Past members
Ayyildiz, Iclal
Ottoman and Turkish history; History in entertainment media
After completing my Bachelor's degree in History, with a minor in Comparative Cultural and Religious Studies at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU), Munich,
Bernhofer, Jasper
Biblical exegesis, codicology, critical editions, digital humanities, Islamicate world, Late Antiquity, manuscript cultures, Middle Ages, Middle Arabic, philosophy
I am a PhD candidate in Judaic Studies at Martin-Luther-Universität, Halle-Wittenberg, having obtained an MA in Semitic Studies at Freie
Connolly, Magdalen
Arabic, Judeo-Arabic, historical linguistics, Cairo Genizah collections, codicology and palaeography of manuscripts
My research centres on pre-modern “non-standard” Arabic writing. The focus of my work is primarily linguistic; I am interested in
Froschmeier, Lukas
Arabic media, Arabic, Hebrew, Arabic travel reports
I am a graduate student in Near and Middle Eastern Studies at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU), Munich. I am interested in foreign
Gibson, Nathan
Jewish-Christian-Muslim relations, Syriac communities, social encounters, network analysis, polemics and argumentation, digital humanities
In my research, I focus on communication and knowledge exchange among Muslim, Christian, and Jewish communities in the medieval Near
Graziani, Lola
History of the Hebrew language, Semitic languages, linguistics, Jewish thought, Jewish mysticism
I am an undergraduate student of Middle Eastern Studies at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU), Munich. During the academic year 2021–2022, I studied
Hieke, Sebastian
manuscripts, codicology, Arabic Bible, Arabic documents, Syriac, Judeo-Arabic, history of grammar
I am a Student Assistant in the DFG-funded project “Independence and Diversity: Unknown Qaraite Bible Commentaries in Judeo-Arabic from the
Kloos, Caroline
Arabic language, History of religion, History of art
I am a Student Assistant on the project “Beyond Conflict and Coexistence. Entangled History of Jewish-Arab Relations”. As an undergraduate
Koss, Jonas
Genizah, Islamization, early structures of state, society and law, religious laws, global trade, contracts, structure of Jewish community, patronage and reciprocity
In 2019 I completed my studies in social sciences at Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf, where I developed a special regional interest in
Kurowski, Noah
Kurdish studies, Arabic language, Arab media, Iraqi Kurdistan
I am currently in the BA program in Near and Middle East Studies at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU), Munich. The first relevant
Mazzola, Marianna
medieval Middle East (7th–13th centuries), Syriac Christianity and its relations with Byzantium and Islam, Eastern Christian political thought in the Islamicate world, Syriac historiography, philology and codicology (including excerpt collections in transcultural comparison)
Trained as an Oriental philologist at Pisa University, I earned a joint PhD in history from Ghent University and the
Posegay, Nick
Middle Eastern studies, intellectual history, Semitic languages, Genizah studies, archival history
I am a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of
