History of Oriental studies
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Цель статьи — освещение сведений по истории Дагестана в VI–IX вв. на основе перевода, интерпретации и сопоставления выдержек из сочинений Абу Касима ибн Хордадбеха и Ахмада ибн Вадиха ал-Йа'куби, относящихся к истории народов Кавказа
A retrospective interview with István Vásáry in the journal of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
A History of World Egyptology is a ground-breaking reference work that traces the study of ancient Egypt. Spanning 150 years and global in purview, it enlarges our understanding of how and why people have looked, and continue to look,... more
The article is devoted to the examination of a historical events which took place Dagestan in the 7th -8th centuries during the reign of khulafa ar-rashudun and the Umayyad governors of the Eastern Caucasus in the Arabic historical source... more
This short paper traces the path of the renowned orientalist Josef Horovitz's research papers from Frankfurt to Jerusalem and offers a glimpse into its possible meanings.
В статье рассматриваются научные труды известного бирманиста, историка, писателя и коллекционера Игоря Всеволодовича Можейко (1934–2003), известного под псевдонимом Кир Булычев, и исследуется вопрос о его отношении к московской школе... more
The paper outlines Tadeusz Juda Krusiński's activities as a missionary in Caucasus and Iran, as well as his views as an author. It also discusses the image of Persia in 18th century Polish geographical compendia and the views certain... more
A History of the Western Scolarship on the Imamite Tafsir up to the End of the 20th Century / There are many works on the Qurʾānic studies in the West and its history. One cannot find, however, a comprehensive survey on the history of... more
Miyuki Aoki Girardelli, "The “Orient” in the West: The Japanese Architect Itō Chūta’s Travels in the Ottoman Empire and Its Challenge to the Oriental Narrative", Marzia Faietti and Gerhard Wolf eds., Motion: Transformation, 35th Congress... more
Presentazione power point della "Storia ed Archeologia degli Ittiti e della loro capitale".
First published on 17th June 2020 here: https://megalommatis.wordpress.com/iran-is-not-persia-and-persia-is-not-iran/ Excerpt: There was never a Persian Empire; in either pre-Islamic or Islamic times, there was only an Iranian Empire,... more
Walther Heissig (1913–2005) was certainly one of the most influential researchers on Mongolian, well thought of by his fellows and esteemed by his students. This edition of archive materials concerning Heissig's life and work (cited below... more
История исследований древней Южной Аравии в России и в СССР насчитывает чуть более столетия. Совершенно новый этап в развитии сабеистики в СССР начался со стартом работ Советско-Йеменской комплексной экспедиции (СОЙКЭ). Деятельность... more
À l’occasion de la célébration du bicentenaire de la première chaire de sanskrit au Collège de France, ces journées d’études se proposent de revenir sur la figure d’Antoine-Léonard de Chézy (1773-1832) qui en fut le premier titulaire et... more
The history of Christian marriage is as complex and myriad as any other history in the world, with the meaning of the word " marriage " having altered and morphed as generations of faithful Christians have wondered to define for... more
China played a key role in the Western engagement with Egypt from the 17th to the early 19th century. Chinoiserie and Egyptomania were contemporary and sometimes overlapping phenomena; what is more, one of the foundational texts of... more
Como lidar com as dificuldades de estudar e publicar sobre 'oriente' no Brasil? Eis algumas das questões necessárias para lidar com o problema.
A word-by-word explanation of the translation of the so-called creation hymn of Rigveda. The translation is very different from traditional ones. As I demonstrate, the hymn has been completely misunderstood by previous translators. The... more
The recent revival of Arabic Papyrology notwithstanding, the biography and personality of Adolf Grohmann (1887-1977) has not found due attention. This exceptional personality is distinguished by remarkable disruptions, his continuous... more
Беккин Р.И. ЖИЗНЕОПИСАНИЕ АЛЕКСАНДРА ЭДУАРДОВИЧА ФОН ШМИДТА, МАГИСТРА АРАБСКОЙ СЛОВЕСНОСТИ// А. Э. ШМИДТ: БИОГРАФИЯ, НАУЧНАЯ ПЕРЕПИСКА, ИЗБРАННЫЕ ТРУДЫ, БИБЛИОГРАФИЯ. М.: ООО «Садра», 2018. C.15-234.
This essay proposes a framework for understanding early modern oriental studies. It argues that oriental studies (studia orientalia, philologia orientalis) emerged as a coherent intellectual field during the sixteenth and seventeenth... more
Биобиблиографический словарь репрессированных востоковедов "Люди и судьбы" - первый в практике российской академической науки биобиблиографический справочник, посвященный драматической судьбе представителей отдельной научной дисциплины в... more
The name of Johannes Emil Otto Klatt (1852-1903), Classical and Oriental philologist, Custodian at the Königliche Bibliothek in Berlin, and pioneer of Jaina Studies, has almost entirely disappeared from the records of 19th century... more
„Was verrät eigentlich die Islamdebatte über die Selbstwahrnehmung, die Fantasien und die Begierden einer Gesellschaft, die sie so leidenschaftlich führt?“, fragt Ozan Zakariya Keskinkılıç und blickt hinter die Kulisse des Spektakels. Er... more
CITATION Paolo Aranha, "Vulgaris seu Universalis: Early Modern Missionary Representations of an Indian Cosmopolitan Space", in "Cosmopolitismes en Asie du Sud: Sources, itinéraires, langues (XVIe-XVIIIe siècles)", eds. Corinne Lefèvre,... more
Isaac Vossius’s reputation as a libertine and intellectual radical is intertwined with his career as a Sinologist. Charles II made his famous remark that Vossius ‘believed everything except what was in the Bible’ after hearing him speak... more
The German lacuna in Edward Said’s 'Orientalism' has produced varied studies of German cultural and academic Orientalisms. So far the domains of German politics and scholarship have not been conflated to probe the central power/knowledge... more
On the other hand, Jan Assman cannot possibly deceive every one! His interpretation of the pictorial presentation of the evil worshipped by Hyksos as god cannot be left so incomplete. Certainly, the Hyksos worshipped Seth (Zety) and... more