German university professor, professor of non-European history at the University of Passau |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 30, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Churches (victory) |