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'''Heinz Halm''' (born 1942 in Andernach, Rhine Province) is a German scholar of Islamic Studies, with a particular expertise on early [[Shiʿa|Shia]] history, the Ismailites and other Shia sects. | |||
[[File:Heinz_halm_portr.jpg|thumbnail|Heinz Halm]] | |||
==Biography== | |||
Heinz Halm studied Islamic and Semitic studies, and medieval and modern history at the University of Bonn, where he was a scholar of Annemarie Schimmel. Following his Ph.D. and a traineeship in journalism at Hessischer Rundfunk, he joined the scholarly project of the Tübinger Atlas des Vorderen Orients (de) (Tuebingen Atlas of the Near & Middle East), a bilingual (German/English) collection of geographical and historical maps. In 1980, he was appointed Professor for Islamic Studies at the University of Tübingen. | |||
==Books== | |||
*[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1558764178/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0 The Arabs: A Short History (2006)] | |||
*[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1558764372/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1 The Shi'ites: A Short History (Princeton Series on the Middle East), (2007)] | |||
*[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0231135866/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2 Shi'ism (2004)] | |||
*[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1860643132/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i4 The Fatimids and Their Traditions of Learning (2001)] | |||
*[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1558761357/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i3 Shi'a Islam: From Religion to Revolution (Princeton Series on the Middle East), (1996)] | |||
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[[Category:Islamic Studies]] | |||
[[Category:Shi’a Studies]] | |||
Latest revision as of 09:02, 20 September 2020
Heinz Halm (born 1942 in Andernach, Rhine Province) is a German scholar of Islamic Studies, with a particular expertise on early Shia history, the Ismailites and other Shia sects.
Biography[edit | edit source]
Heinz Halm studied Islamic and Semitic studies, and medieval and modern history at the University of Bonn, where he was a scholar of Annemarie Schimmel. Following his Ph.D. and a traineeship in journalism at Hessischer Rundfunk, he joined the scholarly project of the Tübinger Atlas des Vorderen Orients (de) (Tuebingen Atlas of the Near & Middle East), a bilingual (German/English) collection of geographical and historical maps. In 1980, he was appointed Professor for Islamic Studies at the University of Tübingen.