Yefim Anatolyevich Resvan

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Yefim Anatolyevich Resvan (2014)

Jefim Anatoljewitsch Reswan ( Russian Ефим Анатольевич Резван , scientific transliteration Efim Anatol'evič Rezvan ; born October 7, 1957 in Leningrad , Soviet Union ) is a Russian Arabist and Islamic scholar. He is Professor of the UNESCO Chair on comparative studies of spiritual traditions, their specific cultures and interreligious dialogue. In the same way, Jefim Reswan has been editor-in-chief of the scientific journal Manuscripta Orientalia and department director of the Museum of Ethnography and Anthropology of the Academy of Sciences of Russia ( Kunstkammer ) in Saint Petersburg since 2000 . He was a specialist trainer in the UNESCO / ICOM training program “Running a museum - XXI century” (2011–2014).

Life

Jefim Reswan comes from a family of officers. He completed his studies at the Chair of Arabic Philology in the Faculty of Oriental Studies at the University of Leningrad. From 1980 to 1983 he was an aspirant for the doctorate at the Institute for Oriental Studies of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR and also as a candidate for the doctorate in history from 1984 to 2000 as an employee and scientist at the Institute for Oriental Studies. He took part in ethnographically oriented research trips, including the Soviet expeditions to Yemen in 1986, expeditions to the Middle East, Central Asia, China and Africa. In 1989 he continued his studies at the Institut d'études arabes, turques et islamiques and at the Sorbonne Nouvelle University (Paris III) thanks to a scholarship program from the French CNRS and the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. He completed his studies in history in 2000 with a doctorate. In 2006, Jefim Reswan was appointed to the UNESCO honorary professorship for “Intercultural Dialogue on the Basis of Mutual Understanding”. In addition, Jefim Reswan has received numerous international honors and research awards (see below). He has a daughter, Marjam Jefimovna Reswan, who is engaged in research on the cultures of Central Asia.

Scientific work

Since the beginning of his scientific studies, Reswan has dedicated himself to researching the manuscripts kept in the St. Petersburg archives, which he published as monographs and essays. Several articles are devoted to the topic of Russian-Arab relations. The most important results of this work include the studies of the holy book of Islam, the Koran , especially its history, interpretation and translation. His monograph “The Koran and its world” ( Russian Коран и его мир ), also available as an English version under the title “The Quran and its world”, received great attention in Russia and at international level. Reswan devoted himself in detail to the scientific analysis of the oldest known manuscript, which is known as the "Koran of the 'Uthman" and has been preserved in a copy of the Central Asian Muslims (Коран' Усмана (Катта-Лангар, Сункт-Петар .Бункт-Петер , Ташкент) / The Qur'an of 'Uthman (Katta-Langar, Sankt-Peterburg, Bukhara, Tashkent) [Saint Petersburg, 2004, Russian-English edition, ISBN 978-5-85803-265-6 ]). Reswan published the text of this manuscript and provided it with a full lexical-grammatical commentary. A new translation into Russian is currently in progress. An invitation from the Italian professor Sergio Noja Noseda (1931–2008) was made possible by Reswan with the editorial committee of the international edition project “Early Qur'ans. The era of the Prophet, the Right Guided Caliphes and the Ummayades "(Noseda Foundation, Italy). In this context, he examined and published mainly manuscripts in the context of the oldest editions of the Koran. Manuscript research also focuses on a series of studies on the Karl Fabergé collection (Oriental manuscripts of Karl Fabergé, 2012).

International lecturing

Among Reswan's international lecturing activities, the lecture series Cultural Seasons, Dar Al Athar Al Islamiyyah in 2011 in Kuwait, the lectures at the Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim in Malang (Indonesia) in 2012 and at the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque in Muscat (Oman ) 2013.

Documentaries

Jefim Reswan is a screenwriter and producer of documentaries:

