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[[File:David Z. Scheffel.jpg|thumb|Scheffel in Czechia in 2008]] | [[File:David Z. Scheffel.jpg|thumb|Scheffel in Czechia in 2008]] | ||
'''David Z. Scheffel''' | '''David Z. Scheffel''' is a former professor of [[anthropology]] at [[Thompson Rivers University]] in [[Kamloops]], [[British Columbia]], Canada.<ref name="sect">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mnZkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=j34NAAAAIBAJ&pg=4219,2792073&dq=david-scheffel&hl=en|title=Sect finds freedom in wilderness|date=26 December 1981|work=[[Calgary Herald]]|page=G23|accessdate=2 May 2011}}</ref> | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Born in former Czechoslovakia in {{birth based on age as of date|64|2019|6|21|noage=1}},<ref name="vancouversun 2019 q808" /> he emigrated in August 1968 after the Soviet invasion with his parents and sister to Austria. Scheffel earned degrees in Canada in anthropology, culminating in his doctorate from [[McMaster University]] in 1988. | Born in former Czechoslovakia in {{birth based on age as of date|64|2019|6|21|noage=1}},<ref name="vancouversun 2019 q808" /> he emigrated in August 1968 after the Soviet invasion with his parents and sister to Austria. Scheffel earned degrees in Canada in anthropology, culminating in his doctorate from [[McMaster University]] in 1988. His main area of interest is the ethnological study of the [[Romani people]] in Europe. Scheffel is the author of numerous scholarly articles and books, including ''In the Shadow of Antichrist'' (Broadview Press, 1991), a work on the [[Russian Orthodox]] breakaway [[Old Believers]] sect in [[Alberta]]. | ||
Scheffel's efforts to help impoverished Roma rebuild their community in the Slovakian village of [[Svinia]] is the subject of a 1998 documentary film, ''[[The Gypsies of Svinia]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=33616|title=The Gypsies of Svinia|work=Collection|publisher=[[National Film Board of Canada]]|accessdate=20 February 2014|archive-date=3 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210403083027/http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=33616|url-status=dead}}</ref> He is also the author of the 2005 study ''Svinia in Black and White: Slovak Roma and their Neighbours'' (University of Toronto Press). | Scheffel's efforts to help impoverished Roma rebuild their community in the Slovakian village of [[Svinia]] is the subject of a 1998 documentary film, ''[[The Gypsies of Svinia]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=33616|title=The Gypsies of Svinia|work=Collection|publisher=[[National Film Board of Canada]]|accessdate=20 February 2014|archive-date=3 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210403083027/http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=33616|url-status=dead}}</ref> He is also the author of the 2005 study ''Svinia in Black and White: Slovak Roma and their Neighbours'' (University of Toronto Press). | ||
In June 2019, a [[Slovakia | In June 2019, a [[Slovakia]]n court in [[Prešov]] found Scheffel guilty of sexual abuse, child pornography possession, and illegal weapon possession. He was sentenced to seven years in prison.<ref name="vancouversun 2019 q808">{{cite web | title=B.C. university professor gets seven-year sentence in Slovakia | website=The Vancouver Sun | date=2019-06-21 | url=https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/b-c-university-professor-gets-seven-year-sentence-in-slovakia | access-date=2023-09-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=A Canadian professor accused of sexual abuse gets 7 years in Slovak prison | website=The Slovak Spectator | date=2019-06-19 | url=https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22148979/canadian-professor-david-scheffel-accused-of-sexual-abuse-gets-7-years-in-slovak-prison.html | access-date=2023-09-14}}</ref> | ||
==Books== | ==Books== | ||
Latest revision as of 00:15, 25 June 2025
David Z. Scheffel is a former professor of anthropology at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.[1]
Biography
Born in former Czechoslovakia in Template:Birth based on age as of date,[2] he emigrated in August 1968 after the Soviet invasion with his parents and sister to Austria. Scheffel earned degrees in Canada in anthropology, culminating in his doctorate from McMaster University in 1988. His main area of interest is the ethnological study of the Romani people in Europe. Scheffel is the author of numerous scholarly articles and books, including In the Shadow of Antichrist (Broadview Press, 1991), a work on the Russian Orthodox breakaway Old Believers sect in Alberta.
Scheffel's efforts to help impoverished Roma rebuild their community in the Slovakian village of Svinia is the subject of a 1998 documentary film, The Gypsies of Svinia.[3] He is also the author of the 2005 study Svinia in Black and White: Slovak Roma and their Neighbours (University of Toronto Press).
In June 2019, a Slovakian court in Prešov found Scheffel guilty of sexual abuse, child pornography possession, and illegal weapon possession. He was sentenced to seven years in prison.[2][4]
Books
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- Living people
- Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge
- Canadian anthropologists
- Canadian ethnologists
- McMaster University alumni
- Memorial University of Newfoundland alumni
- University of Manitoba alumni
- Romani activists
- Romani advocacy
- Canadian people convicted of child sexual abuse
- 1955 births