Holger Fischer

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Holger Fischer (* 1946 in Nordholz ) is a German Finnougrist who worked at the University of Hamburg .

Life

After studying history, geography, pedagogy and Finnish-Ugrian studies at the University of Hamburg (1968–1973) and at the Loránd Eötvös University of Budapest (1971–1972), Fischer received his doctorate in Southeast European history in 1978. From 1973 to 1987 he worked in the science administration of the University of Hamburg; From 1987 he was Scientific Secretary of the newly founded Center for Hungarology in the Finnish-Ugric Seminary, the predecessor of today's Institute for Finno-Ugric / Ural Studies . After his habilitation in 2001, he was awarded the academic title of Professor in 2002.

Fischer is the coordinator of the Socrates program "Finno-Ugric Studies, Hungarology, Fennistics ". He was visiting professor at the universities of Jyväskylä , Vienna, Florence, Paris and Padua. From April 2003 to July 2014, Fischer was Vice President of the University of Hamburg with responsibility for studying and teaching. He is a member of the “Governance & Policies” group at the University Forum on Digitization , initiated by the Center for University Development, the University Rectors ' Conference and the Stifterverband , which is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research .

Book publications

  • Oszkár Jászi and Mihály Károlyi. A contribution to the nationality politics of the bourgeois-democratic opposition in Hungary from 1900 to 1918 and its realization in the bourgeois-democratic government from 1918 to 1919. Munich 1978 (Studia Hungarica 17), ISBN 3-87828-130-7 .
  • Politics and History in Hungary. Hungarian history from 1918 to the present in the historiography since 1956. Munich 1982 (investigations on contemporary studies of Southeastern Europe 19).
  • The non-agricultural ancillary activity of large agricultural holdings - LPGs and state property - Hungary. Saarbrücken 1989 (writings on economic geography and economic history 2).
  • Holger Fischer, Konrad Gündisch: A Little History of Hungary. edition suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 1999, ISBN 3-518-12114-6 .

(Co-) editor of monographs

  • with Wolfgang Bachofer: Hungary - Germany. Studies in language, culture, geography and history. Scientific colloquia of the Hungarian Business and Culture Days in Hamburg 1982. Munich 1983 (Studia Hungarica 24).
  • with Eckart Krause and Ludwig Huber: Everyday university life in the “Third Reich”. The Hamburg University 1933–1945 . 3 vols. Berlin / Hamburg 1991 (= Hamburg contributions to the history of science. Volume 3).
  • with Ferenc Szabadváry: Technology transfer and science exchange between Hungary and Germany. Aspects of historical relationships in science and technology. Munich 1995 (Southeast European Works 94).
  • The image of Hungary in Germany and the image of Germany in Hungary. Materials from the scientific symposium on May 26 and 27, 1995 in Hamburg. Munich 1996 (from research on Southeastern Europe 6).
  • The Hungarian Revolution of 1848/49. Comparative Aspects of the Revolutions in Hungary and Germany. Hamburg 1999 (contributions to German and European history 27).
  • German-Hungarian relations in science and technology after the Second World War. Munich 1999 (Southeast European Works 103).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Homepage topic group Governance & Policies, accessed on April 2, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Fischer, Holger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Finnougrist
DATE OF BIRTH 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Nordholz