Esther Fihl

Esther Fihl

Professor Emerita, Professor emeritus.


  1. 2020
  2. Published

    Farefuld sejllads og kulturelle forviklinger: Grundlæggelsen af Danmarks første koloni i 1620

    Fihl, Esther, May 2020, In: Noter. 225, p. 9-15 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  3. 2017
  4. Published

    "Siste Viator Lege" - Stop, Traveller, and read. The self-esteem of engineer and colonel Mathias Jürgen Mûhldorff

    Fihl, Esther & Kryger, K., 28 Sep 2017, The Governor's Residence in Tranquebar: The House and the Daily Life of Its People, 1770-1845. Fihl, E. (ed.). 1 ed. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum, p. 108-109 2 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Introduction: Unfolding the Story of a House in India

    Fihl, Esther, 28 Sep 2017, The Governor's Residence in Tranquebar: The House and the Daily Life of Its People, 1770-1845. Fihl, E. (ed.). Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum, p. 15-31 16 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Lady Clive's visit

    Fihl, Esther, 28 Sep 2017, The Governor's Residence in Tranquebar: The House and the Daily Life of Its People. Fihl, E. (ed.). Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum, p. 168-170 3 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    The Governor's Residence in Tranquebar: The House and the Daily Life of Its People, 1770-1845

    Fihl, Esther (ed.), 28 Sep 2017, Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum. 311 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportAnthologyResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    The South Indian Setting: Kingship, Trade and Agriculture

    Fihl, Esther, 28 Sep 2017, The Governor's Residence in Tranquebar: The House and the Daily Life of its People, 1770-1845. Fihl, E. (ed.). Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum, p. 32-63 31 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    A kaleidoscopic Story on the Place Tranquebar: Cultural Exchange on the Coromandel Coast of India. Results from the Tranquebar Initiative of the National Museum of Denmark 2004-2016

    Fihl, Esther, Aug 2017, Copenhagen: Nationalmuseets Tranquebar Initiativ. 63 p. (Tranquebar Initiativets Skriftserie, Vol. no. 13).

    Research output: Book/ReportBookResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Intercultural Heritage and historical Identities: Cultural Exchange on the Coromandel Coast of India. Results from the Tranquebar Initiative of the National Museum of Denmark 2004-2016

    Fihl, Esther, Aug 2017, Copenhagen: Nationalmuseets Tranquebar Initiativ. 69 p. (Tranquebar Initiativets Skriftserie, Vol. no. 14).

    Research output: Book/ReportBookResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Indernes verden 1600-1750: Danske drømme om Østens herligheder

    Fihl, Esther, Brimnes, N. & Mentz, S., Mar 2017, Indien: Tranquebar, Serampore og Nicobarerne. Brimnes, N. (ed.). 1 ed. København: Gad, 16 p. (Danmark og kolonierne).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    Tranquebar etableres 1620-30: Fodfæste på Coromandelkysten

    Fihl, Esther & Svane-Knudsen, A., Mar 2017, Indien: Tranquebar, Serampore og Nicobarerne. Brimnes, N. (ed.). København: Gad, p. 32-75 43 p. (Danmark og kolonierne).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  13. 2016
  14. Published

    Cultural Meanings of Migrating Objects: Analytical Perspectives on Explorations of Central Asia in the Late 19th Century

    Fihl, Esther, 5 May 2016, In the Footsteps of Halfdan Siiger: Danish Research in Central Asia. Johnsen, U. H., Geertz, A. W., Castenfeldt, S. & Andersen, P. B. (eds.). 1 ed. Aarhus: Moesgaard Museum, p. 41-69 29 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    Dowry among Fishers in Tranquebar, south India: A study of an ethnographic collection of material objects from 1981 and life-story interviews from 2007. By Sofie Vilhelmsen

    Fihl, Esther (ed.), 2016, Copenhagen: Nationalmuseets Tranquebar Initiativ. 52 p. (Tranquebar Initiativets Skriftserie).

    Research output: Book/ReportBookResearchpeer-review

  16. 2015
  17. Published

    Picturing the Unknown: Cultural Encounters and Visual Representations in Company Paintings from the eighteenth and nineteenth Centuries in south Indian Collections of the National Museum of Denmark. V/ Laura Berivan Nilsson

    Fihl, Esther (ed.), 2015, Copenhagen: Nationalmuseets Tranquebar Initiativ. 48 p. (Tranquebar Initiativets Skriftserie).

    Research output: Book/ReportBookResearchpeer-review

  18. 2014
  19. Published

    Beyond Tranquebar: Grappling across Cultural Borders in South India

    Fihl, Esther (ed.) & Venkatachalapathy, A. R. (ed.), 2014, New Delhi: Orient BlackSwan. 644 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportAnthologyResearchpeer-review

  20. Published

    Introduction: What Makes Tranquebar a Place?

