Anna Parzymies ( 5 January 1939 in

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, Bulgaria) is a Polish

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, doctor of oriental studies, and professor at

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Biography

Anna Parzymies finished secondary school and college in Sofia, Bulgaria. During 1957–1962, she studied at the Faculty of Turkish Philology at the University of Sofia. In 1962, she received a Bulgarian government grant to study Arabic at the Bourguiba Institute of Modern Languages, Tunis El Manar University, Tunisia. In 1971, she received a master's degree at the Faculty of Foreign Languages at

. In 1978, she was awarded a Ph.D. degree at the

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in Kraków. Following

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in 1992, she was awarded a postdoctoral degree in the humanities, in the field of Turkic linguistics. Her main research interests include language contacts between Turkic and Slavic peoples and the cultures of Muslim communities. She specializes in three areas of research: * Islam in Europe (primarily as relates to the Maghreb minorities in France; Chechens, Ingush, Tatars, and other Muslim communities in the Russian Federation; Albanians and Bosnian Muslims in the Balkans); * Arabic sociolinguistics and, in particular, the Turkish influences on spoken Arabic; * Methodology of historical linguistics, with an emphasis on the Altaic language group. Parzymies is also the creator and founder of Dialog Academic Publishing, a Polish publishing company started in 1992. The company specializes in publications that are related to Africa and Asia or are written by authors from the area. Fiction published includes classical Sanskrit poetry, modern Chinese poetry, and novels written by North African authors. It has also published a number of European authors. A considerable part of its output is related to religion and Oriental languages.

Awards and honours

* Parzymies is the founder of the Department of European Islam Studies at the Faculty of Oriental Studies of Warsaw University. In 2009, at a ceremony in Paris, she received the UNESCO-Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture. *in 2018, she received an

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with the rank of Officier for the production of French works of art and literature.

Selected publications

* ''Anthroponymie algérienne. Noms de famille moderne d'origine turque'', (PWN, 1985) * ''Encyklopedia. Świat w przekroju 1988 he world in 1988. Encyclopedia', (coauthor, Wiedza Powszechna, 1989) * '' Język protobułgarski. Przyczynek do rekonstrukcji na podstawie porównań turecko-słowiańskich contribution to the reconstruction of the Bulgar language on the basis of Turkic-Slavic comparisons', (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, 1994) * '' Język czuwaski he Chuvash language', (Wydawnictwo Akademickie "Dialog", 2000).

Bibliography

Books

As author: #''Tunezja'' unisia Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, Warsaw 1984. #''Anthroponymie algérienne. Noms de famille moderne d'origine turque'', PWN, Warsaw 1985. #''Język protobułgarski. Przyczynek do rekonstrukcji na podstawie porównań turecko-słowiańskich'' (A contribution to the reconstruction of the Bulgar language on the basis of Turkic-Slavic comparisons), Rozprawy Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego 381, , Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, Warsaw 1994. #''Język czuwaski'' he Chuvash language Wyd. Akademickie Dialog, Warsaw 2000, . As editor: #''Islam a terroryzm'' slam and terrorism a collection edited by Anna Parzymies, Wyd. Akademickie Dialog, Warsaw 2003, . #''Ferdinand de Saussure, Szkice z językoznawstwa ogólnego, redakcja naukowa polskiej wersji językowej A. Parzymies''(Polish translation of Écrits de linguistique générale), Wyd. Akademickie Dialog, Warsaw 2004. #''Muzułmanie w Europie'' uslims in Europe a collection edited by Anna Parzymies, Wyd. Akademickie Dialog, Warsaw 2005, . #''Studies in Oriental Art and Culture in Honour of Professor Tadeusz Majda, a collection edited by Anna Parzymies'', Wyd. Akademickie Dialog, Warsaw 2006, .

