Prof. Magdi Ibrahim Guirguis

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsIslamic Studies, Arabian Studies, Semitic Studies,Early Modern History
KeywordsCoptic church, Coptic studies, Economic history, Islamic studies

Current contact address

CountryEgypt
CityKafr El-Sheikh
InstitutionKafrelsheikh University
InstituteFaculty of Arts

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Gudrun KrämerInstitut für Islamwissenschaft, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin
M.A. Georges KhalilEuropa im Nahen Osten, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin e.V. (WKB), Berlin
Start of initial sponsorship01/10/2012

Programme(s)

2012Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Experienced Researchers

Publications (partial selection)

2026Magdi Guirguis: From Village to Provincial Capital: Bani Suef, an Ottoman Urban Centre in Early Modern Egypt. In: Tomoko Morikawa Cities in West Asia and North Africa through the Ages, IV. Historical Aspects of Medieval to Modern Cities in West Asia. Belgium, Brepols Publishers, 2026.
2025Magdi Guirguis: El Mu'alem JirJis Johary, al-mubashirun al-aqbat wa eltahwil ila al-‘aṣr al-hadith (in Arabic), El Mu'alem JirJis Johary, the Coptic administrators and the transition to Modernity. El Maraya for Cultural Production, Cairo, 2025
2023Magdi Guirguis: Nuṣuṣ wa qira'at hawl tarikh al-qipt (in Arabic) (texts and readings on Copts' history). El Maraya for Cultural Production, Cairo, 2023
2022Magdi Guirguis: El Mu'alem Ibrahim Johary, sira maṣryia min al-qarn al-thamin ashr (in Arabic) (El Mu'alem Ibrahim Johary, an Egyptian biography of 18th century). El Maraya for Cultural Production, Cairo, 2022
2022Magdi Guirguis: eilm al-diblumatik: al-muqadamat wa al-lubnat al'uwlaa" (Diplomatics: prehistory and the early basis) (in Arabic). In: the scientific journal of libraries, documents and information, 2022,
2021Magdi Guirguis: Arabic Traditions in the Writing of Coptic History. In: alif; Journal of comparative poetics, 41, 2021, 66-100
2019Magdi Guirguis: Marsum lil sultan al-ghuri: dayr al-baramus wa ṣira' hawl mumtalakat bial-Nahraryyia" (A decree of Alghuri: al-Baramus Monastery and conflict over property in al-Nahraryyia) (In Arabic). In: Annales Islamologiques, 53, 2019, 325-346
2018Magdi Guirguis: Naṣṣ nader li twaqi' al-batarika; Tawqi' lil baba Benjamin al-thani" (A rare text of patriarchs' tawaqi': a decree for Pope Benjamin the second, 1327AD" (in Arabic). In: Al-Ruzname, 16, 2018, 107-127
2018Magdi Guirguis: Qira'a fi tarikat batriark qibti min al-qarn al-sab' 'ashar" (A reading on inheritance deed of a Coptic Patriarch, 17th century" (In Arabic). In: Annales Islamologiques, 52, 2018, 107-127
2017Magdi Guirguis: Al-ta'ifyyia wal hawyyia: ṣira'at al-masihyya al-sharqyyia fi miṣr: qira'a fi hujatin shar'itin wa fatwa min al-qarn al-saab' ashr" ("Identities and Sectarianism: Eastern Christianity struggles in Egypt during the Ottoman Era, reading on two Sharia Court documents, and shari fatwa from the 17th Century” (In Arabic). In: Annales Islamologiques, 51, 2017, 297-321
2015Magdi Guirguis: "Awḍa' al-kahnna al-qibt fi al-rief a;-maṣri fo al-niṣf al-thani mon a;-qarn al-tasi' ashr" (The Coptic priests in the Egyptian countryside in the second half of 19th century) (in Arabic)",. In: Al-Ruzname, 13, 2015, 38-64
2014Magdi Guirguis: niṣuṣ jadidah ḥawl al-qalyyia a;-batriarkyyia bi ḥaret al-rum" (New texts about the patriarchal residence in haret al-rum Cairo” (in Arabic). In: Annales Islamologiques, 42, 2014, 191-215
2013Magdi Guirguis: 'uqud al-fa'da bain al-shar' wa al-qanun: dirasssa li 'aqdin min al-qarn al-thamin ashr" (Between sharia and law: the interest contracts in ottoman Egypt) (in Arabic). In: Al-Ruzname, 11, 2013, 38-64
