Anna Parzymies ( 5 January 1939 in Sofia, Bulgaria) is a Polish arabist, doctor of oriental studies, and professor at Warsaw University.
Biography
Anna Parzymies finished secondary school and college in Sofia, Bulgaria. During 1957âÂÂ1962, she studied at the Faculty of Turkish Philology at the University of Sofia. In 1962, she received a Bulgarian government grant to study Arabic at the Bourguiba Institute of Modern Languages, Tunis El Manar University, Tunisia. In 1971, she received a master's degree at the Faculty of Foreign Languages at Warsaw University. In 1978, she was awarded a Ph.D. degree at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. Following habilitation in 1992, she was awarded a postdoctoral degree in the humanities, in the field of Turkic linguistics. Her main research interests include language contacts between Turkic and Slavic peoples and the cultures of Muslim communities.
She specializes in three areas of research:
- Islam in Europe (primarily as relates to the Maghreb minorities in France; Chechens, Ingush, Tatars, and other Muslim communities in the Russian Federation; Albanians and Bosnian Muslims in the Balkans);
- Arabic sociolinguistics and, in particular, the Turkish influences on spoken Arabic;
- Methodology of historical linguistics, with an emphasis on the Altaic language group.
Parzymies is also the creator and founder of Dialog Academic Publishing, a Polish publishing company started in 1992. The company specializes in publications that are related to Africa and Asia or are written by authors from the area. Fiction published includes classical Sanskrit poetry, modern Chinese poetry, and novels written by North African authors. It has also published a number of European authors. A considerable part of its output is related to religion and Oriental languages.
Awards and honours
- Parzymies is the founder of the Department of European Islam Studies at the Faculty of Oriental Studies of Warsaw University. In 2009, at a ceremony in Paris, she received the UNESCO-Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture.
- in 2018, she received an Ordre des Arts et des Lettres with the rank of Officier for the production of French works of art and literature.
Selected publications
- Anthroponymie algérienne. Noms de famille moderne d'origine turque, (PWN, 1985)
- Encyklopedia. Ã
Âwiat w przekroju 1988 [The world in 1988. Encyclopedia], (coauthor, Wiedza Powszechna, 1989)
- JÃÂzyk protobuÃ
Âgarski. Przyczynek do rekonstrukcji na podstawie porównaÃ
 turecko-sÃ
ÂowiaÃ
Âskich [A contribution to the reconstruction of the Bulgar language on the basis of Turkic-Slavic comparisons], (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, 1994)
- JÃÂzyk czuwaski [The Chuvash language], (Wydawnictwo Akademickie "Dialog", 2000).
Bibliography
Books
As author:
- Tunezja [Tunisia], Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, Warsaw 1984.
- Anthroponymie algérienne. Noms de famille moderne d'origine turque, PWN, Warsaw 1985.
- JÃÂzyk protobuÃ
Âgarski. Przyczynek do rekonstrukcji na podstawie porównaÃ
 turecko-sÃ
ÂowiaÃ
Âskich (A contribution to the reconstruction of the Bulgar language on the basis of Turkic-Slavic comparisons), Rozprawy Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego 381, , Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, Warsaw 1994.
- JÃÂzyk czuwaski [The Chuvash language], Wyd. Akademickie Dialog, Warsaw 2000, .
As editor:
- Islam a terroryzm [Islam and terrorism], a collection edited by Anna Parzymies, Wyd. Akademickie Dialog, Warsaw 2003, .
- Ferdinand de Saussure, Szkice z jÃÂzykoznawstwa ogólnego, redakcja naukowa polskiej wersji jÃÂzykowej A. Parzymies(Polish translation of ÃÂcrits de linguistique générale), Wyd. Akademickie Dialog, Warsaw 2004.
- MuzuÃ
Âmanie w Europie [Muslims in Europe], a collection edited by Anna Parzymies, Wyd. Akademickie Dialog, Warsaw 2005, .
- Studies in Oriental Art and Culture in Honour of Professor Tadeusz Majda, a collection edited by Anna Parzymies, Wyd. Akademickie Dialog, Warsaw 2006, .
Articles in books
- Cyryl i Metody a kultura arabska [Cyril and Methodius and the Arab culture] [w:] T. DÃÂ
bek-Wirgowa, J. Wierzbicki (red.) Kategorie peryferii i centrum w ksztaÃ
Âtowaniu siÃÂ kultur narodowych, MateriaÃ
Ây konferencji naukowej, Wyd. UW, Warsaw 1986.
- La diglossie au Maghreb â un probleme social [w:] S. PiÃ
Âaszewicz, J. Tulisow (red.) Problemy jÃÂzyków Azji i Afryki, PWN, Warsaw 1987
- MuzuÃ
Âmanie we Francji [Muslims in France] [w:] H. Jankowski (red.), Z Mekki do Poznania. MateriaÃ
Ây 5. Ogólnopolskiej Konferencji Arabistycznej PoznaÃ
 9âÂÂ10 czerwca 1997, Wydawnictwo UAM, PoznaÃ
 1998, .
- AÃ
Âtaizmy w jÃÂzyku polskim [Borrowings from the Altaic languages in Polish] [w:] Orient w kulturze polskiej. MateriaÃ
Ây z okazji 25-lecia Muzeum Azji i Pacyfiku w Warszawie, Wyd. Akademickie Dialog, Warsaw 2000, .
- Islam na BaÃ
Âkanach [Islam in the Balkans][w:] A. Abbas (red.), Zagadnienia wspóÃ
Âczesnego islamu, Wyd. UAM, PoznaÃ
 2003, .
- U Ã
ºródeÃ
 arabskiego antyamerykanizmu [At the source of the Arab anti-Americanism] [w:] A. Parzymies (red.), Islam a terroryzm, Wyd. Akademickie Dialog, Warsaw 2003.
