معرفی
Prof. Dr. Jens Peter Laut (*1954) has been Professor of Turkology and Central Asian Studies at Georg-August-University Göttingen since 2008. Previously, he held professorships in Islamic Studies/Turkology at the University of Freiburg (1997-2008) and served in temporary roles there (1996-1997). His academic career spans editorial and organizational roles in orientalist institutions, including vice-presidency of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen (2016-2020) and leadership positions in projects like the Katalogisierung der orientalischen Handschriften in Deutschland (KOHD) and the Wörterbuch des Altuigurischen.
- Education:
- Dr. phil. (magna cum laude) in Turkology, 1985 (University of Göttingen)
- Habilitation in Turkology, 1993 (University of Göttingen)
- Magister ("sehr gut") in Religious Studies, 1980
- Studies in Comparative Religious Studies, Turkology, and Indology at Marburg and Gießen Universities (1976-1981)
Research Interests: Focus on historical and cultural developments in Central Asia, particularly pre-Islamic and Islamic Turkic traditions. He explores language reforms in Turkey, Kemalist ideology, and modern Turkish literature, integrating philological analysis with historical contextualization. His work bridges Turkic studies, Islamic theology, and comparative linguistics.
Scientific Contributions:
- Co-editor of Jahrbuch Türkisch-Deutsche Studien (since 2016)
- Co-editor of Türk Dilleri Araştırmaları (since 2014)
- Editorial advisory roles for Tocharian and Indo-European Studies (since 2013) and Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (since 2000)
Institutional Leadership: Led projects like the Wörterbuch des Altuigurischen (since 2017) and earlier editions of Tocharian/Turkic Buddhist texts. Active in university governance as Kondekan of the Philosophical Faculty (2013-2016) and DFG project evaluations.
