Theodora Buettner

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Theodora Büttner née Theodora Reichel (born June 17, 1930 in Thum ) is a German historian . Büttner researched the pre-colonial history of Africa and the anti-colonial liberation movement.

Life

Büttner, daughter of a shop assistant and a clerk takes , studied after the Abitur 1949-1953 history and English literature on teaching at the University of Leipzig. From 1946 to 1953 she was a member of the FDJ and then joined the SED . In the same year she became an assistant at the Institute for General History at the University of Leipzig.

1957 Büttner was with a thesis on the medieval socio-religious movement of Circumcellions doctorate and in 1965 with a study on the socio-economic structure Adamaous in the 19th century habilitation . In 1966 she became a lecturer in the history of Africa at the Africa Institute at the University of Leipzig, in 1968 full professor for the history of Africa at the Africa Institute, and from 1969 at the African and Middle Eastern Studies section at the University of Leipzig. From 1988 to 1992 Büttner was a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR . In 1992 she took early retirement . She was married to the Africanist and university professor Kurt Hermann Büttner (* 1926 Königsberg † 1999 Leipzig, GND 1070503185 ).

Works

  • Theodora Büttner: The social-religious movement of the circumcellions (agonites) . in: Hellmut Kretzschmar : From the Middle Ages to the Modern Age: On the 65th birthday of Heinrich Sproemberg . Rütten & Loening , Berlin 1956, DNB 455301425 , (= research on medieval history , volume 1).
  • Theodora Buettner. The Circumcellionen, a social-religious movement , Leipzig 1957, DNB 480701229 , Dissertation University of Leipzig , September 14, 1957.
  • Theodora Büttner, Ernst Werner : Circumcellionen und Adamiten, 2 Formen Medieval Haeresie , Akamedmie-Verlag, Berlin 1959, DNB 450691853 (= Research on Medieval History , Volume 2).
  • Thea Büttner: The socio-economic structure of Adamauas in the 19th century, Leipzig 1965, DNB 481284508 ( habilitation thesis Uni Leipzig June 11, 1965).
  • Theodora Büttner (Ed.): Revolution and Tradition. On the role of tradition in the anti-imperialist struggle of the peoples of Africa and Asia. Materials from a symposium of the African and Middle Eastern Studies Section, Karl Marx University Leipzig, and the Oriental and Classical Studies Section, Martin Luther University Halle, November 10-11, 1969. Karl Marx University Leipzig 1971, DNB  457929952 .
  • Theodora Büttner (Ed.): History of Africa , 4 volumes, Akademie-Verlag, Berlin / Pahl-Rugenstein, Cologne, 1976 to 1984 (the 2nd edition Cologne 1985 under the title: Africa: History from the Beginnings to the Present ):
    • Part 1: Thea Büttner: Africa from the beginnings to the territorial division of Africa by the imperialist colonial powers 1976, 1985, ISBN 3-7609-0433-5 .
    • Part 2: Heinrich Loth : Africa under imperialist colonial rule and the formation of anti-colonial forces, 1884-1945 1976, 1985, ISBN 3-7609-0436-X
    • Part 3: Christian Mährdel u. a .: Africa from the Second World War to the collapse of the imperialist colonial system . 1983, 1985, ISBN 3-7609-0437-8 .
    • Part 4: Tea Büttner: Africa from the collapse of the imperialist colonial system to the present . 1984, 1985, ISBN 3-7609-0438-6 .
  • Thea Büttner, Albin Kress (Eds.): African studies = Afrika Studien Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1990. ISBN 3-05-000625-0 (= Studies on Asia, Africa and Latin America , Volume 40).

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Theodora Büttner in the professorial catalog of the University of Leipzig

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Büttner, Theodora
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Reichel, Theodora (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Africanist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH June 17, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Thum