Management Committee

Prof. Dr. em. Dimitri Gutas
(Research Director)
Arabic and Graeco-Arabic 
Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations, Yale University
Einstein Visiting Fellow (2016-2019, 2019-2021)
 
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Beatrice Gruendler
(Principal Investigator, Freie Universität Berlin, Core Team Arabic)
Arabic language and literature
Seminar of Semitic and Arabic Studies, Director Arabic Studies, Freie Universität Berlin 
 
Prof. Dr. Konrad Hirschler
(Project Host (phase II), Freie Universität Berlin)
Medieval Middle Eastern History
Director BGSMCS, Executive Director Institute of Islamic Studies, Freie Universität Berlin
 
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. em. Gudrun Krämer
(Project Host (phase I), Freie Universität Berlin)
Religion, Law, Politics and Society in Modern Islam
Former Director BGSMCS, former Director Institute of Islamic Studies, Freie Universität Berlin

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Associated Scholars 

(listed alphabetically)
 
Prof. Dr. em. Michael Angold
(Contributor)
Byzantine History
School of History, Classics and Archaeology, University of Edinburgh

Prof. Dr. Maroun Aouad 
(Core Team Arabic)
Islamic Philosophy
Département des langues et des littératures méditerranéennes, slaves et orientales, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris and Université de Genève

Dr. habil. Yury N. Arzhanov
(contributor)
Syriac Studies
Paris-Lodron-University Salzburg, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften

Pieter Beullens
(Contributor)
De Wulf-Mansion Centre for Ancient, medieval and Rennaisance Philosophy, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Fabio Bulgarini
(Contributor)
Latin Studies
Università del Salento

Prof. Dr. Charles Burnett
(Contributor)
History of Islamic Influences in Europe
The Warburg Institute, University of London

Vasiliki Chamourgiotaki
(Project Research Associate, Core Teams Syriac, Hebrew)
BGSMCS, Freie Universität Berlin

David Cohen
(Contributor) 
Ancient Languages and Texts (ALT)
Institut für Klassische Philologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Prof. Dr. Philip van der Eijk
Classics and History of Science
Institut für Klassische Philologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Prof. Dr. Anne Eusterschulte
(Core Team Latin)
Aesthetics, History of Philosophy
Institut für Philosophie, Freie Universität Berlin

Prof. Dr. em. Gad Freudenthal
(Contributor)
Science and Philosophy in Jewish Cultures
Israel Institute for Advanced Studies (IIAS) The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Torben Frey
(Student Researcher, Core Teams Latin, Arabic; until 02/2019) 
BGSMCS, Freie Universität Berlin ( later junior researcher at Thomas-Institut, Universität zu Köln)

Prof. Dr. Markham J. Geller
Wissensgeschichte/History of Science
Institute of Jewish Studies, University College London

Dr. Jan J. van Ginkel
(Core Team Syriac)
SFB 980 Collaborative Research Cluster Episteme in Motion, Freie Universität Berlin

Dr. Francesca Gorgoni
(Core Team Hebrew)
Jewish and Arabic Studies
Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia, University of Rome

Prof. Dr. Dag Nikolaus Hasse
(Contributor)
History of Philosophy
Institut für Philosophie, Universität Würzburg

Dr. Jawdath Jabbour
(Contributor)
Arabic Studies
Maison méditerranéenne des sciences de l’homme, CNRS, Aix-Marseille

Dr. Anthony Kaldellis
(Contributor)
Byzantine Studies
Department of Classics, Ohio State University

Laurenz Kern
(Student Researcher, Core Team Arabic; until 05/2017)
BGSMCS, Freie Universität Berlin

Daniel King
(Contributor)
Syriac Studies
School of History, Archaeology and Religion, Cardiff University

Dr. Yousef Kouriyhe
(Core Team Syriac; until 02/2019)
Seminar for Semitic and Arabic Studies, Freie Universität Berlin

Dr. Matteo Martelli
(Core Team Syriac)
Syriac studies and Intellectual History
Dipartimento di Filosofia e Comunicazione, University of Bologna

Dr. Matthew Melvin-Koushky
(contributor)
Persian Studies
University of South Carolina

Prof. Dr. Lukas Muehlethaler
(Core Team Hebrew)
Jewish Thought, Arabic and Islamic Studies
Institute for Jewish Studies, Freie Universität Berlin

Prof. Dr. Felix Mundt
(Contributor)
Classical Philology
Institut für Klassische Philologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Dr. Oliver Overwien
(Core Team Latin)
Institut für Klassische Philologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Aisha al-Quraini
(Doctoral Candidate, Core Team Arabic; until 09/2018)
BGSMCS, Freie Universität Berlin

Dr. Lucia Raggetti
(Core Team Arabic; until 11/2017)
History of Ancient Sciences
Department of Philosophy and Communication Studies, University of Bologna 

Dr. Dunja Rašić
(Doctoral Candidate, Core Team Arabic)
BGSMCS, Freie Universität Berlin

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Renn
History of Science
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG), Freie Universität Berlin

Ali A. Sakr
(Project Research Associate, Core Team Arabic)
Arabic Studies, Philosophy
BGSMCS, Freie Universität Berlin 

Dr. Ignacio Sánchez
(Contributor)
Arabic Studies
Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Warwick

Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Schmidt-Biggemann
Philosophy
Institut für Philosophie, Freie Universität Berlin

Prof. Dr. em. Gotthard Strohmaier 
Arabic and Graeco-Arabic, History of Medicine
Seminar for Semitic and Arabic Studies, Freie Universität Berlin, Corpus Medicorum Graecorum, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, emeritus

Prof. Dr. Hidemi Takahashi
(Core Team Syriac)
Philology, specializing in the study of Syriac and medieval Arabic literature
Department of Area Studies/Center for Philosophy, Tokyo University

Prof. Dr. Isabel Toral
(Contributor)
Arabic Studies
Director BGSMCS and Seminar of Semitic and Arabic Studies, Freie Universität Berlin 

Prof. Dr. Gyburg Uhlmann 
Classical Greek Studies 
Director SFB 980 Collaborative Research Cluster Episteme in Motion, Freie Universität Berlin 

Dr. Manolis Ulbricht
(Project Coordinator, 2016-2019)
Byzantine Studies 
Institut für Griechische und Lateinische Philologie, Freie Universität Berlin

Dr. Uwe Vagelpohl
(Contributor)
Graeco-Arabic Studies
Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Warwick

Dr. Samuel Wilder
(Core Teams Arabic, Latin; until 02/2019)
SFB 980 Collaborative Research Cluster Episteme in Motion, Freie Universität Berlin

Dr. Mohsen Zakeri
(Contributor)
Near Eastern Studies
Center for Religious Studies (CERES), Ruhr Universität Bochum

Marianna Zarantonello
(Contributor)
Graeco-Arabic Studies
Centro Interdipartimentale di Ricerca di Filosofia Medievale, Università di Padova