    Fihl, Esther, 2014, Beyond Tranquebar: Grappling across Cultural Borders in South India. Fihl, E. & Venkatachalapathy, A. R. (eds.). 1. ed. New Delhi: Orient BlackSwan, p. 1-27 28 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

    Shipwrecked on the Coromandel: The First Indian-Danish Contact, 1620

    Fihl, Esther, 2014, Beyond Tranquebar: Grappling across Cultural Borders in South India. Fihl, E. & Venkatachalapathy, A. R. (eds.). New Delhi: Orient BlackSwan, p. 229-257 29 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  22. Published

    The Struggles of a Bricoleur: Mingling with Ethnographical Museum Object

    Fihl, Esther, 2014, Qualitative Analysis in the Making. Kuzmanovic, D. & Bandak, A. (eds.). New York: Routledge, p. 145-158 14 p. (Routledge advances in research methods, Vol. 11).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  23. Published

    The ‘Second Tsunami’: Disputed Moralities of Economic Transactions among Fishers

    Fihl, Esther, 2014, Beyond Tranquebar: Grappling across Cultural Borders in South India. Fihl, E. & Venkatachalapathy, A. R. (eds.). New Delhi: Orient BlackSwan, p. 123-148 26 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  24. 2013
  25. Published

    A Comparative Ethnography of Alternative Spaces

    Dahl, J. (ed.) & Fihl, Esther (ed.), 7 Jan 2013, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 266 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportAnthologyResearchpeer-review

  26. Published

    Introduction: A Comparative Ethnography of Alternative Spaces

    Dahl, J., Fihl, Esther & Johansen, Birgitte Schepelern, 7 Jan 2013, A Comparative Ethnography of Alternative Spaces . Dahl, J. & Fihl, E. (eds.). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 1-18

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  27. Published

    The Legitimacy of South Indian Caste Councils

    Fihl, Esther, Jan 2013, A Comparative Ethnography of Alternative Spaces. Dahl, J. & Fihl, E. (eds.). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 41-64

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  28. 2012
  29. Published

    The Rolling Field Station: Danish Explorations of Central Asia in the Late Nineteenth Century

    Fihl, Esther, 2012, Scientists and Scholars in the Field: Studies in the History of Fieldwork and Expeditions. Nielsen, K. H., Harbsmeir, M. & Ries, C. J. (eds.). 1 ed. Aarhus: Aarhus Universitetsforlag, p. 283-309 26 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  30. 2011
  31. Published

    A journey through civilisation and primitiveness

    Fihl, Esther, 2011, Tranquebar Initiativets Skriftserie, red. Esther Fihl. Fihl, E. (ed.). Copenhagen: Nationalmuseets Tranquebar Initiativ, Vol. 10. 15 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  32. 2010
  33. Published

    300 years of cultural counter concepts at work in South India

    Fihl, Esther, 2010, Mission und Forschung: Translokale Wissenproduktion zwischen Indien und Europa im 18. und 19. Jahrhundert. Liebau, H., Nehring, A. & Klosterberg, B. (eds.). 1. udgave ed. Printed in Germany: Verlag der Franckeschen Stiftungen zu Halle, p. 279-291 12 p. (Hallesche Forschungen, Vol. 29).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

  34. Published

    Exploring Central Asia: From the Steppes to the High Pamirs 1896-1899

    Fihl, Esther, 2010, Seattle, Washington: University of Washington Press. 736 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportBookResearchpeer-review

  35. 2009
  36. Published

    Arven fra den kristne mission: Tranquebars skoler. /V Peter B. Andersen & Oluf Schönbeck

    Fihl, Esther (ed.), 2009, København: Nationalmuseets Tranquebar Initiativ. 32 p. (Tranquebar Initiativets Skriftserie).

    Research output: Book/ReportBookResearchpeer-review

  37. Published

    Introduction: The Study of Cultural Encounters in Tharangampadi/Tranquebar

    Fihl, Esther & Puri, Stine Simonsen, 2009, In: Review of Development and Change. XIV, 1&2, p. 7-19

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  38. Published

    Lavkasternes Tranquebar: Om udfordringerne ved at repræsentere lavkasternes materielle kulturarv. V/ Caroline Lillelund

    Fihl, Esther (ed.), 2009, København: Nationalmuseets Tranquebar Initiativ. 48 p. (Tranquebar Initiativets Skriftserie).

    Research output: Book/ReportBookResearchpeer-review

  39. Published

    Review of Development & Change: Special issue: Cultural Encounters in Tranquebar: Past and Present

    Fihl, Esther (ed.) & Venkatachalapathy, A. (ed.), 2009, January - December 2009 ed. Chennai: Madras Institute of Development Studies.

