Ludwig W. Adamec

Ludwig W. Adamec (10 March 1924 – 1 January 2019) was a noted scholar on the Middle East and Afghanistan. He was a professor emeritus in the School of Middle East and North African Studies at the University of Arizona.[1] He wrote and edited numerous books, including the republication of the monumental Historical and political gazetteer of Afghanistan, which had originally been compiled but was unpublished by the government in British India.

Biography

Born in Vienna in 1924, his father died when Adamec was 5 years old. His mother died when he was 16 years old (in 1940). He did not like the Nazi ideology and described himself as a "swing kid". After numerous escapes from orphanages and attempts to cross border to Switzerland, or another non-Nazi country, he was arrested and placed in the Moringen concentration camp where he stayed until the end of the Second World War.[2]

In 1950, he left Austria and after travels across Europe, Asia and Africa. He moved to the US in 1954, where he obtained a doctorate in Middle Eastern studies.

In 1967, he came to the University of Arizona as a scholar in Middle Eastern studies. He taught the history of Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa from about 500 A.D. to present days, and also for some time taught Arabic and Persian languages at the University. In 1975, he established a Near Eastern Center at the University and headed the Center for the subsequent 10 years.

In 1986–87 he headed the Afghanistan Branch at Voice of America.[3]

On 1 January 2019, Adamec died in Tucson, Arizona at the age of 95.[4]

List of publications
  • Ludwig W. Adamec: The A to Z of Islam, 2nd. ed. Paperback 2009.
  • Ludwig W. Adamec: Afghanistan, 1900–1923: A Diplomatic History, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1967.
  • Ludwig W. Admec: Afghanistan's Foreign Affairs to the Mid-Twentieth Century: Relations with the USSR, Germany, and Britain, Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1974.
  • Ludwig W. Adamec and Frank A. Clements: Conflict in Afghanistan: An Encyclopedia, Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2003.
  • Ludwig W. Adamec: Historical and political gazetteer of Afghanistan, 6 vols. Graz: Akad. Druck- und Verl.-Anst., 1972–1985.
  • Ludwig W. Adamec: Historical dictionary of Afghan wars, revolutions, and insurgencies, Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2nd. ed. 2005.
  • Ludwig W. Adamec: Historical Dictionary of Afghanistan, Lanham: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. 3rd ed. 2003.
  • Ludwig W. Adamec: Historical Dictionary of Islam, Scarecrow Press, 2nd ed. 2009.

Articles

References
  1. Ludwig W. Adamec Archived 2010-06-22 at the Wayback Machine. Department of Near Eastern Studies. University of Arizona.
  2. The Dignity of Work, by Ludwig Adamec, from Renate S. Meissner on behalf of the National Fund (Ed.): Lives Remembered. Life Stories of Victims of National Socialism. Vienna, 2010, pages 228-235.
  3. Ludwig W. Adamec - Voice of America experts database
  4. "Ludwig W Adamec Obituary - Tucson, AZ". Dignity Memorial. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
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