Stefan Wild
Who directed or managed Orient-Institut Beirut from 1968 to 1973?
Orient-Institut Beirut The Orient-Institut Beirut ( OIB ) ( ) is one of ten German Humanities Institutes Abroad which belong to the Max Weber Foundation . The OIB was established in 1961 by the Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft ( German Oriental Society ) and is part of the Max Weber Foundation since 2003 . The OIB supports and promotes independent research on the historical and contemporary Middle East and the Arab world in cooperation with researchers and academic institutions throughout the region . History . The Orient-Institut Beirut was founded in 1961 by the German Oriental Society ( Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft ) , an academic association founded in 1845 to promote the study of the languages and cultures of the “Orient” . It was financed by the German Federal Ministry of Research and Technology , the Fritz Thyssen Foundation , the VolkswagenStiftung and the German Research Association ( DFG ) . In 1963 , the institute gained the legal recognition of the Lebanese government and moved to its present premises in the former Villa Maud Farajallah in the quarter of Zokak al-Blat , near the downtown area of Beirut . Since 2003 the Orient-Institut Beirut belongs to the Max Weber Foundation – German Humanities Institutes Abroad . After the German staff had to be temporarily evacuated to Istanbul in 1987 , the Orient-Institut Istanbul ( OI Istanbul ) – which had been a branch of the Beirut institute for 20 years – became an independent institution inside the Max Weber Foundation in 2009 . The OIB , which conducts and supports research on historical and contemporary issues related to Lebanon and the Arab world , has increased his cooperation with academic partners in Egypt since 2010 and maintained an office in Cairo . Academic profile and tasks . The OIB is an interdisciplinary research institute . The study of social , religious , and intellectual history , as well as the study of literature , language and politics figures among the various projects undertaken at the institute . It is part of the OIBs mission to support young academic researchers . The Orient-Institut Beirut employs research associates and supports PhD students , post-docs , research projects , affiliated researchers , and scholars working on the Middle East . The OIB cooperates with numerous academic institutions and organizes academic events ( lectures , seminars , workshops , symposia , international conferences and congresses ) on a wide variety of issues related to the MENA region . Local and international partnerships are crucial in designing and funding the institute’s projects . In particular , the OIB is at the forefront of facilitating research collaborations between institutions in the Arab world and institutions in Germany and Europe . It thereby seeks to encourage innovative academic perspectives on the region . Library . The library of the OIB is open for public use and offers around 140.000 volumes and 1.700 periodicals . Its collection includes studies on religion , philosophy , and law as well as on literature , history and contemporary themes related to the Middle East . Material is gathered in Western languages , in Arabic and occasionally in Persian and Turkish . All this is supplemented by academic literature from various related disciplines , including political science , social anthropology and sociology . One of the richest resources of the OIB is its collections of periodicals covering politics , religion , and culture as well as several literary magazines published in the Middle East . Publication series . The OIB publishes two series of publications and one online-publication . - In the series Bibliotheca Islamica ( ) manuscripts dating back from the 11th century onwards are edited as books . These critical editions include Arabic , Persian and Turkish texts - on topics ranging from history , prosopography , literature and theology to Sufism . - In the series Beiruter Texte und Studien ( Beirut Texts and Studies ) academic studies , monographs , and conference proceedings are published in German , English , Arabic and French . - In cooperation with the Orient-Institut Istanbul , the OIB publishes the online series Orient-Institut Studies on perspectivia.net . This series is meant to combine regional and trans-regional perspectives in Middle Eastern and Euro-Asian Studies . List of directors . - 1961 – 1963 Hans Robert Roemer - 1963 – 1968 Fritz Steppat - 1968 – 1973 Stefan Wild - 1974 – 1978 Peter Bachmann - 1979 – 1980 Ulrich Haarmann - 1981 – 1984 Gernot Rotter - 1984 – 1989 Anton Heinen - 1989 – 1994 Erika Glassen - 1994 – 1999 Angelika Neuwirth - 1999 – 2007 Manfred Kropp - 2007 - 2017 Stefan Leder - 2017 - Now Birgit Schäbler Bibliography . - Peskes , Esther/ Strohmeier , Martin ( Hrg. ) : 1961-1991 : Orient-Institut der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft . Istanbul : Türk Hoechst 1991 . - Orient-Institut Beirut ( Hrg. ) : 50 Years of Orient-Institut Beirut : Five Decades of German Research in/on the Near East . 1961 – 2011 , Beirut 2011 . - Rotter , Gernot / Köhler , Wolfgang : Orient-Institut der Morgenländischen Gesellschaft in Beirut . Beirut : Imprimerie Catholique 1981 . - Orient-Institut Beirut : Jahresbericht 2011 - Stiftung Deutsche Geisteswissenschaftliche Institute im Ausland ( DGIA ) : Jahresbericht 2009-2010 , S.190-197