Hans-Georg Knopp
Hans-Georg Knopp (born January 13, 1945 in Bernburg ) is a German humanities scholar and cultural manager.
Life
From 1966 to 1974 Hans-Georg Knopp studied theology , religious studies , Indology , Arabic studies , sociology and political science in Tübingen , Vienna , Marburg and Gießen . In 1974 he was in the subject Indology at the University of Marburg Dr. phil. PhD.
From 1974 to 1996, Hans-Georg Knopp worked for the Goethe Institute in Bombay , Colombo , Jakarta , Singapore , Chicago and Munich . From 1996 to 2002 he was Secretary General and from 2002 to 2005 Artistic Director at the House of World Cultures in Berlin . From 2005 to 2012 he was Secretary General of the Goethe Institute in Munich.
Hans-Georg Knopp is married and has two children.
Web links
- Hans-Georg Knopp in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
- Speech by Hans-Georg Knopp on the occasion of the handover to Johannes Ebert , January 25, 2012
Helmuth Brückmann (Director; 1952–1958) | Richard Wolf (Director; 1958–1965) | Werner Ross (Director; 1965–1973) | Hans Hermann Kahle (1973–1976) | Horst Harnischfeger (1976–1996) | Joachim Sartorius (1996-2000) | Joachim-Felix Leonhard (2001–2003) | Horst Harnischfeger (2003) | Andreas Schlueter (2004) | Wolfgang Bader (2005, provisional) | Hans-Georg Knopp (2005–2012) | Johannes Ebert (since March 1, 2012)
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Knopp, Hans-Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German humanities scholar and cultural manager |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 13, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bernburg |