The Munich Research Centre for Jewish-Arabic Cultures brings together a range of interdisciplinary projects exploring the cultural history of Judaism in the Arab world. It promotes academic exchange and collaboration among early-career and established scholars in Munich and beyond.
Around 500 years ago, the majority of the Jewish population lived under Muslim rule. Arabic served as the common language of communication, and most written communication was also conducted in Arabic, often using Hebrew script. A wealth of Judeo-Arabic texts covering a wide range of disciplines has survived to this day, including biblical exegesis, law, poetry, natural sciences, medicine, and many other fields. The Munich Research Centre for Jewish-Arabic Cultures is dedicated to exploring this important yet often neglected part of Jewish cultural history.
Our projects: www.lmu.de/jewisharabiccultures/projects
Our blogs: www.lmu.de/jewisharabiccultures/blog
Our team: www.lmu.de/jewisharabiccultures/team
The research center in the media::
- Konstantinos Simonides: Fälscher und Gegenspieler von Konstantin Tischendorf (Deutschlandfunk feature with member of the Research Center Maximilian de Molière)
- Der Bibeljäger Friedrich Grote (Deutschlandfunk feature on manuscript and provenance research with the members of the Research Center Peter Tarras and mit Vevian Zaki)
- Mythos al-Andalus: Das Ringen um die maurische Geschichte der Iberischen Halbinsel (Deutschlandfunk feature with CAS-Fellow und guest of the Research Center Prof. Maribel Fierro)
- Jüdisches Leben von Kairo bis zur Krim: Forschungsprojekt an der Uni München (Deutschlandfunk feature on the opening of the Research Center)
Members
Prof. Dr. Ronny Vollandt
vice dean (students)
Judaism in the Middle East, Erasmus Programme Consultant Director Munich Research Center for Jewish-Arabic Cultures
