Who was Paul de Lagarde? A research team from the Department of Egyptology and Coptic Studies at the University of Göttingen, in collaboration with the Moses Mendelssohn Center for European Jewish Studies in Potsdam (MMZ), has been working on a historical re-assessment of the life and work of the Göttingen Orientalist (1827-1891). In their work, the researchers have focussed on the political and ideological aspects of the scholar’s oeuvre, and in particular on Lagarde’s anti-Semitism. Their conclusions have now been published in the series -European Jewish Studies- by De Gruyter. ...
