Harald Haarmann
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Harald Haarmann (born 16 April 1946) is a German
linguist Linguistics is the scientific study of language. The areas of linguistic analysis are syntax (rules governing the structure of sentences), semantics (meaning), Morphology (linguistics), morphology (structure of words), phonetics (speech sounds ...
and cultural scientist who lives and works in
Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...
. Haarmann studied general linguistics, various
philological Philology () is the study of language in oral and written historical sources. It is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics with strong ties to etymology. Philology is also defined as the study of ...
disciplines and
prehistory Prehistory, also called pre-literary history, is the period of human history between the first known use of stone tools by hominins   million years ago and the beginning of recorded history with the invention of writing systems. The use ...
at the universities of
Hamburg Hamburg (, ; ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,. is the List of cities in Germany by population, second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 7th-lar ...
,
Bonn Bonn () is a federal city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, located on the banks of the Rhine. With a population exceeding 300,000, it lies about south-southeast of Cologne, in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr region. This ...
,
Coimbra Coimbra (, also , , or ), officially the City of Coimbra (), is a city and a concelho, municipality in Portugal. The population of the municipality at the 2021 census was 140,796, in an area of . The fourth-largest agglomerated urban area in Po ...
and Bangor. He obtained his
PhD A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil; or ) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research. The name of the deg ...
in
Bonn Bonn () is a federal city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, located on the banks of the Rhine. With a population exceeding 300,000, it lies about south-southeast of Cologne, in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr region. This ...
(1970) and his
habilitation Habilitation is the highest university degree, or the procedure by which it is achieved, in Germany, France, Italy, Poland and some other European and non-English-speaking countries. The candidate fulfills a university's set criteria of excelle ...
(qualification at professorship level) in
Trier Trier ( , ; ), formerly and traditionally known in English as Trèves ( , ) and Triers (see also Names of Trier in different languages, names in other languages), is a city on the banks of the Moselle (river), Moselle in Germany. It lies in a v ...
(1979). He taught and conducted research at a number of German and
Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
ese universities. He is Vice-President of the ''Institute of Archaeomythology'' (headquartered in
Sebastopol, California Sebastopol ( ) is a city in Sonoma County, California, with a recorded population of 7,521, per the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. Census. Sebastopol was once primarily a plum- and apple-growing region. Wine grapes are the predominant a ...
) and director of its European branch (based in
Luumäki Luumäki () is a municipality of Finland. Its seat is in the Taavetti village. It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the South Karelia region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which ...
, Finland). Haarmann is the author of more than 80 books and more than 450 articles and essays. He has also edited and co-edited some 20 anthologies. Haarmann writes books in English and in German, and articles in various languages. Some of the books have been published in up to 17 languages. His preferred fields of study are
cultural history Cultural history records and interprets past events involving human beings through the social, cultural, and political milieu of or relating to the arts and manners that a group favors. Jacob Burckhardt (1818–1897) helped found cultural history ...
, archaeomythology, history of writing, language evolution,
contact linguistics Language contact occurs when speakers of two or more languages or varieties interact with and influence each other. The study of language contact is called contact linguistics. Language contact can occur at language borders, between adstratum l ...
and
history of religion The history of religion is the written record of human religious feelings, thoughts, and ideas. This period of religious history begins with the invention of writing about 5,200 years ago (3200 BCE). The Prehistoric religion, prehistory of reli ...
.


