18-555: [REDACTED] Look up Schimmel in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Schimmel is a German and Dutch surname . Notable people with the surname include: Annemarie Schimmel (1922–2003), German Islam scholar Corrie Schimmel (born 1939), Dutch swimmer Hendrik Jan Schimmel (1823–1906), Dutch poet and novelist Henry S. Schimmel (1884–1975), American politician and judge Jason Schimmel (born 1978), American musician from
36-672: A doctorate with the thesis Die Stellung des Kalifen und der Qadis im spätmittelalterlichen Ägypten ( The Position of the Caliph and the Qadi in Late Medieval Egypt ). She was then only 19 years old and her thesis was awarded magna cum laude . Not long after, she was drafted by the Auswärtiges Amt ( German Foreign Office ), where she worked for the next few years while continuing her scholarly studies in her free time. After
54-515: A second doctorate at Marburg in the history of religions ( Religionswissenschaft ) in 1954. A turning point in Schimmel's life came in 1954 when she was appointed professor of the history of religion at Ankara University . She spent five years in the capital city of Turkey teaching in Turkish and immersing herself in the culture and mystical tradition of the country. She was the first woman and
72-783: A year in the Reichsarbeitsdienst (Reich Labor Service). She then began studying at the University of Berlin in 1939, at the age of 17, during the Third Reich (1933–1945), the period of Nazi domination in Europe. At the university, she was deeply influenced by her teacher Hans Heinrich Schaeder , who suggested that she study the Divan of Shams Tabrisi , one of the major works of Jalaluddin Rumi . In November 1941 she received
90-575: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Schimmel [REDACTED] Look up Schimmel in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Schimmel is a German and Dutch surname . Notable people with the surname include: Annemarie Schimmel (1922–2003), German Islam scholar Corrie Schimmel (born 1939), Dutch swimmer Hendrik Jan Schimmel (1823–1906), Dutch poet and novelist Henry S. Schimmel (1884–1975), American politician and judge Jason Schimmel (born 1978), American musician from
108-480: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Annemarie Schimmel Annemarie Schimmel (7 April 1922 – 26 January 2003) was an influential German Orientalist and scholar who wrote extensively on Islam , especially Sufism . She was a professor at Harvard University from 1967 to 1992. Schimmel was born to Protestant and highly cultured middle-class parents in Erfurt , Germany. Her father Paul
126-579: The University of Bonn . After leaving Harvard, she returned to Germany, where she lived in Bonn until her death in 2003. She was often asked by both Muslims and non-Muslims whether she was a Muslim. In such cases, she preferred to give an evasive answer, saying, for example, that only those who are not sure whether they are good Muslims or not can really be good Muslims. She was multilingual—besides German, English, and Turkish , she spoke Arabic , Persian , Urdu , and Punjabi—and her interests ranged across
144-474: The surname Schimmel . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Schimmel&oldid=1094020822 " Categories : Surnames German-language surnames Dutch-language surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
162-474: The surname Schimmel . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Schimmel&oldid=1094020822 " Categories : Surnames German-language surnames Dutch-language surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
180-582: The Muslim landscape. She published more than fifty books and hundreds of articles on Islamic literature , mysticism , and culture , and she translated Persian, Urdu, Arabic, Sindhi , and Turkish poetry and literature into English and German. Her particular fondness for cats led her to write a book about their role in Islamic literature, and her interest in mysticism resulted in a book about numerical symbolism in various cultures. Her consuming passion, however,
198-1071: The band Estradasphere Michael Schimmel (1896–1981), honorary trustee of Pace University Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts , principal theatre of pace University, New York City, named after Michael Schimmel Paul Schimmel (born 1940), American biophysical chemist Paul Schimmel (curator) (born 1954), American curator of contemporary art Robert Schimmel (1950–2010), American stand-up comedian Samantha Schimmel (born 1995), American porn actress as Janice Griffith Sean Schimmel , American swimming coach Shoni Schimmel (born 1992), American basketball player Sven Schimmel (born 1989), German football defender Wilhelm Schimmel , German piano manufacturer founded by Wilhelm Schimmel (1854–1946) William Schimmel (born 1946), American accordionist See also [ edit ] Mold (German translation) Schimmel-Conrades Science Center All pages with titles containing Schimmel [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
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#1732787397433216-1020: The band Estradasphere Michael Schimmel (1896–1981), honorary trustee of Pace University Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts , principal theatre of pace University, New York City, named after Michael Schimmel Paul Schimmel (born 1940), American biophysical chemist Paul Schimmel (curator) (born 1954), American curator of contemporary art Robert Schimmel (1950–2010), American stand-up comedian Samantha Schimmel (born 1995), American porn actress as Janice Griffith Sean Schimmel , American swimming coach Shoni Schimmel (born 1992), American basketball player Sven Schimmel (born 1989), German football defender Wilhelm Schimmel , German piano manufacturer founded by Wilhelm Schimmel (1854–1946) William Schimmel (born 1946), American accordionist See also [ edit ] Mold (German translation) Schimmel-Conrades Science Center All pages with titles containing Schimmel [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
234-604: The end of World War II in Europe, in May 1945, she was detained for several months by U.S. authorities for investigation of her activities as a German foreign service worker, but she was cleared of any suspicion of collaboration with the Nazis. In 1946, at the age of 23, she became a professor of Arabic and Islamic studies at the University of Marburg , Germany. She was married briefly in the 1950s, but domestic life did not suit her, and she soon returned to her scholarly studies. She earned
252-604: The first non-Muslim to teach theology at the university. In 1967 she inaugurated the Indo-Muslim studies program at Harvard University and remained on the faculty there for the next twenty-five years. While living in quarters on the Harvard campus, Schimmel often visited New York City, where, as a consultant at the Metropolitan Museum of Art , she was famed for her ability to date manuscripts and objects from
270-486: The style of calligraphy in or on them. Her memory of calligraphic styles was almost photographic. During the 1980s, she served on the editorial board of the Encyclopedia of Religion , published in 16 volumes (Macmillan, 1988) under the aegis of Mircea Eliade . In 1992, upon her retirement from Harvard, she was named Professor Emerita of Indo-Muslim Culture. During this period, she was also an honorary professor at
288-427: Was Sufism, the mystical branch of Islam. Even prominent Sufis acknowledged her as one of the foremost experts on their history and tradition. Schimmel was the cofounder of Fikrun wa Fann , a multilingual cultural magazine. For her works on Islam , Sufism , and Muhammad Iqbal , a prominent philosopher and national poet of Pakistan, the government of Pakistan honored Schimmel with its highest civil awards, She
306-468: Was a postal worker and her mother Anna belonged to a family with connections to seafaring and international trade. Schimmel remembered her father as "a wonderful playmate, full of fun," and she recalled that her mother made her feel that she was the child of her dreams. She also remembered her childhood home as being full of poetry and literature, though her family was not an academic one. Having finished high school at age 15, she worked voluntarily for half
324-539: Was given other awards from many countries of the world, including the 1995 prestigious Peace Prize of the German Book Trade . This award caused a controversy in Germany, as she had defended the outrage of the Islamic world against Salman Rushdie , author of The Satanic Verses (1988), a novel, in a television interview. Schimmel's award speech is available online in translation, entitled "A Good Word Is Like
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