Jeanne Chantal Marie-Louise Lemercier-Quelquejay (28 June 1926 –13 June 2018)[1] was a French writer and historian, whose work often focused on Islam in the Soviet Union.
Biography
Lemercier-Quelquejay was born in Yvetot, Seine-Maritime.[1] Lemercier-Quelquejay collaborated with scholar Alexandre Bennigsen on several publications.[2][3] Their studies were "largely responsible for bringing Russian Islam into the orbit of Western scholarship."[4] Lemercier-Quelquejay died in 2018, at the age of 91, in Rouen.[1]
Publications
In addition to several books with Alexandre Bennigsen, including the "landmark" Islam in the Soviet Union (1965),[5] Lemercier-Quelquejay's scholarly work appeared in journals including Cahiers du Monde russe et soviétique,[6][7]Harvard Ukrainian Studies,[8]Religion in Communist Lands,[9] and Central Asian Survey.[10]
The Evolution of the Muslim Nationalities of the USSR and Their Linguistic Problems (1961, with Alexandre Bennigsen)[11]
"Un document inédit sur la campagne de Russie de 1812" (1963)[6]
"Les bibliothèques et les archives de Turquie en tant que sources de documents sur l'histoire de Russie" (1964)[12]
"La Russie, la France et la Turquie a la veille de la Campagne de Russie, Un document inédit des Archives de l'Empire Ottoman" (1965)[13]
"La campagne de Pierre le Grand sur le Prut: D'après les documents des Archives Ottomanes" (1966)[14]
"Les missions orthodoxes en pays musulmans de Moyenne- et Basse-Volga, 1552-1865" (1967)[15]
Islam in the Soviet Union (1965, 1967, with Alexandre Bennigsen)[16]
"Un condottiere lithuanien du XVIe siècle: Le prince Dimitrij Višneveckij et l'origine de la Seč Zaporogue d'après les Archives ottomanes" (1969)[17]
"Les marchands de la Cour ottomane et le commerce des fourrures moscovites dans la seconde moitié du xvie siècle" (1970, with Alexandre Bennigsen)[18]
"Soviet Experience of Muslim Guerrilla Warfare and the War in Afghanistan" (1984, with Alexandre Bennigsen)[21]
Le soufi et le commissaire: Les confréries musulmanes en URSS (1988, with Alexandre Bennigsen)[4]
Les mouvements nationaux chez les musulmans de Russie, II: La presse et le mouvement national chez les musulmans de Russie avant 1920 (2020, with Alexandre Bennigsen)[22]