Eugene Helimski

Eugene A. Helimski, ru: Evgenij A. Chelimskij, ( born March 15, 1950 in Odessa, USSR / Ukraine, † December 25, 2007 in Hamburg, Germany ) was a linguist and philologist.

Life

Eugen Helimski studied linguistics in Moscow and in 1979 in the subject Finno -Ugric languages ​​PhD ( Cand Sc.); In 1988 he completed his habilitation ( Dr. Sc.). From 1978 to 1997 he was a research associate at the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow. He was appointed professor at the Russian State University of the Humanities in Moscow in 1992. He was a visiting professor at the Eotvos Lorand University ( ELTE ), Budapest ( 1994-1995), at the Free University of Berlin ( 1995), at the Humboldt University in Berlin and at the Jagiellonian University of Krakow (1997-1998).

In 1998 he received an appointment as professor of the Finno-Ugric and Uralic Studies in the Department of Language, Music and Media Studies at the University of Hamburg; He was also director of the Institute for Finno-Ugric / Uralic.

Work

His main area of ​​research were the Finno- Ugric languages ​​and the Samoyed languages ​​and peoples. He was considered one of the most respected linguists and social anthropologists for Nordic Languages ​​and Cultures of Siberia. He was the author of several hundred scientific works, more than 20 monographs, 200 journal articles and numerous reviews and encyclopedic entries.