Elke-Vera Kotowski

Elke-Vera Kotowski (* 1961 in Hagen ) is a German social scientist .

Life

Kotowski studied political, literary and cultural studies as well as philosophy in Berlin and Duisburg (graduate social scientist 1990). From 1990 to 1994 she worked as an editor at Zeitgeist Verlag in Düsseldorf. From 1994 to 2000 she worked at the Chair for German-Jewish History (Professorship Julius H. Schoeps ) at the Historical Institute of the University of Potsdam . In 2000 she was awarded a Dr. phil. PhD. Since then she has worked at the Moses Mendelssohn Center for European-Jewish Studies in Potsdam and coordinator of the Walther-Rathenau-Graduiertenkolleg. She is the author and editor of numerous publications.

Fonts (selection)

• Hostile Dioscuri. Theodor Lessing and Ludwig Klages. The failure of a childhood friendship (1885–1899) . Jewish publishing house, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-934658-09-1 (= Sifria . Volume 3).
• with Julius H. Schoeps , Hiltrud Wallenborn (Hrsg.): Handbook for the history of the Jews in Europe . 2 volumes, Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 2011, ISBN 3-89678-419-6 .
• Theodor Lessing (1872-1933). Philosopher - Feuilletonist - Volksbildner , published by the Centrum Judaicum , Hentrich & Hentrich , Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-941450-05-9 (= Jewish miniatures , volume 87).
• (Ed.): Structure . Mouthpiece, home, myth. History (s) of a German-Jewish newspaper from New York 1934 to today , published by the Centrum Judaicum, Hentrich & Hentrich, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-942271-19-6 (= Jewish miniatures , volume 109).
• Valeska Gert . A life in dance, film and cabaret , published by the Centrum Judaicum, Hentrich & Hentrich, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-942271-53-0 (= Jewish miniatures . Volume 123).
• with Gideon Botsch et al. (Ed.): "… And act with reason": Contributions to the history of European-Jewish relationships. Festschrift for the 20th anniversary of the Moses Mendelssohn Center . Olms, Hildesheim u. a. 2012, ISBN 978-3-487-14736-9 (= Haskala . Volume 50).
• with Maria Berger, Uri Faber (Ed.): Synagogues in Brandenburg. Search for clues . Hentrich & Hentrich, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-95565-014-8 .
• (Ed.): The cultural heritage of German-speaking Jews. A search for traces in the countries of origin, transit and emigration. de Gruyter Oldenbourg, Berlin / Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-11-030479-4 (= European-Jewish studies, articles . Volume 9).
• with Dekel Peretz: Franz Oppenheimer , pioneer of the social market economy , published by the Centrum Judaicum, Hentrich & Hentrich, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-95565-068-1 (= Jewish miniatures , volume 157).

Web links

• Literature by and about Elke-Vera Kotowski in the catalog of the German National Library
• Works by and about Elke-Vera Kotowski  in the German Digital Library
• Search for Elke-Vera Kotowski in the SPK digital portal of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
• Short biography and reviews of works by Elke-Vera Kotowski at perlentaucher.de
• Elke-Vera Kotowski at the Moses Mendelssohn Center for European-Jewish Studies