Background

Mackenthun, Gesa was born on November 19, 1959 in Hamburg, Germany. Daughter of Siegfried and Ursula Mackenthun.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, University Frankfurt, 1994.

Career

Assistant professor University Frankfurt, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, 1990-1995, University Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, 1995.

Works

Works Gallery

• book

  • Metaphors of Dispossession: American Beginnings and the Translation of Empire, 1492-1637

    (In this timely contribution to colonial studies, Gesa Mac...)

• Other Work

  • Author: (book) Metaphors of Dispossession: American Beginnings and the Translation of Empire, 1492-1637, 1997.

Membership

Member German Association for American Studies.

Interests

• Other Interests

  Cats, cranes, castles.

Connections

father:

Siegfried Mackenthun

mother:

Ursula Mackenthun