Ioppolo, Fabio

I am a research associate in an international collaborative project funded by the DFG and the AHRC entitled “The History of the Jewish Book in the Islamicate World”. Within the project, I am also writing my doctoral thesis within a cotutelle program, co-organised by Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU), Munich, and the EPHE, Paris. My thesis aims at reconstructing the Jewish book trade in the Islamicate world from the late adoption of the (codices) format in the 9th to the 14th centuries, before the introduction of the first printing press. My research interests mainly focus on the history of Jews in the Near and Middle East. This interest led me to working intensively with manuscripts, which pathed my way to specialisation in Jewish book history, Jewish and Muslim codicology, and Hebrew and Arabic palaeography. Moreover, the work with manuscript collections led to my other research interest, the acquisition and collection history of manuscripts from the Near and Middle East.

Areas of Interest

history and economy of books, Muslim and Jewish codicology, Arabic and Hebrew palaeography, history of manuscript acquisition and collection history

Historical Periods of Interest

6th through 14th centuries CE

Positions

Education