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At Leipzig, Gulkowitsch not only taught but continued studying there, with the eminent scholars available ( especially in Islamic Studies, Near Eastern Studies, Ethiopian Studies, and Assyriology, as well as Philosophy with the eminent Theodor Litt ) towards his Habilitation, which he attained in 1927.

Continuing at Leipzig as Privatdozent ( unsalaried senior lecturer who may be called to a professorship ), he became, in 1932, Professor extraordinary ( full professor without a chair ) of Late Jewish Studies within the Faculty of Philosophy, the only such position within a German university.

However, already a year later, in 1933, due to the Nazis ’ rise to power and the Nuremberg race laws ( which were, i. a., directed against Jews as civil servants, which in Germany professors are ), he was dismissed from the University of Leipzig.