Английская Википедия:Annette Schmiedchen

Материал из Онлайн справочника
Перейти к навигацииПерейти к поиску

Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox person Annette Schmiedchen is a German author, scholar of Sanskrit epigraphy, indologist, a researcher at the Humboldt University of Berlin and a member of faculty of Indology at Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg.[1][2] She is the author of several articles on Indian heritage and Culture[1] and the book, Herrschergenealogie und Religioses Patronat: Die Inschriftenkultur der Rastrakutas, Silaharas und Yadavas, the 17th book released under the series, Gonda Indological Studies by Brill Publishers.[3] The Government of India honoured her in 2015 with the award of Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award.[4]

Biography

Annette Schmiedchen, born in Germany in 1966,[2] did her studies on Indian History and Indology at the Humboldt University of Berlin and later at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg.[1] She obtained her doctoral degree from Humboldt University of Berlin in 1994[5] on the thesis, Grants of Villages, Land, and Money in Favour of Buddhist Monasteries in Northern India from the 5th to the 8th Centuries after which she submitted a Habilitation thesis on Epigraphical Culture and Regional Tradition in Early Medieval Maharashtra: Legitimizing Political Power and Official Religious Patronage under the Royal Dynasties of the Rastrakutas, Silaharas, and Yadavas from the 8th to the 13th Centuries to Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg in 2008 to secure a Habilitation degree a year later.[1][2] She works as a member of faculty of the Martin Luther University[5] and pursues research on a European Research Council funded project on Medieval Foundations and Endowments at Humboldt University.[1][2]

Schmiedchen is a regular visiter to India since 1992 for her researches[2] and has written several articles, in German and English,[6][7][8][9][10] on Indian culture and Sanskrit epigraphy. Her maiden book, Herrschergenealogie und religiöses Patronat. Die Inschriftenkultur der Rastrakutas, Silaharas und Yadavas, was released in 2014.[3] She is an honorary Research Fellow of the International Association of Sanskrit Studies[11] and is associated with Jawaharlal Nehru University and the Indian Council for Cultural Relations who funded her first project in India.[2] She is married to Rainer Schmiedchen[2] who is the Consul General of Germany in Kolkata.[12] The Government of India included her in the 66th Republic Day honours list, in 2015, for the civilian award of Padma Shri for her contributions to Sanskrit language and Indology.[2][4][5]

See also

Шаблон:Div col

Шаблон:Div col end Шаблон:Portal

References

Шаблон:Reflist

Further reading

Шаблон:Padma Shri Award Recipients in Literature & Education

Шаблон:Authority control