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Bernd J. Fischer

Social Sciences · The Ohio State University

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Established · publishing since 1985
Balkans: History, Politics, SocietyGerman Literature and Culture StudiesItalian Fascism and Post-war SocietyCritical Theory and PhilosophyEuropean history and politics

Publications

81

Citations

330

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

40

Publishing since 1985

Research summary
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Bernd J. Fischer's work focuses on the history of Albania and the Balkans, tracing developments from the Ottoman period through the Communist era and into the post-1989 democratic transition. He has also written on German literature and cultural identity, including topics like gender and recognition in works by Fichte and Kleist. His 2022 output centers heavily on a comprehensive history of Albania published as a multi-chapter Cambridge University Press volume.​

Albanian and Balkan historyOttoman-era historyCommunist and post-Communist political transitionsGerman literature and cultural studiesGender and identity in literature and philosophy

Publication counts were low and steady (about one per year) from 2017-2020, then spiked sharply in 2022 (likely reflecting a single major book project with many component chapters), with little activity before or after that peak.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.8/year recently
2017: 1 publication172018: 1 publication182019: 1 publication192020: 1 publication20212022: 18 publications1822232024: 1 publication242526
Recent publications
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  • Cambridge University Press eBooks×15
  • Peter Lang eBooks×10
  • Humanities×2
  • Pepperdine Digital Commons (Pepperdine University)×1
  • publish.UP (University of Potsdam)×1
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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