Christoph Hopp, M.A.

Research profile:

Research focus 
Jewish intellectual history, Islamicate intellectual history, History of linguistics and linguistic philosophy. Geographically, my research focuses on the Middle East and Central Asia. 

Curriculum Vitae:

since October 2021 Dissertation Modern Origins of Hebrew: Linguistics and Jewish History in the 19th and 20th Centuries, University of Potsdam / University of Haifa (Cotutelle-de-thèse),
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Christoph Schulte (University of Potsdam) and Prof. Dr. Cedric Cohen Skalli (University of Haifa)

Talks

2025
“Hebrew Writings on the Jewish History of Herat (19th–21st Century).” Beyond Borders: Colonial Encounters & Challenges of Religious Minorities between Afghanistan, Central Asia, and Iran (19th–Early 20th Centuries), Orient-Institut Istanbul.  
“Jewish History and the Formation of Modern Linguistics” (in German). Colloquium of the Institute for the History of the German Jews, University of Hamburg.
“France’s École des langues orientales vivantes and Modern Hebrew.” Research colloquium at the Institute for Jewish Studies, University of Potsdam.  
2024
“German Semitics and the Regionalization of the Hebrew Language” (in German). Israel: Deutsche Projektionen, LMU München.
2023
“Semitic Linguistics and the Modernization of the Hebrew Language at the Beginning of the 20th Century” (in Hebrew). Bikkurey mehkar, Hebrew University.