Froschmeier, Lukas

I am a graduate student in Near and Middle Eastern Studies at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU), Munich. I am interested in foreign languages and cultures. My main focus is Arabic, with a secondary specialisation in Hebrew, and I am interested both in the languages and the cultures of the countries where they are spoken. I am particularly interested in modern aspects of these topics – for example, Arabic media, both more traditional newspapers but also social media – but have an additional interest in what might be considered “older” literature, such as Arabic travel reports and adab literature.

During my BA and MA study, I have been involved with a variety of research projects. From December 2020 until September 2021, I worked as a student assistant on the project “Arabisch 2.0”, and also on “Communities of Knowledge: Interreligious Networks of Scholars in Ibn Abi Usaybiʿa’s History of the Physicians” between June 2021 and November 2021. I have been working on the project “Arabische Lerneinheiten für die vhb” since it launched in October 2021 until November 2022. Since then I am working on the project “natakallam” and since December 2021, I have been working as a student assistant on “MAJLIS: The Transformation of Jewish Literature in Arabic in the Islamicate World“.

Areas of Interest

Arabic media, Arabic, Hebrew, Arabic travel reports

Historical Periods of Interest

the Middle Ages, postmodern times

Positions

Education