- MuzuÃ
Âmanie w Europie [Muslims in Europe] (co-authored by AgatÃÂ
S. NALBORCZYK) [w:] E. Machut-Mendecka (red.), Oblicza wspóÃ
Âczesnego islamu, Academica, Warsaw 2003, .
- MuzuÃ
Âmanie w BoÃ
Âni i Hercegowinie [Muslims in Bosnia and Herzegovina] [w:] A. Parzymies (red.), MuzuÃ
Âmanie w Europie, Wyd. Akademickie Dialog, Warsaw 2005.
- MuzuÃ
Âmanie w Macedonii [Muslims in the Republic of Macedonia] [w:] A. Parzymies (red.), MuzuÃ
Âmanie w Europie, Wyd. Akademickie Dialog, Warsaw 2005.
- MuzuÃ
Âmanie w Serbii i Czarnogórze [Muslims in Serbia and Montenegro] [w:] A. Parzymies (red.), MuzuÃ
Âmanie w Europie, Wyd. Akademickie Dialog, Warsaw 2005.
- MuzuÃ
Âmanie w JugosÃ
Âawii [Muslims in Yugoslavia] [w:] A. Parzymies (red.), MuzuÃ
Âmanie w Europie, Wyd. Akademickie Dialog, Warsaw 2005.
- MuzuÃ
Âmanie w BuÃ
Âgarii [Muslims in Bulgaria] [w:] A. Parzymies (red.), MuzuÃ
Âmanie w Europie, Wyd. Akademickie Dialog, Warsaw 2005.
- MuzuÃ
Âmanie w Grecji [Muslims in Greece] [w:] A. Parzymies (red.), MuzuÃ
Âmanie w Europie, Wyd. Akademickie Dialog, Warsaw 2005.
- Professor Tadeusz Majda and his research, teaching and organisational achievements [w:] A. Parzymies (red.), Studies in Oriental Art and Culture in Honour of Professor Tadeusz Majda, Wyd. Akademickie Dialog, Warsaw 2006.
- Ethnonymes slaves. Propositions d'etymologies altaÃÂques [w:] A. Parzymies (red.), Studies in Oriental Art and Culture in Honour of Professor Tadeusz Majda, Wyd. Akademickie Dialog, Warsaw 2006.
- O nagÃ
Âosowym Ã
Â- w jÃÂzyku protobuÃ
Âgarskim [On the initial Ã
Â- in the Bulgar language] [w:] E. Siemieniec-GoÃ
ÂaÃ
Â, J. Georgiewa-OkoÃ
 (red.), Od Anatolii po SyberiÃÂ. Ã
Âwiat turecki w oczach badaczy, Wyd. UJ, Kraków 2010.
- ÃÂûÃÂðùÃÂúø õ÷øúþòø òûøÃÂýøàò ÃÂûðòÃÂýÃÂúøÃÂõ õ÷øÃÂø üõÃÂþôþûþóøÃÂõý ÿþôÃÂ
þô òÃÂÃÂÃÂ
àÿÃÂøüõÃÂð ýð ôÃÂüðÃÂð koliba ÃÂÃÂþñûõüø ýð ñðûúðýÃÂúþÃÂþ ø ÃÂûðòÃÂýÃÂúþÃÂþ õ÷øúþ÷ýðýøõ, äðñõÃÂ, ÃÂõûøúþ âÃÂÃÂýþòþ 2010.
Articles in journals
- Noms de famille en Algérie contemporaine, "Africana Bulletin" 23, 1975.
- Uwagi na temat nazewnictwa geograficznego Algierii (Notes on the geographical names in Algeria), "PrzeglÃÂ
d Informacji o Afryce" 4, 1976
- , "Africana Bulletin" 26, 1977.
- Contenue ethnique des odjaks d'Algérie, "Africana Bulletin" 29, 1978.
- Rozwój patronimikum algierskiego [Development of the Algerian patronymic], "PrzeglÃÂ
d Informacji o Afryce" 1, 1979.
- Stosunki turecko-tunezyjskie w XIX wieku [Turkish-Tunisian relations in the nineteenth century], "Afryka. Azja, Ameryka Ã
ÂaciÃ
Âska" 1, 1982.
- XLIII, 1984.
- Aperçu sur l'évolution socio-lingistique de la langue arabe, "Africana Bulletin" 32, 1985.
- Caractéristique typologique de la situation linguistique arabe, "Africana Bulletin" 33, 1986.
- SÃ
ÂowiaÃ
Âsko-huÃ
Âskie zwiÃÂ
zki jÃÂzykowe [Slavo-Hunnic language relations], "PrzeglÃÂ
d Orientalistyczny" 143:3, 1987.
- Cyryl i Metody a kultura arabska [Cyril and Methodius and the Arab culture], "Afryka, Azja, Ameryka Ã
ÂaciÃ
Âska" 68, 1990.
- Une autre lecture de l'inscription de Pliska, "Journal Asiatique" 279:3âÂÂ4, 1991.
- Czy jest to pierwszy tekst w jÃÂzyku protobuÃ
Âgarskim [Is it the first text in the Bulgar language], "Afryka, Azja, Ameryka Ã
ÂaciÃ
Âska" 69, 1992.
- Jeszcze raz o strawie [Once again on pabulum], "Acta Philologica" 22, 1992.
- Le passé chrétien et le présent tolérant de la Tunisie musulmane, "Studia Arabistyczne i Islamistyczne", III, 1996
- O integracji ludnoÃ
Âci muzuÃ
ÂmaÃ
Âskiej w Europie [On the integration of the Muslim population in Europe], "Studia Bobolanum" 2/2003, .
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