Department of History and Cultural Studies/Seminar for Semitic and Arabic Studies/

Semitic Studies

Research

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Current research projects

The Recitation of Holy Texts: Processes of Exchange in the Iranian-Mesopotamian Region. A Jewish, Christian, Mandaean and Muslim Legacy under Threat

Wörterbuch Syrisch-Arabisch/Deutsch

DFG Project: East Syrian Historiography at the Dawn of Islam: Study and Digital Edition of “The Book of the Main Points” by John bar Penkaye

DFG-Projekt "Naming the landscape in the Modern South Arabian languages"

Good Fences Make Bad Neighbors: Communities on the Roman-Sasanian Frontier

The Jewish Arabic dialect of ˁĀna

Excavating, documenting, and analyzing linguistic relics: What do the Jewish Arabic dialects of Mesopotamia teach us about the (linguistic) history of the region?

Completed research projects

Aramaic Online Project

Recitation of Holy Texts - Formative Processes of Exchange between Syriac-Aramaic Vocal Traditions and Qurʾān Recitation

OBUA - Ombudswesen@BUA

The OBUA project

The project activities