Hildegard Hammerschmidt-Hummel

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Hildegard Hammerschmidt-Hummel (born January 21, 1944 in Bad Wünnenberg ) is a German English scholar and literary scholar .

Career

Hildegard Hammerschmidt-Hummel studied English , American , history and political science in Marburg from 1967 to 1972 . In 1972 she received her doctorate with the dissertation "The historical drama in England (1956-1971)". 1977 habilitation they are in Mainz on "The import commodities trading city of London as voice and image area of Elizabethan drama." 1978/79 she was a board member of the Association of Scientists at Research Institutes eV in Munich . In 1978 she became head of the cultural department at the German Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Toronto ( German Consul for Cultural Affairs ). There she worked on the scientific framework program for the art exhibition "German Masters of the Nineteenth Century" in the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto.

In 1982 Hammerschmidt-Hummel resumed teaching at the University of Mainz. She became a senior research assistant at the Shakespeare picture archive there, from 1996 at the Mainz Academy of Sciences and Literature , founded by Horst Oppel . As part of the DFG and academy project "The Shakespeare Illustration", she took over the expansion and edition of the collection of the Shakespeare picture archive. In 1984/85 she was visiting professor for British and American Studies at the University of Kassel , and in 1996/97 she received a DFG research grant for the book project "Authentic Portraits of William Shakespeare".

Scientific work

Since 1972 Hammerschmidt-Hummel has published numerous work- and author-centered articles on Shakespeare research, including a compendium with 3000 visual artistic illustrations for Shakespeare's dramas.

Selected publications

  • The secret of Shakespeare's 'Dark Lady'. Documentation of a revelation. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1999
  • What did Shakespeare Look Like? Authentic Portraits and the Death Mask. Methods and Results of the Tests of Authenticity. AMS, New York 2000.
  • The hidden existence of William Shakespeare. Poet and rebel in the Catholic underground. Herder, Freiburg 2001, ISBN 3-451-27417-5 (new ISBN 978-3-451-27417-6 ).
  • William Shakespeare. His time - his life - his work. Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 2003, ISBN 3-8053-2958-X .
  • “The Shakespeare Illustration (1594-2000). Visual artistic representations of the dramas of William Shakespeare ”: Catalog, history, function and interpretation. With artist lexicon, classified bibliography and registers. With 3100 black and white illustrations. 3 parts. Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden 2003, ISBN 3-447-04626-0 (new ISBN 978-3-447-04626-8 ).
  • The authentic facial features of William Shakespeare. The poet's death mask and portraits from three periods of life. Georg Olms, Hildesheim 2006.
    • The True Face of William Shakespeare. The Poet's Death Mask and Likenesses from Three Periods of his Life. Chaucer Press, London 2006.
  • The Life and Times of William Shakespeare 1564-1616. Chaucer Press, London 2007.

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personal data
SURNAME Hammerschmidt-Hummel, Hildegard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German English and literary scholar
DATE OF BIRTH January 21, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Wünnenberg