Heleen Sancisi-Weerdenburg
Heleen W.A.M. Sancisi-Weerdenburg (23 May 1944, in
Achaemenid
history.
Sancisi-Weerdenburg began her studies in ancient history at the
Achaemenid Empire from the distorting web created by Greek literary conventions. To do this, she studied Old Persian, primarily on her own, and Iranian archaeology with Louis Vanden Berghe in Ghent.[1]
She received her doctor of letters in Persian histories and their 200-year-long empire founded by Cyrus the Great
.
In the historiography of the classical tradition and its modern elaborations, the ancient
Persian
kingship and the notion of the role of harem intrigue as the defining social maneuverability of women in the empire. The themes that became touchstones of the new historical agenda on the Persian empire spearheaded by Sancisi-Weerdenburg invariably resonated with concerns that invited engagement and energetic debate by a stimulating range of scholars.
Heleen W.A.M. Sancisi-Weerdenburg died of cancer at the age of 56 in Utrecht, the Netherlands.[2]
Bibliography
Heleen Sancisi-Weerdenburg was a prolific writer on Achaemenid history with numerous publications in both Dutch and English. Only the most important, are listed here.
- J.-W. Drijvers, J. de Hond and H. Sancisi-Weerdenburg, eds., “Ik hadde de nieusgiergigheid.” De reizen door het Nabije Oosten van Cornelis de Bruijn (ca. 1652-1727), (Mededelingen en Verhandelingen van het Vooraziatisch-Egyptische Genootschap “Ex Oriente Lux,” Leiden 31), Leiden and Louvain, 1997.
- A. Kuhrt and H. Sancisi-Weerdenburg, eds., Achaemenid History III: method and theory, Leiden, 1988.
- H. Sancisi-Weerdenburg, “Colloquium Early Achaemenid History,” Persica 9, 1980, pp. 231–32.
- Eadem, “Was there ever a Median empire?” in A. Kuhrt and H. Sancisi-Weerdenburg, eds., Achaemenid History III, 1988, pp. 197–212.
- Sources, Structures & Synthesis: Proceedings of the Groningen 1983 Achaemenid History Workshop (Achaemenid History Series Vol 1) by Heleen Sancisi-Weerdenburg (Hardcover - Dec. 1, 1987)
- The Greek Sources: Proceedings of the Groningen 1984 Achaemenid History Workshop (Achaemenid History Series Vol 2) by Heleen Sancisi-Weerdenburg, et al. (Hardcover - Dec. 1987)
- Method and Theory: Proceedings of the London 1985 Achaemenid History Workshop (Achaemenid History Workshop Series, Vol 3) by Amelie Kuhrt, et al. (Hardcover - Dec. 1, 1988)
- Centre and Periphery: Proceedings of the Groningen 1986 Achaemenid History Workshop (Achaemenid History Workshop Series Vol 4) by Heleen Sancisi-Weerdenburg, et al. (Hardcover - Dec. 1990)
- The Roots of the European Tradition: Proceedings of the Groningen 1987 Achaemenid History Workshop (Achaemenid History Series Vol 5) by Heleen Sancisi-Weerdenburg (Hardcover - Dec. 1990)
- Asia Minor & Egypt: Old Cultures in a New Empire (Achaemenid History Workshop Vol 6) by Heleen Sancisi-Weerdenburg, et al. (Hardcover - Dec. 1991)
- Through Travellers' Eyes: European Travellers on the Iranian Monuments (Achaemenid History Worhsop Series Vol 7) by Heleen Sancisi-Weerdenburg, et al. (Hardcover - Dec. 1991)
- Continuity & Change: Proceedings of the Last Achaemenid History Workshop 1990 (Achaemenid History Workshop Vol 8) by Heleen Sancisi-Weerdenburg, Amélie Kuhrt, and Margaret Cool Root (Hardcover - Dec. 1994)
- Persepolis Seal Studies: An Introduction With Provisional Concordances of Seal Numbers & Associated Documents on Fortification Tablets I-2087 (Achaemenid History Workshop Series Vol 9) Eisenbrauns (December 1, 1996)
References
- ^ "Sancisi-Weerdenburg, Heleen". iranicaonline.org.
- ^ "Obituaries". umich.edu.
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