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Curriculum vitae
Academic Positions
- 12.2018–present: Principal Investigator
BMBF Kleine Fächer Project “Communities of Knowledge: Interreligious Networks of Scholars in Ibn Abi Usaybiʿa’s History of the Physicians” (usaybia.net), Institute for Near and Middle Eastern Studies, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
- 02.2018–11.2018: part-time parental leave
- 10.2017–11.2018: Senior Research Associate
DFG Project “Biblia Arabica,” Institute for Near and Middle Eastern Studies, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
- 10.2015–06.2017: Postdoctoral Scholar
National Endowment for the Humanities Project “Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal,” Vanderbilt University
- 10.2015–09.2017: Guest Researcher
Institute for Near and Middle Eastern Studies, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
- 08.2013–05.2015: Teaching Fellow
First-Year Experience Program, School of Theology & Religious Studies, The Catholic University of America
- 08.2014–12.2014: Teaching Assistant
Semitic & Egyptian Languages & Literatures Dept., The Catholic University of America
- 08.2012–08.2014: Part-Time Research Assistant
National Endowment for the Humanities and Balzan Foundation Project “Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal,” Beth Mardutho Institute and Vanderbilt University
- 08.2011–05.2012: Part-Time Research Assistant
Semitic & Egyptian Languages & Literatures Dept., The Catholic University of America
Education
- 2011–2015: Ph.D., Semitic & Egyptian Languages & Literatures (Arabic & Syriac)
The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC
Dissertation: “Closest Friendship? Al-Jāḥiẓ' Profile of Christians in Abbasid Society in ‘The Refutation of Christians’ (Al-Radd ʿalā al-Naṣārā)”
Defended 23.04.15 “with distinction”
Supervisor: Sidney H. Griffith
- 2009–2011: M.A., Semitic & Egyptian Languages & Literatures (Arabic & Syriac)
The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC
Adviser: Sidney H. Griffith
- 2007–2010: M.A. (with honors), Biblical History & Geography (Historical Geography)
Jerusalem University College, Jerusalem, Israel
Thesis: “From the Day the Israelites Came up from Egypt: The Exodus as Geographical Argumentation in the Former Prophets according to Toulmin's Model of Argument”
Supervisor: Paul H. Wright
- 2004–2006: B.A. (magna cum laude), Religion (Bible and Communications)
Kentucky Mountain Bible College, Vancleve, KY
Adviser: John E. Neihof, Jr.
Courses Taught
- Manuscript Hunters (with Prof. Dr. Ronny Vollandt),
Institute for Near and Middle Eastern Studies, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Winter 2018–2019. M.A. research seminar.
- Rabbinic Judaism from Within and Without (with Prof. Dr. Ronny Vollandt),
Institute for Near and Middle Eastern Studies, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Winter 2017–2018. B.A. Proseminar/Übung.
- Introduction to Islam, School of Theology & Religious Studies, The Catholic University of America
Spring 2015. 2 undergraduate sections.
- Faith Seeking Understanding, School of Theology & Religious Studies, The Catholic Univ. of America
Fall 2013–Spring 2015. 5 undergraduate sections.
- Introduction to Arabic, Semitic & Egyptian Languages & Literatures, The Catholic Univ. of America
Fall 2014. 1 graduate section (twice-weekly drilling sessions).
Awards & Grants
Activities
Languages
- Native: English
- Research (Historical): Classical & Christian Arabic, Aramaic (esp. Syriac), Hebrew, Biblical Greek
- Research (Modern): German, French
- Conversational: Russian, German (B1)
Digital Humanities Expertise
- Code: XML (TEI), xQuery, XSLT, HTML, CSS
- Database Systems: eXist-db, Excel, Filemaker, Drupal (CMS)
Research Interests
- Networks of late-antique and medieval scholarship across religious boundaries
- The intersection of intellectual and cultural history in texts from diverse religious communities
- Social and cultural warrants in interreligious reasoning and argumentation
- Personal and rhetorical encounters among Near Eastern religious communities
- Polemic as a tool for historical investigation
- The role of intertextuality in argumentation
