The Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft ( German: [ˈdɔʏtʃə ˈmɔʁɡənˌlɛndɪʃə ɡəˈzɛlʃaft] , German Oriental Society ), abbreviated DMG , is a scholarly organization dedicated to Oriental studies , that is, to the study of the languages and cultures of the Near East and the Far East , the broader Orient , Asia , Oceania , and Africa .
12-530: German Oriental Society may refer to: Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft , established in Leipzig in 1845 as a scholarly organization dedicated to studies of Asia Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft , established in Berlin in 1898 for archaeological research Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
24-541: A medal to honour their first secretarys of the DMG Hermann Brockhaus , Emil Rödiger , Heinrich Leberecht Fleischer and August Friedrich Pott . The frontside shows an image in neo-classical style designed by Theodor Grosse . Beginning in 1921, every three to five years the DMG has organized the "Deutschen Orientalistentag" (DOT), a congress of Oriental studies open to all German and foreign specialists in
36-667: The Vendidâd Sâde , an edition of a philosophical drama by Krishna Mishra called Prabodhachandrodaya and was the author of the influential Über den Druck sanskritischer Werke mit lateinischen Buchstaben (Concerning Sanskrit Works Printed in Latin Letters). From 1853 he was editor of the Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (Journal of the German Oriental Society ), and for
48-468: The DMG consists of its internationally renowned journal, the Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (ZDMG), published since 1847, and its monograph series, Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes (AKM), published since 1857, as well as the Beiruter Texte und Studien (BTS), which have been published since 1964. In 1870 in occasion of their 25th anniversary they commissioned
60-591: The School of Humanities at Jena. In 1841 Brockhaus followed an appointment to Leipzig, where in 1848 he was appointed a full professor of ancient Indian language at the university. After his death, he was succeeded at the university by Ernst Windisch . Among his better-known works are an edition of Kathâsarit-sâgara (a large collection of tales by Somadeva) and an edition of songs by the Persian lyric poet Hafez ( Lieder des Hafis ). He also published an edition of
72-456: The Society will deal not only with oriental literature ( morgenländische Literatur ) but also with the history of these countries and the research of their situation both earlier and more recent times." The DMG has traditionally concentrated on the "knowledge of languages, literatures, history, religions and philosophies, forms of law and society, archaeology, and the art and material culture of
84-603: The field. The DMG has been based since 2006 in Halle (Saale) . It maintains a research library there with more than 66,000 titles and a photographic collection. The Lidzbarski Gold Medal for Semitic Philology is awarded annually by the German Oriental Society for work in Semitic studies and named after Mark Lidzbarski . Hermann Brockhaus Hermann Brockhaus (January 28, 1806 – January 5, 1877)
96-615: The people living in these areas". In recent years, its scope has expanded to include sociology and political science as well. The academic disciplines represented in the DMG include the following: Ancient Near Eastern studies , Semitic languages , Jewish studies , Arabic studies , Islamic studies , the study of Oriental Christianity , Persian studies and Iranian studies , Indology , Turkish studies , Central Asian studies , Indo-European studies , Mongolian studies , Tibetan studies , Sinology , Japanese studies , Southeast Asian studies , and African studies . The publishing program of
108-514: The title German Oriental Society . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=German_Oriental_Society&oldid=484674806 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Deutsche Morgenl%C3%A4ndische Gesellschaft The DMG
120-624: Was a German Orientalist born in Amsterdam . He was a leading authority on Sanskrit and Persian languages . He was the son of publisher Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus and brother-in-law to composer Richard Wagner . In 1870 he received a combined medal (together with ( Fleischer , Pott and Rödiger ) in occasion of the 25th anniversary of the DMG . He studied Oriental languages at the Universities of Leipzig , Göttingen and Bonn where he
132-547: Was a student of August Wilhelm von Schlegel , the founder of German Indology . Afterwards he spent several years in France and England. In 1839 he was appointed associate professor of oriental languages at the University of Jena , teaching Sanskrit and Hebrew beginning in the summer term of 1840. Together with his colleague Johann Gustav Stickel (who taught Semitic languages ), Brockhaus established oriental philology at
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#1732765330199144-850: Was established on 2 October 1845 in Leipzig by leading Oriental scholars from Germany, as well as members of other Orientalist societies such as the Asiatic Societies in Paris (the Société Asiatique ), London (the Royal Asiatic Society ), and Calcutta (the Asiatic Society ). It was founded "to promote all aspects of the knowledge of Asia and of the countries closely related to it in every aspect, and to propagate participation of this in wider circles. Hence
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