Background
Heidemann, Stefan was born on April 3, 1961 in Strang, Germany. Son of Georg-Heinrich Heidemann, Lieselotte Baumhöfer.
(The end of the Abbasid caliphate in Baghdad during the Mo...)
The end of the Abbasid caliphate in Baghdad during the Mongol wars of the 13th century was one of the decisive events of Islamic history. This text deals with the fate of the institution from the Mongol sack of Baghdad through the short-lived Aleppine caliphate to its restoration, in Mamluk Cairo. The often parrallel developments and motivations of the historical figures are analyzed step-by-step. The author explores the relations between the events, revealing the contingent character of the restoration. The key for the new interpretation is the Aleppine caliphate. Emphasis is given to the changing patterns of legitimization and of representation of political power. An extensive political chronography and a detailed numismatic corpus for all major towns in the regions (Egypt, Syria, Northern Mesopotamia and Iraq) and period concerned (1257-1262) serve as a reference.
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Orientalist university professor
Heidemann, Stefan was born on April 3, 1961 in Strang, Germany. Son of Georg-Heinrich Heidemann, Lieselotte Baumhöfer.
Islamic studies including Islamic Art and economics in Regensburg, Berlin, Damascus and Cairo 1982–1993. Doctor of Philosophy in Islamic studies 1993 at Free University Berlin. Graduate seminar of the American Numismatic Society New York, 1993.
Wissenschaftlicher Assistent (assistant professor) 1994–2001 at Jena University.
Habilitation 2001 at Jena University. Visiting Professor 2001–2003 at University of Leipzig.
Oberassistent (senior assistant professor) 2002–2004 at Jena University. 2007-2008 Fellowship of the Aga Khan-Program of Islamic Architecture at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Master of Arts. 2004-2010 Hochschuldozent (C2 professorship) at Jena University.
During his time at Jena University he co-ordinated the "Oriental Coin Cabinet" and the "Alphons-Stübel Collection of Middle Eastern Photographs (1850-1890)". 2009-2011 he taught as Professor of Islamic History and Artistic and Material Culture at the Bard Graduate Center in New York and between 2010 and 2011 he served as Associate Curator of Islamic Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Artist Historical studies focus in their majority on Syria and northern Mesopotamia from the 7th to the 16th century.
Earlier studies include contemporary economic and development policies.
Company-operation with several archaeological missions especially in Syria among them at the citadels in Aleppo, Damascus and Masyaf, urban sites such as ar-Raqqa, and Kharab Sayyar, but also in Portugal, Mongolia, and Afghanistan Balkh. In particular he pursues five major research projects:
The Middle Islamic Period (12th century Civil Engineering): Social, Economic and Cultural Transformations in Syria and Northern Mesopotamia including material culture. ar-Raqqa at the Euphrates: Urbanity, Economy and Settlement Pattern in the Early Islamic Period.
History of Scholarship. A Survey of Islamic Numismatics.
2005 Samir-Shamma-Prize of the Royal Numismatic Society, London.
(The end of the Abbasid caliphate in Baghdad during the Mo...)
His studies focus on political and economic history, material culture and numismatics of the Islamic World from Mongolia to northern Africa in the pre-modern period. The Early Islamic Empire at Work - the View from the Region Toward the center (7th to 11th century).
2015 Full member of the Academy of Science and Literature in Mainz.