Altaic studies – What has not been compared so far

Prof. Dr. Michael Knüppel is a researcher and faculty member at the Arctic Studies Center (ASC) at Liaocheng University in China. Having previously been affiliated with the Department of Turkology and Central Asian Studies at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Dr. Knüppel also serves on the authorized representative board of the Societas Uralo-Altaica (SUA), e.V. His primary research interests encompass Turkology, Altaic Studies, Paleosiberian languages (e.g., Yukaghir, Yeniseian), Tungusic languages, the sociolinguistic study of Chinese Muslims (Hui, Dungan), and the history of Oriental and Turkic studies. He has conducted in-depth archival research on the bio-bibliographies and correspondences of foundational scholars in the field, such as Ármin Vámbéry, Zeki Velidi Togan, Willi Bang-Kaup, and Friedrich Carl Andreas. His research covers a wide spectrum, ranging from the philological analysis of Old Turkic healing and ritual texts (within the VOHD series) to language taboos and fable translations in Altaic and Paleosiberian languages. His work is widely published in established journals, including Orientalistische Literaturzeitung, Folia Orientalia, Fabula, and Acta Orientalia.