  • 2007: series Иджма '. Мусульманские сокровища России (судьбы, коллекции, документы) [Idzhma '. Musul'manskie sokrovishha Rossii (sud'by, kollekcii, dokumenty)]. Series "Иджма '= Согласие = Concordia" [Idzhma' = Soglasie = Concordia]. «Idjma. Unity. The Islamic Wealth of Russia (Treasures, Collections, Documents) »
  • 2007: Рукопись и судьба [Rukopis' i sud'ba]. The manuscript and fate. Screenwriter and co-producer. Director: T. Kolnogorova.
  • 2007: Каир - Петербург [Kair - Peterburg]. Cairo - Saint Petersburg. Screenwriter and producer. Director: Т. Soloviova.
  • 2007: Раскол [Raskol]. The schism. Screenwriter and producer. Director: T. Kolnogorova.
  • 2007: Коран с пятиконечной звездой [Koran s pjatikonechnoj zvezdoj]. The Koran and the five-armed star. Screenwriter and producer. Directed by T. Kolnogorova.
  • 2007: Араб из Джинау [Arab iz Dzhinau]. The Arab of Djinau. Screenwriter and producer. Director: Т. Soloviova.
  • 2007: Каир - Тампере. Женские судьбы [Kair - Tampere. Zhenskie sud'by]. Cairo - Tampere. Fates of women. Screenwriter and co-producer. Director: Т. Kolnogorova.
  • 2007: Экспедиция [Jekspedicija]. The expedition. Screenwriter and producer. Director: Т. Soloviova.
  • 2007: Хафтранги. Райский сад: семь цветов [Khaftrangi. Rajskij sad: sem 'cvetov]. (автор сценария и продюсер). Khaftrangi. Paradise garden: the seven flowers. Screenwriter and producer. Director: Т. Soloviova.

Reswan's films have been screened in Great Britain, Greece, Egypt, Indonesia, Italy, China, Finland and France as part of various scientific projects and cultural events. An interactive and medial project in 2013 dealt with the universal reception history of the Jonah myth. A combined exhibition, photo, art and film project that deals with the interrelationships between African studies (Ethiopia), Russian literature of the early 20th century, contemporary art and the reception of antiquity (on questions of Latin sources in cooperation with Gabriele Ziethen) 2014 with the Russian poets Anna Andrejewna Achmatowa and Nikolai Stepanowitsch Gumiljow under the title Les bijoux doivent etre sauvages! .

Monographs

  • Sufun rusiya fi-l-khalij al-arabi. 1899-1903. Mawad min arshif ad-dawla al-markazi li-l-ustul al-bahri al-harbi . Moscow 1990, ISBN 5-01-002157-9 . (Arabic)
  • Russian Ships in the Gulf. 1899-1903 . London 1999, ISBN 0-86372-155-9 . (English)
  • Hadjdj qabla mi'a sana. Rihla Sirriya li l Dabit Rusi Abd al Aziz Davletshin ila l Macca, 1898 . Beirut 1993. (Arabic).
  • Коран, пер. Д. Н. Богуславского (издание подготовлено совместно с А. Н. Вейраухом) The Qur'an. Translated by DN Boguslavskiy. Saint Petersburg 1995, ISBN 5-85803-045-9 .
  • Коран и его толкования (The Qur'an and its Exegesis). Saint Petersburg 2000, ISBN 5-85803-162-5 .
  • Al-hisan al-'arabi fi Rusiya (The Arabic Horse in Russia). Dubai 2005. (Arabic)
  • Al-Qur'an al-karim fi Rusiya [The Qur'an in Russia]. Dubai 2011. (Arabic)