2012Magdi Guirguis: The Copts and the Egyptian Revolution: Various Attitudes and Dreams. In: Talal Asad, Egypt in Transition. The Johns Hopkins University, 2012. 511-550
2011Magdi Guirguis& Nelly van Doorn-Harder: The Emergence of the Modern Coptic Papacy. The American University in Cairo Press, 2011
2010Magdi Guirguis: Al-Qipt wa al-Taqweem al-Gherighory» (Copts and the Gregorian Calendar) (in Arabic). In: Al-Ruzname, The Egyptian Documentary Annual, 8, 2010, 72-101
2008Magdi Guirguis: Al-Qibt wa al-Muqadasat al-Islamyia» (The Copts and the Islamic holy sites) (in Arabic). In: Al-Ruzname, The Egyptian Documentary Annual, 6, 2008, 111-133
2008Magdi Guirguis: An Armenian Artist in Ottoman Egypt: Yuhanna al-Armani and His Coptic Icons. The American University in Cairo Press, 2008
2007Magdi Guirguis: Zawaj al-Qipt wa talaqihim ‘amam al-mahakim al-shari’ia fi al-‘Asr al-‘Uthmani», (marriages and divorces of Copts at the Shari’a Courts in the Ottoman period) (in Arabic). In: Al-Ruzname, The Egyptian Documentary Annual, 5, 2007, 141-165
2006Magdi Guirguis: Le Siège Patriarcal Orthodoxe entre Le Caire et Alexandrie». In: Louis Blin et Caroline Gaultier-Kurhan, Alexandrie et la Méditerranée entre histoire et mémoire. Maisonneuve & Larose, Paris, 2006. 53-63
2006Magdi Guirguis: Sijilat al-Mahakim al-Mamlukyia» (The records of the Mamluk courts) (in Arabic). In: Al-Ruzname, The Egyptian Documentary Annual, 4, 2006, 1-19
2005Magdi Guirguis: The organization of the Coptic community in the Ottoman period». In: Nelly Hanna and Raouf Abbas, Society and Economy in Egypt and the Eastern Mediterranean 1600-1900, Essays in Honor of André Raymond. The American University in Cairo Press, 2005. 201-216
2005Magdi Guirguis: The political regime and social mobility of the Coptic community; comparative study between Ottoman era (1517- 1798) and Mohhamed Ali's regime» (in Arabic). Methodologies of Comparative History. The Supreme Council of Culture, Cairo, 2005.
2004Magdi Guirguis: Ibrâhîm al-Nâsikh et la culture copte au XVIIIe siècle. In: Mat Immerzel et Jacques Van Der Vliet, les Actes du Septième Congrès International d'Études Coptes, Leyde, 27 août-2 septembre 2000. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta Leuven-Paris, 2004. 939-952
2004Magdi Guirguis: Manhaj Al-Dirasat Al-Watha‘aqia wa Waqi‘a Al-Bahth fi Misr» (Methodology of Diplomatical Studies: The Actual Status of Research in Egypt) (in Arabic. In: Al-Ruzname, The Egyptian Documentary Annual, 2, 2004, 237-287
2002Magdi Guirguis: Al-‘Adrâg Al-Bâbâwîya li Batareket Al-Kanessa Al-Masriya: Dirâsa wa Nachr li ‘Adrag Al-Papa Demetrius» (The Papal Decrees of the Coptic Patriarchs: A Study and Publication of the Decrees of Pope Demetruis II, 1862-1870) (in Arabic. In: Bulletin de la Société Égyptienne des études historiques, 41, 2002, 63-87
2002Magdi Guirguis: The Financial Resources of Coptic Priests in Nineteenth-Century Egypt. In: Nelly Hanna, Money, Land and Trade: An Economic History of the Muslim Mediterranean. L.B. Tauris, London; New York, 2002. 223-243
2000Magdi Guirguis: Athar Al-‘Arâkhina ‘alâ ‘Awdâ’ Al-Qibt fî Al-Qarn Al-Thâmin ‘Achr» (The Role of Coptic Notables in the Eighteenth Century) (in Arabic). In: Annales Islamologiques, 34, 2000, 23-44
1999Magdi Guirguis: Al-Qadâ’ Al-Qibtî fî Misr (The Coptic Judiciary in Egypt) in Arabic. Mîrît Publishing, Cairo, 1999
1999Magdi Guirguis: Idârât al-‘Azamât fi Tarih al-Qipt: Namûzag min Al-Qarn Al-Thâmin ‘Achr» (Crisis Administration in Coptic History: A Case From the Eighteenth Century) (in Arabic). In: Annales Islamologiques, 33, 1999, 45-59