Horst Pietschmann is a German historian. He lectured in Latin America history at the University of Hamburg from 1985 and became a professor emeritus in 2005. He specializes in legal, economic and social history, particularly of colonial Latin America. Geographically, his work focuses on Mexico and Central America.

Material:

• materials on the emergence and development of German-language historical research on Latin America (including documents on the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft’s – German Research Foundation – Mexico project), documents on the publication of the “Handbuchs der Geschichte Lateinamerikas und des Jahrbuchs der Geschichte Lateinamerikas” (handbook on the history of Latin America and yearbook on the history of Latin America). Please submit a separate request if you wish to view these materials.
• 44 ring-binders
• 7 slip cases
• approx. 200 folders
• approx. 50 floppy disks
• approx. 20 Zip storage media
• 1 folder of slides
• 1 video
• approx. 20 calendars and address books
• 5 index boxes
• reviews
• manuscripts
• other materials

Keywords: institutions, history of science