On the origin of the word shaman

The book deals with the problem of the origins of the terminus shaman, discussed since the word has find its way into the "western" language in the 17th / 18th centuries.

Prof. Dr. Dr. Michael Knüppel has studied Turkology and Altaistics as well as political sciences, ethnology / social anthropology, pre- and protohistory (European archaeology) and history of art in Göttingen and Hamburg. In summer 2016 he qualified as a professor (habilitation process) in the field of Turkology at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen. Since October 1st, 2018 he is working as professor of Social Anthropology / Ethnology, Cultures, Languages and History of Siberia at the Arctic Studies Center (ASC), School of History, Culture and Tourism (now Foreign Language School) of Liaocheng University. M. Knüppel's expertise covers Social Anthropology / Ethnology, History of Sciences with focus on the studies on oriental languages, History of Religion and Altaistics (especially Tungus languages, cultures and history) as well as Paleosiberian studies.