Exhibition catalogs

  • От Багдада до Исфахана. Миниатюра и каллиграфия из коллекции СПбФ ИВ РАН [Ot Bagdada do Isfakhana. Miniatjura i kalligrafija iz kollekcii SPbF IV RAN]. From Baghdad to Isfahan. Illumination and script art of the Near East (8th – 18th centuries) from the Institute for Oriental Studies. Paris 1994 (also New York, Lugano and Salzburg) in collaboration with Ju. А. Petrossian, А. B. Khalidov and OF Акimouchkine (French edition, ISBN 978-2-87900-185-2 ), translation into English under the title Pages of Perfection. Islamic Paintings and Calligraphy from the Russian Academy of Sciences. Abbeville Press New York, St. Petersburg 1995, ISBN 0-7892-0095-3 ; German edition: ISBN 88-435-5317-8 ; Italian edition: ISBN 88-435-5315-1 .
  • Jeynov - "Мы пришли" (арабы Узбекистана: образы традиционной культуры) ["My prišli" (araby Uzbekistana: "obrazy tradicionnoj we kul'tury arrived"). The Arabs of Uzbekistan: Images and Objects of a Traditional Culture. Saint Petersburg 2004. (Catalog in Russian and English: Jeynov - "we arrived" (The Arabs of Uzbekistan - images of traditional culture))
  • Грёзы о Востоке. Русский авангард и шелка Бухары [Grëzy o Vostoke. Russkij avangard i šelka Bukhary]. Dreams of the east. Russian avant-garde and the silk from Bukhara. Saint Petersburg 2006. (Catalog in Russian and English: Oriental Dreams: Russian Avant-Garde and Silks of Bukhara)
  • Старожилы. «Славянский ход»: этнографические коллекции Югры . Starožily [«Slavjanskij khod»: ėtnografičeskie kollekcii Jugry]. The long-time residents. “The Slavic Movement” * ethnographic collections from Yugra. Surgut 2006. * Literally: "the old inhabitants"; Descendants of the Russian settlers in Siberia in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, many of whom were Old Believers.
  • Страна благовоний (Йемен: образы традиционной культуры) [Strana blagovonij (Yemen: obrazy tradicionnoj kul'tury)]. The land of holy war. Yemen: Images and Objects of a Traditional Culture. Saint Petersburg 2007, ISBN 978-5-91373-011-4 . (Catalog in Russian and English: The Land of Incense (Yemen: Images of Traditional Culture))
  • Они сражались за нашу свободу [Oni sražalis' za našu svobodu]. They fought for our freedom. Saint Petersburg 2010. (Catalog in Russian and English: They were fighting for our Freedom)
  • Между Туркестаном и Тибетом: салары [Meždu Turkestanom i Tibetom: salary]. Between Turkestan and Tibet: the Salars (Saint Petersburg, 2010), also Rhodes (catalog in Russian and English: Between Turkestan and Tibet: the Salars), ISBN 978-5-88431-179-4 .
  • В зеркале времени. Кенийская фотоколлекция Герхарда Линдблома [V zerkale vremeni. Kenijskaja fotocolkcija Gerkharda Lindbloma]. In the mirror of time. The Gerhard Lindblom Collection : Photos from Kenya. Photo exhibition catalog. Saint-Pétersbourg 2010, ISBN 978-5-91373-036-7 , ISBN 978-5-91373-033-6 . (Catalog in Russian and English. In the Mirrors of Time: Kenya photo collection by Gerhard Lindblom [1887–1969])
  • Самуил Дудин - фотограф, художник, этнограф (материалы экспедиций в Казахстан в 1899 и 1910 гicyk10, khudnografik10, v. Samuil Dudin [1863–1929]: photographer, painter and ethnographer. Materials of the expedition to Kazakhstan from 1899 to 1910. Saint Petersburg 2010. (Catalog in Russian and English: Samuel Dudin - Photographer, Artist, Ethnographer (the materials of the expeditions to Kazakhstan of 1889 and 2010)), ISBN 978- 5-88431-185-5 .
  • В зеркале времени. Диалог культур в Русском мире [V zerkale vremeni. Dialog kul'tur v Russkomire]. In the mirror of time. Cultural dialogue in the Russian world. Saint Petersburg 2011 (catalog in Russian and English: In the mirrors of times: Dialogue of Cultures in the “Russian World”) (with the assistance of А. Ju. Koudriavtseva and Т. М. Fedorova), ISBN 978-5-88431 -219-7 .
  • В зеркале времени. Народы России глазами фотографов рубежа XIX – XX вв. [V cerkale vremeni. Narody Rossii glazami fotografov rubeža XIX – XX vv]. In the mirror of time. The peoples of Russia seen through the eyes of photographers at the transition between the 19th and 20th centuries. Photo exhibition catalog. Saint Petersburg 2011. (Catalog in Russian and Slovenian (with the assistance of A. Ju. Koudriatseva et TM Fedorova), ISBN 978-5-91373-036-7 )
  • В зеркале времени. Диалог культур в Русском мире [V zerkale vremeni. Dialog kul'tur v Russkomire]. In the mirror of time. Cultural dialogue in the Russian world. Photo exhibition catalog. Saint Petersburg 2012, ISBN 978-5-88431-186-2 .
  • Паспорт Ионы [Pasport Iony]. Jonas passport. Saint Petersburg, Rhodes 2012, ISBN 978-5-88431-240-1 (catalog in Russian and English: The Passport of Jonah).

Special research trips

Yemen (1989, 2007); Uzbekistan (2001, 2004, 2005); Vietnam (2005); India (2002, 2005), India / Sri Lanka / Maldives (2009); China / Hong Kong (2005), China (2008); Egypt (2006, 2007); Ethiopia (2008, 2009); Ethiopia / Tanzania / Zanzibar (2010); Kazakhstan (2010, 2011, 2012); Indonesia (Sumatra, 2013).

