When you’re looking at this photograph, can you account for the other people who were involved in the production of the flow channel without whom Ludwig Prandtl, Head of the Aerodynamic Research Station Göttingen, would not have become the “father of flow research”? LUDWIG PRANDTL (1875–1953), 1930s, photograph (reproduction), City Museum Göttingen
ARNOLD EUCKEN (1884–1950) AND HIS FIANCEE FRITZI BRAUSEWETTER (1895–1955), At the time of the photographs, Arnold Eucken was a private lecturer at the Chemical Institute of the University of Göttingen 1911, Photograph (reproduction), Museum of Göttingen Chemistry, University of Göttingen
DOROTHEA VON SCHLÖZER (1770–1825), Philosopher and one of the so-called “University Housekeepers”, Silhouettes from Gregorius von Berzeviczy’s friendship album, artist unknown, around 1784-1786, Silhouettes (reproduction), Art Collection of the University of Göttingen
THERESE FORSTER (1764–1829), Author, translator, editor and one of the so-called “University Housekeepers”, Silhouettes from Gregorius von Berzeviczy’ friendship album, artist unknown, around 1784-1786, Silhouettes (reproduction), Art Collection of the University of Göttingen
SOPHIA MARGARETHE DOROTHEA FORKEL (1765–1853), Author, translator of contemporary political works and one of the so-called “University Housekeepers”, Silhouettes from Gregorius von Berzeviczy’ friendship album, artist unknown, around 1784-1786, Silhouettes (reproduction), Art Collection of the University of Göttingen
With the open book, which contains mathematical formulas, the portrait of Dorothea von Schlözer places Schlözer in the tradition of classical scholarship. However, not all of Schlözer’s contemporaries agreed with such a representation. DOROTHEA VON SCHLÖZER (1770–1825), One of the so-called “University Housekeepers”, Friedrich Carl Gröger, around 1794, oil on canvas, State and University Library of …
From the 17th century onwards, new places of knowledge had arisen through princely courts, academies and scholarly salons, which offered certain opportunities for women, especially those coming from noble backgrounds. Yet, the path to the university was still reserved for men. Dorothea von Schlözer (1770-1825) overcame the first hurdle on the way to a university …
A portrait book is not a neutral compilation but a selection. It puts certain people into a group and excludes others from it. The selection only follows the individual criteria of the publishers on a superficial level. After all, contemporary ideas of belonging matter as well. This shows itself particularly momentously in the time of …
With the advent of photography in the second half of the 19th century new pictorial motifs were created. In addition to studio shots, there was a steady increase of scholars being depicted in private environments. Compositions of couples were a particularly popular motif. The images transport a contemporary gender relationship, that assigns men and women …
The doctorate of Dorothea von Schlözer caused upheaval far beyond Göttingen. Many of her contemporaries saw it as a transgression of current gender roles. This included former Göttingen student Wilhelm Friedrich August Mackensen (1768-1798) who recalled dismissively: Schlözer would lose her femininity over her learnedness. He was particularly offended by the fact that even during …
