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Stefan Heidemann (born 1961 in
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) is a German orientalist at
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, Hamburg.


Biography

Islamic studies Islamic studies is the academic study of Islam, which is analogous to related fields such as Jewish studies and Quranic studies. Islamic studies seeks to understand the past and the potential future of the Islamic world. In this multidiscipli ...
including
Islamic Art Islamic art is a part of Islamic culture and encompasses the visual arts produced since the 7th century CE by people who lived within territories inhabited or ruled by Muslims, Muslim populations. Referring to characteristic traditions across ...
and
economics Economics () is a behavioral science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...
in
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,
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,
Damascus Damascus ( , ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in the Levant region by population, largest city of Syria. It is the oldest capital in the world and, according to some, the fourth Holiest sites in Islam, holiest city in Islam. Kno ...
and
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1982–1993; Ph.D. in Islamic studies 1993 at Free University Berlin; Graduate seminar of the
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New York, 1993; (assistant professor) 1994–2001 at Jena University; 2001 at Jena University; visiting Professor 2001–2003 at
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; (senior assistant professor) 2002–2004 at Jena University; 2007-2008 Fellowship of the
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-Program of Islamic Architecture at
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,
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; 2008 Fellowship at the
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,
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; 2004–2010 (C2 professorship) at Jena University. During his time at Jena University he co-ordinated the ' Oriental Coin Cabinet' and the 'Alphons-Stübel Collection of Middle Eastern Photographs (1850–1890)'. 2009–2011 he taught as Professor of Islamic History and Artistic and Material Culture at the
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in
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and between 2010 and 2011 he served as Associate Curator of
Islamic Art Islamic art is a part of Islamic culture and encompasses the visual arts produced since the 7th century CE by people who lived within territories inhabited or ruled by Muslims, Muslim populations. Referring to characteristic traditions across ...
at
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. Since 2011 he teaches as Full Professor of Islamic studies at
Hamburg University The University of Hamburg (, also referred to as UHH) is a public research university in Hamburg, Germany. It was founded on 28 March 1919 by combining the previous General Lecture System ('' Allgemeines Vorlesungswesen''), the Hamburg Colon ...
and serves since 2012 as editor-in-chief of the journal '' Der Islam''. He coordinates the 'Webinar Initiative in Islamic Material Culture.


Main areas of research

His studies focus on political and economic history, material culture and numismatics of the Islamic World from
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to
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in the pre-modern period. Historical studies focus in their majority on
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and northern
Mesopotamia Mesopotamia is a historical region of West Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the Fertile Crescent. Today, Mesopotamia is known as present-day Iraq and forms the eastern geographic boundary of ...
from the 7th to the 16th century. Earlier studies include contemporary economic and development policies. Co-operation with several archaeological missions especially in Syria among them at the citadels in
Aleppo Aleppo is a city in Syria, which serves as the capital of the Aleppo Governorate, the most populous Governorates of Syria, governorate of Syria. With an estimated population of 2,098,000 residents it is Syria's largest city by urban area, and ...
,
Damascus Damascus ( , ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in the Levant region by population, largest city of Syria. It is the oldest capital in the world and, according to some, the fourth Holiest sites in Islam, holiest city in Islam. Kno ...
and
Masyaf Masyaf ( ') is a city in northwestern Syria. It is the center of the Masyaf District in the Hama Governorate. As of 2004, Masyaf had a religiously diverse population of approximately 22,000 Ismailis, Alawites and Christians. The city is well kno ...
, urban sites such as
Raqqa Raqqa (, also , Kurdish language, Kurdish: ''Reqa'') is a city in Syria on the North bank of the Euphrates River, about east of Aleppo. It is located east of the Tabqa Dam, Syria's largest dam. The Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine city and b ...
, and Kharab Sayyar, but also in
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,
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, and Afghanistan
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. In particular he pursues four major research projects: * The Early Islamic Empire at Work – the View from the Region Toward the center (7th to 11th century). * The Middle Islamic Period (12th century C.E.): Social, Economic and Cultural Transformations in Syria and Northern Mesopotamia including material culture. *
Raqqa Raqqa (, also , Kurdish language, Kurdish: ''Reqa'') is a city in Syria on the North bank of the Euphrates River, about east of Aleppo. It is located east of the Tabqa Dam, Syria's largest dam. The Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine city and b ...
at the Euphrates: Urbanity, Economy and Settlement Pattern in the Early Islamic Period. * History of Scholarship in Islamic Studies.


Awards and honors

*2005 Samir-Shamma-Prize of the
Royal Numismatic Society The Royal Numismatic Society (RNS) is a learned society and charity based in London, United Kingdom which promotes research into all branches of numismatics. Its patron was Queen Elizabeth II. Membership Foremost collectors and researchers, bo ...
, London. *2015 Full member of the Academy of Science and Literature in Mainz.


Publications

Publications on development policy, medieval Islamic history, history of Middle Eastern studies, Islamic numismatics, material culture, and archaeology. * Das Aleppiner Kalifat (A.D. 1261). Vom Untergang des Kalifates in Bagdad über Aleppo zu den Restaurationen in Kairo (Islamic History and Civilization. Studies and Texts 6), Leiden 1994. * Islamische Numismatik in Deutschland (Jenaer Beiträge zum Vorderen Orient 2), Wiesbaden 2000. (as editor and major contributor) * Die Renaissance der Städte. Städtische Entwicklung und wirtschaftliche Bedingungen in
Raqqa Raqqa (, also , Kurdish language, Kurdish: ''Reqa'') is a city in Syria on the North bank of the Euphrates River, about east of Aleppo. It is located east of the Tabqa Dam, Syria's largest dam. The Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine city and b ...
und Harran von der Zeit der beduinischen Vorherrschaft bis zu den Seldschuken (Islamic History and Civilization. Studies and Texts 40), Leiden 2002. * with Andrea Becker,
Raqqa Raqqa (, also , Kurdish language, Kurdish: ''Reqa'') is a city in Syria on the North bank of the Euphrates River, about east of Aleppo. It is located east of the Tabqa Dam, Syria's largest dam. The Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine city and b ...
II – Die islamische Stadt, Mainz 2003.(as editor and major contributor) * with Kevin Butcher, Regional History and Coin Finds from Assur / From the Achaemenids to the Nineteenth Century (Wissenschaftliche Veröffentlichungen der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft 148; Ausgrabungen der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft in Assur F: Fundgruppen 8), Wiesbaden 2017.


References


Sources

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Kürschners Deutscher Gelehrten-Kalender ''Kürschners Deutscher Gelehrten-Kalender'' (English: "Kürschner's Encyclopedia of German Scholars"), formerly subtitled ''Lexikon der lebenden deutschsprachigen Wissenschaftler'' ("Encyclopedia of Living German-Speaking Scholars"), is a German ...
'' 2012. De Gruyter: Berlin (24th ed.) 2011. *Concise biographical companion to Index Islamicus : an international who's who in Islamic studies from its beginnings down to the twentieth century; bio-bibliographical supplement to Index Islamicus, 1665–1980 (Handbook of oriental studies = Handbuch der Orientalistik, Sect. 1: The Near and Middle East, vol. 76), ed. by Wolfgang Behn, Leiden (Brill) 2006.


External links


Bibliography of S.H.

Bibliography of S.H. on Academia.edu

Literature from and about S.H. in the German National Library



Webinar Initiative in Islamic Material Culture
{{DEFAULTSORT:Heidemann, Stefan 1961 births Living people German orientalists Free University of Berlin alumni Academic staff of the University of Jena Bard College faculty Academic staff of the University of Hamburg German male non-fiction writers