An analysis of the letters of the orientalist Johann Gildemeister (1812-1890) to his family written during the years from 1832 until 1890 and kept in the archive of the Bonn University.

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Stephan Conermann
• Subject Area: Islamic Studies, Arabian Studies, Semitic Studies
• Term: from 2010 to 2017
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 167919805

This project aims at a thorough analysis of the 926 private letters that the orientalist Johann Gildemeister (1812-1890) sent to his family during the years from 1832 until 1890. These documents have been kept in the archive of the University of Bonn. After having skillfully edited the whole bundle of papers during the last 36 months we would like to come to a monographic interpretation of the texts. We continue to place special emphasis on (1) the history of German Orientalism, (2) the person Johann Gildemeister and (3) the University of Bonn during the 19. c.

• DFG Programme: Research Grants
• Participating Person: Dr. Thomas Becker