Thede Kahl (born 30 March 1971 in Hamburg)[1] is a German ethnographer and ethnolinguist. He is the head of the Institute of South Slavic Studies in the University of Jena (in which he is a professor), in Germany. His research focuses are the Slavs, endangered languages and dialects, minorities of the Balkans and Anatolia and other topics related to ethnography and ethnolinguistics. Kahl has received numerous awards, such as the "Distincția Culturală" diploma from the Romanian Academy. He is also a member of various organizations like the Austrian Academy of Sciences and editor and co-editor of the journal Symbolae Slavicae.[2][3][4] Kahl is considered an expert on Aromanian studies.[5]

Thede Kahl
Thede Kahl (left) together with the Romanians Viorel Rogoz (center, another ethnographer) and Victoria Lelea (right, a former worker at the Satu Mare railway station) at Marna Nouă, Romania
Born(1971-03-30)30 March 1971
Academic work
DisciplineMostly ethnography and ethnolinguistics
InstitutionsUniversity of Jena

References

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  1. ^ University of Jena. "Wissenschaftlicher Lebenslauf des Herausgebers Thede Kahl". Yumpu (in German). Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. phil. Dr. h. c. Thede Kahl". Austrian Academy of Sciences (in German). Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Prof. Dr. Dr. H. s. Thede Kahl, Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena, Germany". The Yearbook of Balkan and Baltic Studies. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Prof. Dr. Thede Kahl". University of Jena – Faculty of Philosophy (in German). Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  5. ^ Trifon, Nicolas (2016). "Les études aroumaines en Roumanie à l'heure européenne: quelques observations". Cahiers balkaniques (in French). 44. doi:10.4000/ceb.9806.