Thede Kahl (born 30 March 1971 in Hamburg) is a German ethnographer and

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. He is the head of the Institute of South Slavic Studies in the University of Jena (in which he is a

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), in Germany. His research focuses are the Slavs, endangered languages and dialects, minorities of the Balkans and Anatolia and other topics related to ethnography and ethnolinguistics. Kahl has received numerous awards, such as the "Distincția Culturală" diploma from the Romanian Academy. He is also a member of various organizations like the Austrian Academy of Sciences and editor and co-editor of the journal ''Symbolae Slavicae''. Kahl is considered an expert on

Aromanian studies Aromanian studies ( rup, Studii armãneshti) are an academic discipline centered on the study of the Aromanians. They are included within Balkan and Romance studies. Notable scholars on Aromanian topics include , Thede Kahl and Gustav Weigand. Th ...

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1971 births Living people People from Hamburg German ethnographers German editors 20th-century German historians 21st-century German historians Aromanian studies Slavists Academic staff of the University of Jena {{Germany-academic-bio-stub