Print E-mail

Dr. Ines Prodöhl

Research Fellow
German Historical Institute
1607 New Hampshire Ave NW
Washington DC 20009
U.S.A.
Phone +1.202.387.3355

This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
prodoehl.jpg




Biographical Summary
In her research and teaching, Ines Prodöhl centers on historical questions that combine cultural and economic approaches. She is, in particular, interested in global and transnational history. Her current research project analyzes the history of soy in the first half of the twentieth century, focusing on both the economic significance of and cultural attitudes towards soy in Northeast China, Europe, and the United States.

Dr. Prodöhl is the author of Die Politik des Wissens. Allgemeine deutsche Enzyklopädien zwischen 1928 und 1956 (Berlin: Akademie Verlag, 2011). In 2008, she received her Ph.D. in History from the University of Heidelberg, where she was a lecturer and research fellow. She studied history at the universities of Leipzig and Zurich.



Main Areas of Interest

  • European and Global History of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century
  • Cultural and Economic History
  • Encyclopedias, Knowledge Transfer


GHI Research Project

  • The Soybean in Global Perspective, 1900-1950. more ...


Professional Positions

since 2008 Research Fellow, German Historical Institute Washington DC
2005 - 2008 Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, Department of History, University of Heidelberg, Germany
2002 - 2005 Research Fellow, Department of German Studies and Department of History, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Interdisciplinary scientific project: "All you need to know – Les labyrinthes du Savoir – Allgemeinwissen und Gesellschaft"