Selected bibliography

* 2023 - ''Die Erfindung des Rades: Als die Weltgeschichte ins Rollen kam.'' Beck Paperback 6497 978-3-406-79727-9 * 2023 - '' Kairos. Human Responses to the Flow of Time in the Dynamic Formation Process of Western Civilization'', Hildesheim: Olms Verlag. * 2022 - ''Von Thera nach Atlantis. Die Geschichte hinter dem mythischen Inselreich.'' Marix Verlag, Wiesbaden. ISBN 978-3-7374-1192-9. * 2021 - ''Sprache - Schrift - Kultur - Religion - Geschichte - Philosophie, Publikationen Harald Haarmann (1970-2020), Hildesheim: Olms Verlag. . * 2020 - Platons Musen. Philosophie im Licht weiblicher Intellektualität. Georg Olms Verlag, Hildesheim, Zürich. ISBN 978-3-487-15922-5. * 2019 - ''Die Anfänge Roms'', Wiesbaden: Marix Verlag. . * 2019 - ''Vergessene Kulturen der Weltgeschichte'', München: C. H. Beck. . * 2017 - ''Wer zivilisierte die Alten Griechen? Das Erbe der Alteuropäischen Hochkultur.'' Marix Verlag, Wiesbaden . * 2016 - '' Plato's philosophy reaching beyond the limits of reason: contours of a contextual theory of truth. Philosophische texte und studien, 121. Hildesheim; Zürich; New York: Olms-Weidmann. (376 p.) . * 2016 - ''Auf den Spuren der Indoeuropäer. Von den neolithischen Steppennomaden bis zu den frühen Hochkulturen''. Munich: C.H. Beck. . * 2015 - ''Myth as source of knowledge in early western thought. The quest for historiography, science and philosophy in Greek antiquity''. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, . * 2014 - ''Roots of ancient Greek civilization. The influence of Old Europe''. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. . * 2013 - ''Ancient knowledge, ancient know-how, ancient reasoning. Cultural memory in transition from prehistory to classical antiquity and beyond''. Amherst, New York: Cambria Press. . * 2013 - ''Mythos Demokratie. Antike Herrschaftsmodelle im Spannungsfeld von Egalitätsprinzip und Eliteprinzip''. Frankfurt, Berlin, New York: Peter Lang. . * 2012 - ''Indo-Europeanization - day one. Elite recruitment and the beginnings of language politics''. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. 978-3-447-06717-1. * 2011 - ''Das Rätsel der Donauzivilisation. Die Entdeckung der ältesten Hochkultur Europas''. Munich: C.H. Beck. . * 2011
Europe's Mosaic of Languages
European History Online, Mainz: Institute of European History, retrieved: November 2, 2011. * 2010 - Die Indoeuropäer. Herkunft, Sprachen, Kulturen he Indo-Europeans. Origin, languages, cultures C.H. Beck knowledge, volume 2706. * 2009 - Interacting with figurines. Seven dimensions in the study of imagery. West Hartford, Vermont: Full Circle Press. * 2008 (co-author Joan Marler) - Introducing the Mythological Crescent. Ancient beliefs and imagery connecting Eurasia with Anatolia. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. * 2008 - Weltgeschichte der Zahlen orld history of numbers Munich: C.H. Beck knowledge, volume 2450. * 2007 - Foundations of culture: Knowledge-construction, belief systems and worldview in their dynamic interplay. Frankfurt, Berlin, New York: Peter Lang. * 2006 - Weltgeschichte der Sprachen. Von der Frühzeit des Menschen bis zur Gegenwart orld history of languages. From the early period of humans up to the present Munich: Becksche Reihe, volume 1703. * 2005 - Encyclopaedia of extinct peoples. From Akkader to Zimbern. Munich: Becksche Reihe, volume 1643. * 2005 - Schwarz: Eine kleine Kulturgeschichte lack: A brief cultural history Frankfurt, Berlin, New York: Peter Lang. * 2004 - Small encyclopaedia of peoples. From Aborigines to Zapotecs. Munich: Becksche Reihe, volume 1593. * 2004 - Elementary word order in the languages of the world. Documentation and analyses of the emergence of word order patterns. Hamburg: Helmut Buske. * 2003 - History of the deluge. In search of the early civilizations. Munich: Becksche Reihe, volume 1536. (2nd ed. 2005) * 2002 - Geschichte der Schrift istory of writing Munich: C.H. Beck knowledge, volume 2198. (2nd ed. 2004; 3rd ed. 2007) * 2002 - Lexikon der untergegangenen Sprachen ncyclopaedia of extinct languages Munich: Becksche Reihe, volume 1456. (2nd ed. 2004) * 2002 - Sprachen-Almanach. Zahlen und Fakten zu allen Sprachen der Welt anguage yearbook. Numbers and facts about all languages of the world Frankfurt, New York: Campus. * 2001 - Small encyclopaedia of languages. From Albanian to Zulu. Munich: Becksche Reihe, volume 1432. (2nd ed. 2002) * 2001 - Babylonian world. History and future of languages. Frankfurt, New York: Campus. * 2001 - The small languages of the world: Existential threats and chances of survival. A comprehensive documentation. Frankfurt, Berlin, New York: Peter Lang. * 1998 - Religion und Autorität. Der Weg des Gottes ohne Konkurrenz eligion and authority. The way of the gods without competition Hildesheim: Olms. * 1996 - Die Madonna und ihre griechischen Töchter. Rekonstruktion einer kunturhistorischen Genealogie he Madonna and her Greek daughters. Reconstruction of a cultural-historical genealogy Hildesheim: Olms. * 1995 - Early civilization and literacy in Europe. An inquiry into cultural continuity in the Mediterranean world. Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter. * 1993 - The world of European languages. History and future of the language nations between Atlantic and the Urals. Frankfurt, New York: Campus. * 1990 - Universal history of writing. Frankfurt, New York: Campus. (4th ed. 1998)


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Haarmann, Harald 1946 births Living people 20th-century German historians 20th-century German linguists 21st-century German historians University of Bonn alumni Alumni of Bangor University University of Coimbra alumni German male non-fiction writers German expatriates in Finland