Ronald Daus

Ronald Daus ( born May 12, 1943 in Hannover ) is a German linguist with a focus on Latin American Studies.

Life

Ronald Daus studied Romance languages ​​( Portuguese, Spanish, French, Italian ) and Oriental Studies (Arabic, Malay, Tagalog ) in Hamburg, Lisbon, Rio de Janeiro and Kiel. In 1967 he received his PhD on the topic The epic cycle of Cangaceiros in folk poetry Northeast of Brazil. In 1970 he habilitated with a work on Ramón Gómez de la Serna. At the age of 27, he received an appointment in 1970 as Professor of Hispanic Studies, and Latin American Lusitanistics at the Free University of Berlin ( later the New Romania was added ), where he studied until his retirement in 2008, and taught.

Daus has been working for more than 40 years in the field of " New Romania" with the contacts between the peoples of Europe and non-European cultures. He taught as a visiting professor, inter alia, two years in Mexico City at the Colegio de México, a year in Singapore at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, a year in Manila at the University of the Philippines and one year in Tahiti at the Université du Pacifique. Daus specialty areas are overseas expeditions, formation and development of colonialism, European and non-European and non-European cultures mixed urban literature and Metropolitan Studies.

Writings (selection )

  • The epic cycle of Cangaceiros in folk poetry Northeast of Brazil. Colloquium, Berlin 1969.
  • Irate Latin America. Self-presentation of a continent. Diederichs, Berlin 1973.
  • The invention of colonialism. The Portuguese in Asia. Peter Hammer, Wuppertal 1983.
  • Manila - essay about the career of a world city. Babylon Metropolis Studies, Berlin 1987.
  • Besides major cities of Europe. 3 volumes. Babylon Metropolis Studies, Berlin 1990-1997.
  • Colonialism extreme. Stories from the Red Sea - Images from the Pacific Ocean. Babylon Metropolis Studies, Berlin 1998
  • Beach culture instead of urban culture. The cities of the Mediterranean at the beginning of the 21st century. Babylon Metropolis Studies, Berlin, 2000.
  • Banlieue - open spaces in European and non- European cities. 2 vols. Babylon Metropolis Studies, Berlin 2002/2003.
  • La Guajira. Like a wild country is told. Babylon Metropolis Studies, Berlin, 2006.
  • World cities. From the standard to the mood. Babylon Metropolis Studies, Berlin, 2006.
  • Atypical world cities. The shift of the exotic pleasure: Tijuana, Cancun, Dubai. Babylon Metropolis Studies, Berlin, 2007.
  • World city productions. Mono Manic Reports from Berlin, Paris, Mexico City and Shanghai. Babylon Metropolis Studies, Berlin, 2008.
  • New Cityscapes - New feelings. Babylon Metropolis Studies, Berlin, 2011.
  • New Romania, Free University of Berlin (1982-2008)
  • Cosmopolis - Intercultural magazine from Berlin, Babylon Metropolis Studies, since 1997
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