Interwar Period https://archiv.ub.uni-marburg.de/ep/0003/2015/108/2787/2787.png Publikationsserver der Universitätsbibliothek Marburg Universitätsbibliothek Marburg 4 PeriodicalPart Periodical Philipps-Universität Marburg urn:nbn:de:hebis:04-ep00032 General history of Asia; Middle East https://archiv.ub.uni-marburg.de/ep/0003/cover.png 2196-629X 2714728-9 2013 Middle East - Topics + Arguments Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies (CNMS) urn:nbn:de:hebis:04-ep0003-2015-1085 Vol 4 (2015) application/pdf https://doi.org/10.17192/meta.2015.4.108 Area Studies 2015-05-22 https://archiv.ub.uni-marburg.de/ep/0003/2015/108/cover.png 2015 English 2015-05-22 application/pdf Focusing on the Seminar for Oriental Languages in Berlin, the article explores competing visions on the role of area studies between two prominent Orientalists in the interwar period. It shows that tensions between blue-sky research, applied research and the provision of educational services were at the centre of this argument. In sketching the development of the academic community of Orientalists since Germany's imperial period, it will be argued that concepts of area studies continued to be linked to visions of nationalist and expansionist foreign policies, even after 1918. article Area Studies 2015 2015-05-22 Schmid, Larissa Schmid Larissa Oriental Studies Islamic Studies https://doi.org/10.17192/meta.2015.4.2787 Competing Visions of Area Studies in the Interwar Period: The School of Oriental Languages in Berlin urn:nbn:de:hebis:04-ep0003-2015-108-27873 2018-01-31