Ulrich Schapka

Ulrich Schapka (born January 2, 1942 in Hanau ) is a German librarian and orientalist .

Life

Schapka first studied business administration at the University of Frankfurt / M., But then at the University of Würzburg Iranian Studies, Islamic Studies and Indology. After completing his doctorate and working as a research assistant at the University of Würzburg, Schapka joined the higher library service in the state of Baden-Württemberg. At the University Library of Tübingen, he initially worked as a specialist in Iranian Studies in the DFG- funded special collection area . In 1993 he became deputy director and was director of the university library from 2003 to 2008.

In addition to his work as a librarian, he held a teaching position for Iranian Studies at the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen and was appointed honorary professor in 2005.

Fonts

• Vocabulary of the common plant names collected in eastern Afghanistan. (Compiled by Otto H. Volk and edited by Ulrich Schapka.) Würzburg, Oriental. Seminar d. Univ .: U. Schapka self-published, 1972.
• The Persian bird names , 1972 (dissertation)

Web links

• Literature by and about Ulrich Schapka in the catalog of the German National Library