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Profile
| Academic position | Full Professor |
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| Research fields | Islamic Studies, Arabian Studies, Semitic Studies |
| Keywords | A 604, Islamwissenschaften, Arabistik |
Current contact address
| Country | Lebanon |
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| City | Beirut |
| Institution | American University of Beirut |
| Institute | Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Languages |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Verena Klemm | Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, Leipzig |
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| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/03/2025 |
Programme(s)
| 2024 | Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award Programme |
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Nominator's project description
| Professor Bilal Orfali is a distinguished scholar of Arabic Studies. His research in Arabic Literary and Cultural History, Islamic Studies and Comparative Literature has garnered international recognition. In Germany, he continues his research on “Barlaam and Josaphat in Arabic Literature and Culture” in cooperation with Dr. Kirill Dmitriev and on the early Islamic mystical tradition in the project “Late Antiquity and Early Islamic Studies” at the University of Göttingen. |