    Research output: Book/ReportAnthologyResearchpeer-review

  40. Published

    Shipwrecked on the Coromandel: The first Indo-Danish contact, 1620

    Fihl, Esther, 2009, In: Review of Development and Change. XIV, 1 & 2, p. 19-41 22 p., 2.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  41. Published

    Skole og uddannelse i Tranquebars fiskersamfund. V/Julie Bønnelycke

    Fihl, Esther (ed.), 2009, København: Nationalmuseets Tranquebar Initiativ. 33 p. (Tranquebar Initiativets Skriftserie).

    Research output: Book/ReportBookResearchpeer-review

  42. 2008
  43. Published

    "Hvor Dannebrog engang har vajet i mer end 200 Aar": Banal nationalisme, narrative skabeloner og postkolonial melankoli i skildringen af de danske tropekolonier v/Kirsten Thisted

    Fihl, Esther (ed.), 2008, København: Nationalmuseets Tranquebar Initiativ. 52 p. (Tranquebar Initiativets Skriftserie, Vol. nr. 2).

    Research output: Book/ReportAnthologyResearchpeer-review

  44. Published

    Danske embetsmenn og indiske eliter i kolonien Trankebar: Interaksjoner, 1777-1808. V/ Kjell Hodne

    Fihl, Esther (ed.), 2008, København: Nationalmuseets Tranquebar Initiativ. 145 p. (Tranquebar Initiativets Skriftserie).

    Research output: Book/ReportBookResearchpeer-review

  45. Published

    Nationalmuseets Tranquebar Initiativ

    Fihl, Esther, 2008, Galathea 3: 2006-2007. Jørgensen, L. N. (ed.). 1 ed. København: Thaning & Appel, Vol. 1. p. 280-300 20 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

  46. Published

    Siddha Medicine in Tamil Nadu. By Kenneth G. Zysk

    Fihl, Esther (ed.), 2008, Copenhagen: Nationalmuseets Tranquebar Initiativ. 20 p. (Tranquebar Initiativets Skriftserie).

    Research output: Book/ReportBookResearchpeer-review

  47. Published

    Tranquebar - hvis historie? Om at studere kulturarv under konstruktion. V/ Helle Jørgensen

    Fihl, Esther (ed.), 2008, København: Nationalmuseets Tranquebar Initiativ. 22 p. (Tranquebar Initiativets Skriftserie).

    Research output: Book/ReportBookResearchpeer-review

  48. Published

    Tranquebar som Turistdestination. V/ Nils Finn Munch-Petersen

    Fihl, Esther (ed.), 2008, København: Nationalmuseets Tranquebar Initiativ. 23 p. (Tranquebar Initiativets Skriftserie).

    Research output: Book/ReportBookResearchpeer-review

  49. Published

    Tropical Colonies

    Fihl, Esther, 2008, A Historical Companion to Postcolonial Literatures: Continental Europe and its Empires. Poddar, P., Patke, R. & Jensen, L. (eds.). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, p. 97-100 4 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

  50. 2007
  51. Published

    Vestturkestan: Rum 168

    Fihl, Esther, 2007, Nationalmuseets Vejledninger: Etnografisk Samling, Jordens Folk. Gulløv, H. C., Hornby, J. & Wæhle, E. (eds.). 1 ed. Kbh.: Nationalmuseet, p. 197-206 9 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

  52. Published

    West Turkestan: Room 168

    Fihl, Esther, 2007, Guides to the National Museum: Ethnographic Collection, Peoples of the Earth. Gulløv, H. C., Hornby, J. & Wæhle, E. (eds.). 1 ed. Kbh.: Nationalmuseet, p. 197-206 9 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

  53. 2005
  54. Published

    Kultur og sundhed: Humanistisk forskning i krop, sundhed og sygdom

    Løkke, Anne, Fihl, Esther, Hem, L., Jensen, U. J., Paarup, B., Olesen, H. S., Steffen, V., Söderqvist, Thomas & Vallgårda, Signild, 2005, København: Statens Humanistiske Forskningsråd. 75 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportReportResearch

  55. 2003
  56. Published

    At forfølge tingenes biografi

    Fihl, Esther, 2003, Ind i Verden: En grundbog i antropologisk metode. Hastrup, K. (ed.). 1 ed. København: Hans Reitzels Forlag, Vol. 1. p. 184-205

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

  57. 2002
  58. Published

    Exploring Central Asia: Collecting Objects and Writing Cultures from the Steppes to the High Pamirs 1896-1899. Vol. 1-2

    Fihl, Esther, 2002, London, New York og København: Thames & Hudson. 736 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportDoctoral thesisResearch

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