Helge Gerndt

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Helge Gerndt (born September 16, 1939 in Dresden ) is a German folklorist .

Life

Gerndt first studied folklore, German and geography at the Universities of Kiel and Vienna . In 1966 he received his doctorate from Kiel University with the dissertation Fliegender Holländer und Klabautermann. Legendary figures of the sea . 1973 followed the habilitation thesis at the University of Munich : Vierbergelauf. Present and history of a Carinthian custom . In 1979 he became a professor of folklore at the University of Regensburg . In the following year he was appointed to the chair of folklore at the University of Munich. He has been an emeritus since 2004 .

Between 1987 and 1991 he was the first chairman of the German Society for Folklore (DGV), and since 1994 he has been co- editor of the Encyclopedia of Fairy Tales .

Gerndt has published on cultural theory and methodology , the history of science , narrative and custom research , contemporary everyday culture and the cultural meaning of images .

In 2020 Gerndt will be awarded the European Fairy Tale Prize for his life's work .

Publications

  • Flying Dutchman and Klabautermann. Legendary figures of the sea. Kiel 1966. Printed by: Göttingen 1971.
  • Vierbergauf. Present and history of a Carinthian custom. Klagenfurt, Bonn 1973 (From Research and Art Volume 20).
  • Culture as a field of research. About folklore thinking and working . Munich 1981, 2nd edition 1986.
  • Folklore study script. A handout for students. Munich 1990 (Munich Contributions to Folklore Volume 12). ³1997.
  • Cultural Studies in the Age of Globalization. Folklore markings. Münster u. a. 2002 (Munich contributions to folklore)
  • The everyday picture. Perspectives of a folklore image science. (= Munich contributions to folklore; vol. 33) Waxmann, Münster a. a. 2005, ISBN 3-8309-1553-5

literature

  • Folklore study script. A handout for students. Munich 1990.
  • Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar 2005. Volume I, A – H. Munich 2005.
  • Who is who? The German who's who. Founded by Walter Habel. XLIV. Edition 2005/2006. Lübeck 2005.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Press release of the Märchen-Stiftung from May 11, 2020, accessed on May 14, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Gerndt, Helge
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German folklorist
DATE OF BIRTH September 16, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden