Thede Kahl (born 30 March 1971 in
Hamburg) is a German
ethnographer and
ethnolinguist
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. He is the head of the Institute of South Slavic Studies in the
University of Jena (in which he is a
professor
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), in
Germany. His research focuses are the
Slavs,
endangered languages and dialects, minorities of the
Balkans and
Anatolia and other topics related to ethnography and ethnolinguistics. Kahl has received numerous awards, such as the "Distincția Culturală" diploma from the
Romanian Academy. He is also a member of various organizations like the
Austrian Academy of Sciences and
editor and co-editor of the
journal ''Symbolae Slavicae''. Kahl is considered an expert on
Aromanian studies
Aromanian studies ( rup, Studii armãneshti) are an academic discipline centered on the study of the Aromanians. They are included within Balkan and Romance studies. Notable scholars on Aromanian topics include , Thede Kahl and Gustav Weigand. Th ...
.
References
1971 births
Living people
People from Hamburg
German ethnographers
German editors
20th-century German historians
21st-century German historians
Aromanian studies
Slavists
Academic staff of the University of Jena
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