Dr. Aziz Suryal Atiya and the Establishment of the Middle East Center and the Aziz S. Atiya Library for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Utah

• Authors: Leonard C. Chiarelli , Mohammad Mirfakhrai

Title variants

PL

Dr Aziz Suryal i powstanie Centrum Badań Bliskowschodnich oraz Biblioteki na Rzecz Badań Bliskowschodnich im. Aziza S. Atiyi na Uniwersytecie Stanu Utah

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Aziz Suryal Atiya was an Egyptian Coptic Studies expert, historian and orientalist specializing in the study of the Crusades era. He published several important books, including primarily The Crusades in the Later Middle Ages (1938). He contributed to the creation of the Institute of Coptic Studies in Cairo in the 1950s. He was also the originator and founder of the Middle East Center at the University of Utah, which today is one of the most important centers of wide science research on the Middle East. This article discusses the background and circumstances of the establishment of the Middle East Center and the Aziz S. Atiya Library for Middle Eastern Studies, both at the Univer­sity of Utah, which is the fifth largest institution of its kind in North America.

PL

Aziz Suryal Atiya był egipskim koptologiem oraz historykiem i orientalistą specjalizującym się w studiach nad epoką wypraw krzyżowych. Opubliko­wał kilka ważnych dzieł, w tym przede wszystkim The Crusades in the Later Middle Ages (1938). Doprowadził do powstania Instytutu Studiów Koptyj­skich w Kairze w latach 50. ubiegłego stulecia. Był również pomysłodawcą i założycielem Centrum Badań Bliskowschodnich na Uniwersytecie Stanu Utah, które do dzisiaj jest jednym z najważniejszych centrów nauki dotyczą­cym badań nad Bliskim Wschodem w szerokim kontekście. Niniejszy artykuł opowiada o tle i okolicznościach powołania Centrum Badań Bliskowschod­nich oraz Biblioteki na Rzecz Badań Bliskowschodnich im. Aziza S. Atiyi na Uniwersytecie Stanu Utah, która jest piątą co do wielkości tego typu instytucją w Ameryce Północnej.

• Publisher: Akademia Ignatianum w Krakowie
• Journal: Perspektywy Kultury
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 31
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 43-60

Dates

published

2020-12-31

Contributors

author

Leonard C. Chiarelli

author

Mohammad Mirfakhrai

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Identifiers

DOI

10.35765/pk.2020.3104.05