I work with a variety of sources but focus predominantly on the Arabic and Judeo-Arabic material in the Cairo Genizah collections. In addition to my work on historical linguistic variation, I have also worked collaboratively with Nick Posegay on Arabic-script Qur’an fragments in the Cairo Genizah collections, the results of which have been published in the Journal of Islamic Manuscripts and the Journal of Qur’an Studies.
m.connolly@lmu.de lmu-munich.academia.edu/MagdalenConnolly
Areas of Interest
Arabic, Judeo-Arabic, historical linguistics, Cairo Genizah collections, codicology and palaeography of manuscripts
Historical Periods of Interest
11th through 19th centuries CE
Positions
2022
Humboldt Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institut für den Nahen und Mittleren Osten, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU), Munich
2020 – 2022
Fellow and Tutor, St. Edmund’s College, Cambridge, UK
2019 – 2020
Research Fellow, St. Edmund’s College, Cambridge, UK
2018 – 2022
Leverhulme Early Career Fellow (full-time), Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge, UK
2018 – 2022
Research Associate (part-time), Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit, Cambridge University Library, University of Cambridge, UK
2018
Research Assistant (part-time), Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit, Cambridge University Library, University of Cambridge, UK
Education
2018
PhD in Middle Eastern Studies, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge (Emmanuel College), UK
2014
MPhil in Hebrew Studies, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge, UK
2013
BA in Arabic & Theology, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, UK
Awards and distinctions
2014 – 2018
Le Bas Award, a Cambridge Home and European Scholarship Scheme (CHESS) Award (full PhD funding)
2017
Fieldwork Expenses Grant, Emmanuel College, Cambridge, UK
2014
Martin Hinds Travel Fund Grant, FAMES, University of Cambridge, UK
2013
Dean’s Award for Excellence, University of Exeter, UK
Functions
2019 – 2022
Member of Governing Body, St. Edmund’s College, Cambridge, UK
2019 – 2021
Member of Research Committee, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge, UK
2019 – 2020
Member of Fellows’ Stewards Committee, St. Edmund’s College, Cambridge, UK
2020
Member of Athena SWAN Bronze Award Application Committee, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge, UK