Articles in books

# Cyryl i Metody a kultura arabska yril and Methodius and the Arab culture :T. Dąbek-Wirgowa, J. Wierzbicki (red.) Kategorie peryferii i centrum w kształtowaniu się kultur narodowych, Materiały konferencji naukowej, Wyd. UW, Warsaw 1986. # La diglossie au Maghreb – un probleme social :S. Piłaszewicz, J. Tulisow (red.) Problemy języków Azji i Afryki, PWN, Warsaw 1987 # Muzułmanie we Francji uslims in France :H. Jankowski (red.), Z Mekki do Poznania. Materiały 5. Ogólnopolskiej Konferencji Arabistycznej Poznań 9–10 czerwca 1997, Wydawnictwo UAM, Poznań 1998, . # Ałtaizmy w języku polskim orrowings from the Altaic languages in Polish :Orient w kulturze polskiej. Materiały z okazji 25-lecia Muzeum Azji i Pacyfiku w Warszawie, Wyd. Akademickie Dialog, Warsaw 2000, . # Islam na Bałkanach slam in the Balkans :A. Abbas (red.), Zagadnienia współczesnego islamu, Wyd. UAM, Poznań 2003, . # U źródeł arabskiego antyamerykanizmu t the source of the Arab anti-Americanism :A. Parzymies (red.), Islam a terroryzm, Wyd. Akademickie Dialog, Warsaw 2003. # Muzułmanie w Europie uslims in Europe(co-authored by Agatą S. NALBORCZYK) :E. Machut-Mendecka (red.), Oblicza współczesnego islamu, Academica, Warsaw 2003, . # Muzułmanie w Bośni i Hercegowinie uslims in Bosnia and Herzegovina :A. Parzymies (red.), Muzułmanie w Europie, Wyd. Akademickie Dialog, Warsaw 2005. # Muzułmanie w Macedonii uslims in the Republic of Macedonia :A. Parzymies (red.), Muzułmanie w Europie, Wyd. Akademickie Dialog, Warsaw 2005. # Muzułmanie w Serbii i Czarnogórze uslims in Serbia and Montenegro :A. Parzymies (red.), Muzułmanie w Europie, Wyd. Akademickie Dialog, Warsaw 2005. # Muzułmanie w Jugosławii uslims in Yugoslavia :A. Parzymies (red.), Muzułmanie w Europie, Wyd. Akademickie Dialog, Warsaw 2005. # Muzułmanie w Bułgarii uslims in Bulgaria :A. Parzymies (red.), Muzułmanie w Europie, Wyd. Akademickie Dialog, Warsaw 2005. # Muzułmanie w Grecji uslims in Greece :A. Parzymies (red.), Muzułmanie w Europie, Wyd. Akademickie Dialog, Warsaw 2005. # Professor Tadeusz Majda and his research, teaching and organisational achievements :A. Parzymies (red.), Studies in Oriental Art and Culture in Honour of Professor Tadeusz Majda, Wyd. Akademickie Dialog, Warsaw 2006. # Ethnonymes slaves. Propositions d'etymologies altaďques :A. Parzymies (red.), Studies in Oriental Art and Culture in Honour of Professor Tadeusz Majda, Wyd. Akademickie Dialog, Warsaw 2006. # O nagłosowym ś- w języku protobułgarskim n the initial ś- in the Bulgar language :E. Siemieniec-Gołaś, J. Georgiewa-Okoń (red.), Od Anatolii po Syberię. Świat turecki w oczach badaczy, Wyd. UJ, Kraków 2010. # Алтайски езикови влияния в славянските езици методологичен подход върху примера на думата koliba Проблеми на балканското и славянското езикознание, Фабер, Велико Търново 2010.

Articles in journals

# Noms de famille en Algérie contemporaine, "Africana Bulletin" 23, 1975. # Uwagi na temat nazewnictwa geograficznego Algierii (Notes on the geographical names in Algeria), "Przegląd Informacji o Afryce" 4, 1976 # , "Africana Bulletin" 26, 1977. # Contenue ethnique des odjaks d'Algérie, "Africana Bulletin" 29, 1978. # Rozwój patronimikum algierskiego evelopment of the Algerian patronymic "Przegląd Informacji o Afryce" 1, 1979. # Stosunki turecko-tunezyjskie w XIX wieku urkish-Tunisian relations in the nineteenth century "Afryka. Azja, Ameryka Łacińska" 1, 1982. # XLIII, 1984. # Aperçu sur l'évolution socio-lingistique de la langue arabe, "Africana Bulletin" 32, 1985. # Caractéristique typologique de la situation linguistique arabe, "Africana Bulletin" 33, 1986. # Słowiańsko-huńskie związki językowe lavo-Hunnic language relations "Przegląd Orientalistyczny" 143:3, 1987. # Cyryl i Metody a kultura arabska yril and Methodius and the Arab culture "Afryka, Azja, Ameryka Łacińska" 68, 1990. # Une autre lecture de l'inscription de Pliska, "Journal Asiatique" 279:3–4, 1991. # Czy jest to pierwszy tekst w języku protobułgarskim s it the first text in the Bulgar language "Afryka, Azja, Ameryka Łacińska" 69, 1992. # Jeszcze raz o strawie nce again on pabulum "Acta Philologica" 22, 1992. # Le passé chrétien et le présent tolérant de la Tunisie musulmane, "Studia Arabistyczne i Islamistyczne", III, 1996 # O integracji ludności muzułmańskiej w Europie n the integration of the Muslim population in Europe "Studia Bobolanum" 2/2003, .

References

External links

Anna Parzymies
in the Polish Science Database ( OPI)
Biographical note on the web site of the Faculty of Oriental Studies of Warsaw University
{{DEFAULTSORT:Parzymies, Anna 1939 births Living people International relations scholars Writers from Sofia Polish Arabists Turkologists Academic staff of the University of Warsaw Women political scientists