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Professor Schimmel awarded honorary doctorate
13-10-2002
Tehran, IRNA -- Tehran's Al-Zahra University on Saturday awarded Professor Anne Marie Schimmel with honorary doctorate for her lifetime research studies on Islam and the Islamic culture.
Speaking in the award ceremony, Minister of Science, Research and
Technology Mostafa Mo'in said that Professor Anne Marie Schimmel from
Germany has set an example for Dialogue of Civilizations and cultures
through relentless efforts she made for studying the Islamic culture
and civilization.
"She spent has 80 years of her life studying the Islamic culture
and has set a pattern for a successful understanding of cultures and
civilizations," Mo'in said.
"Mrs. Schimmel came from the dynamic culture of Germany and got
familiar with the Islamic culture and civilization and never felt a
sense of alienation thus putting forward a new approach for cultural
exchanges," the minister said.
Mo'in appreciated the depth of the understanding in Professor
Schimmel's books on Islamic and Oriental Studies. She has adopted a
unique approach in cultural studies, he said.
Chancellor of al-Zahra University Zahra Rahnavard awarded the
doctorate to Professor Schimmel.
Born on April 7, 1922 in Erfurt, Germany, Mrs. Schimmel got her
diploma at the age of 16 and accomplished her university studies at
philosophical doctorate level (Ph.D) at Berlin University three years
later.
She served as lecturers at Ankara University 1954-1959. She wrote
many books in English, Arabic and Turkish such as the 'Mystical
Aspects of Islamic Culture', 'Calligraphy of the Islamic Texts' and
Shoukoh-e-Shams 'Magnificence of the Sun'.
She is a contemporary historian, and well-known expert in the
Islamic and cultural studies.
SS/AH
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