Chapter 5. Scholarly Networks and Correspondence
2023; Volume: 112; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1353/tap.2023.a919381
ISSN2325-9264
Autores Tópico(s)Wikis in Education and Collaboration
ResumoChapter 5. Scholarly Networks and Correspondence Sabine Schmidtke (bio) In a letter to Goldziher on 24 or 25 August 1912 (see Part II, letter 59), Strothmann lamented his isolation as a scholar, not only in Schulpforta but also during his regular stays in Berlin during this period. Although his complaint was certainly merited in view of his professional situation at the time, Strothmann was nonetheless able to tap into a continuously growing network of fellow scholars from early on. On various occasions, Strothmann acknowledged the help of Friedrich Kern (b. 1874, d. 1921), who had provided him with bibliographical details. The two must have met regularly in the Berlin State Library during Strothmann’s visits.1 Martin Hartmann (b. 1851, d. 1918), another Berlin-based scholar of Islam, was closely acquainted with Strothmann’s scholarship and personality in the 1910s.2 In view of his plans to publish [End Page 89] in the Mittheilungen des Seminars für Orientalische Sprachen, first his Kultus der Zaiditen and later on “Das Bürgerliche Recht der Zaiditen” (see Chapter 2), Strothmann had been introduced by Carl Heinrich Becker to Georg Kampffmeyer (b. 1864, d. 1936), and it can be assumed that he was also acquainted with the seminar’s other faculty, including Eduard Sachau, its director.3 Strothmann was also in contact with Sachau’s former student and later successor Eugen Mittwoch (b. 1876, d. 1942), who worked at the time as instructor of Semitic philology at the Seminar für Orientalische Sprachen and since 1906 also taught at the Veitel Heine Ephraim’schen Lehranstalt in the city; like Strothmann, Mittwoch was deeply interested in Yemenitica. Mittwoch had been asked to assess the manuscript collection of the late Hermann Burchardt (b. 1857, killed in Yemen on 19 December 1909), which included manuscripts of Yemeni provenance. A meeting between Mittwoch and Strothmann is attested during the latter’s sojourn in Berlin in December 1910, although their acquaintance may date earlier.4 In 1922, or possibly before, Strothmann also [End Page 90] began writing for the Encyclopaedia of Islam, as is evident from his correspondence with Arthur Schaade.5 Moreover, in September 1922 Strothmann invited a number of colleagues to Pforta for an informal gathering, an “Orientalistentag im kleinen Kreise,” as Kahle described it.6 Besides Kahle, Hellmut Ritter attended the meeting,7 and Gotthelf Bergsträßer also participated with a lecture, which he later published under the title “Anfänge und Charakter des juristischen Denkens im Islam: Vorläufige Betrachtungen.”8 Carl Brockelmann was another participant of the meeting and his lecture was devoted to a topic of Arabic poetry.9 Carl Heinrich Becker, whom [End Page 91] Strothmann had invited as well, was unable to attend.10 On this occasion Strothmann himself delivered a lecture titled “Über Ursprung und Bedeutung des Islam.”11 For more than two decades, Strothmann regularly attended the Deutsche Orientalistentage,12 and he was listed among the members of the German delegation to the nineteenth International Congress [End Page 92] of Orientalists in Rome in September 1935 (Figure 5.1),13 although in the end he did not travel to Rome.14 His various [End Page 93] trips to the Middle East and his appointment as editor of Der Islam helped to further enlarge his scholarly network. The extent of Strothmann’s scholarly connections is indicated by his partly extant correspondence. He regularly exchanged letters with other Orientalists and with representatives of cognate fields, including Paul Wilhelm Schmiedel (b. 1851, d. 1935),15 Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje,16 Walter Ewing Crum (b. 1865, d. 1944),17 August Fischer (b. [End Page 94] Click for larger view View full resolution Figure 5.1. Page 1 of letter from Reichs-und Preußischer Minister für Wissenschaft, Erziehung und Volksbildung to Paul Kahle, 26 July 1935, listing the members of the German delegation to the nineteenth International Congress of Orientalists in Rome in September 1935. Staatsarchiv Hamburg: Personalakte Rudolf Strothmann (361-6_IV 1010, Bl. 10). [End Page 95] 1865, d. 1949),18 Aby Warburg,19 Carlo A. Nallino (b. 1872, d. 1938),20 Josef Horovitz,21 Paul Kahle,22 Eugen Mittwoch,23 Martin Sprengling (b. 1877, d. 1959),24 Richard Hartmann...
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