Postdoctoral researcher, Marburg University; Qur'anic Studies, pre-modern Islamic theology, Arabic religious literature and asceticism, confessionalism

Joined March 2023
Curious about the latest research on Gotha's Qur'an fragments? Join us for Alba Fedeli's Gotha Manuscript Talk: "Seemingly Identical and Seemingly Different: Archaeometry and Philology in the Exploration of the Gotha Collection of Early Qur’an Manuscripts" (19 March, 18:15).
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Happy to be co-hosting a wonderful group of researchers with an excellent line-up this summer
CFA: Third Inekas Summer School "Muhammad: Life, Society, and Legacy" In collaboration with @ExeterIAIS, HCRS and SBU (Iran). 24, 25, 31 Aug, 1, 6, 7, 8 Sep (7 days) 11:30 to 18 BST (6:30 to 13 EDT; 14 to 20:30 IRDT) More info and registration: eventbrite.com/e/69012828126…
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"Using the Jesuit scholar Louis Cheikho’s (d. 1927) work on pre-Islamic and early Islamic ascetic poetry as a focal point, this article examines two strategies which contemporary and later scholars accused Cheikho of using to falsify the Arabic literary heritage. He de-Islamized
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This Wednesday! There will also be a hybrid option. PM me if you're interested.
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The Book of Monasteries, LAL's latest release, tours readers around the monastic centers of the medieval Middle East. In this anthology, Hilary Kilpatrick translates al-Shābushtī's elegant poetry and prose revealing a glimpse of Abbasid culture through each site.
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Call for Applications 50% position for an Acting Professor in Islamic Studies at Universität Hamburg WS 2023/24 (Oct. 2023 to March 2024)uni-hamburg.de/stellenangebo…) uni-hamburg.de/en/stellenang…) 📷
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So honoured to have the incredible @RyadUmar of @KU_Leuven as part of our faculty! Quick now, only less than four weeks left! Apply online: rb.gy/h2jhn @isararastirma @isarorgtr
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We are looking forward to the conference "Spread the Word. Books Printed for Arabic-Speaking Christians in the 18th Century", 22-23 June, at the Gotha Research Library! The conference is convened by the ERC project TYPARABIC, directed by Prof. Ioana Feodorov @unierfurt
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