Honors and research awards

  • Honorary Award from Soka University (Tokyo, 1998);
  • Prize of the Committee of Asian Muslims for participating in the project on Islam in the territory of the former Russian Empire (Tashkent, 1998).

For the monograph "Qur'an and Its World" Jefim Reswan was honored with

  • the National Book of the Year Prize awarded by the Federal Agency for Press and Mass Communications of Russia and the Publishers Association of Russia (2001);
  • the UNESCO certificate for the best edition, which makes an outstanding contribution to the culture of peace, non-violence and the dialogue of civilizations (2001);
  • the National Book of the Year Award of the Islamic Republic of Iran (2002) which was presented to him by President Khatami

For the monograph "The Qur'an of ʻUthman" (St. Petersburg, Katta Langar, Bukhara, Tashkent) was awarded Reswan

  • the national “Book of the Year” award in the “Humanitas” category (Russian Federation, 2005);
  • the highest award of the Second International Competition of the Commonwealth of Independent States for the “Book of the Year” in the category “Dialogue of Cultures” (2005);
  • the UNESCO certificate for the “Best Edition of an Outstanding Contribution to the Dialogue of Cultures” (2005);
  • the certificate of the Tehran "Qur'anic Fair" (2005).

Web links

Commons : Jefim Anatoljewitsch Reswan  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ UNESCO Chair (Кафедра ЮНЕСКО). Retrieved July 26, 2016 (Russian).
  2. ^ Efim Rezvan: Presentation Manuscripta Orientalia. Art camera, accessed on July 26, 2016 .
  3. ^ The Art Camera. Peter the Great Museum, accessed July 26, 2016 (Russian).
  4. ↑ Faculty of Oriental Studies (Восточный факультет). University of Leningrad, accessed on July 26, 2016 (Russian).
  5. ^ Institute of Oriental Studies. Russian Academy of Sciences, accessed July 26, 2016 .
  6. ^ EA Rezvan: The Qur'ān and its world. Russian Academy of Sciences, accessed July 26, 2016 .
  7. ^ EA Rezvan: Oriental manuscripts of Karl Fabergé. Russian Academy of Sciences, accessed July 26, 2016 .
  8. ^ Saint-Petersburg Presentation of the “Jonah” project by Efim Rezvan. kunstkamera.ru, November 15, 2013, accessed on July 26, 2016 (English).
  9. ^ Research. Gabriele Ziethen, accessed on July 26, 2016 (English).
  10. ↑ Les bijoux doivent etre sauvages. Jefim Resvan, accessed July 26, 2016 (Russian).
  11. ↑ Jeynov - "We arrived". kunstkamera.ru, accessed on July 26, 2016 (English).
  12. ^ EA Rezvan: Oriental Dreams: Russian Avant-Garde and Silk of Bukhara: [exhibition catalog]. kunstkamera.ru, accessed on July 26, 2016 (English).
  13. ^ "Expeditions are not over" series: The Land of Incense (Yemen: Images of Traditional Culture). kunstkamera.ru, accessed on July 26, 2016 (English).
  14. ^ EA Rezvan: Between Turkestan and Tibet: The Salars: [exhibition catalog]. Russian Academy of Sciences, accessed July 26, 2016 .
  15. ↑ In the mirrors of time (Kenya photo collection by Gerhard Lindblom). kunstkamera.ru, November 22, 2010, accessed on July 26, 2016 (English).
  16. ^ EA Rezvan: In the Mirrors of Time: Kenya photo collection by Gerhard Lindblom: photo exhibition catalog. Russian Academy of Sciences, accessed July 26, 2016 .
  17. ^ EA Rezvan: Samuel Dudin - Photographer, Artist, Ethnographer: (the materials of the expeditions to Kazakhstan of 1889 and 2010): [photo exhibition catalog]. Russian Academy of Sciences, accessed July 26, 2016 .
  18. ^ EA Rezvan: In the Mirrors of Time: Dialogue of Cultures in the “Russian World” [photo exhibition catalog]. Russian Academy of Sciences, accessed July 26, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Reswan, Jefim Anatolyevich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Резван, Ефим Анатольевич (Russian spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian Arabist and scholar of Islam
DATE OF BIRTH October 7, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Leningrad , RSFSR , Soviet Union