Johannes is a literary historian of the Arabic tradition with a PhD from the University of Bern. He has joined the AnonymClassic team in February 2019. He explores the indirect transmission of Kalila wa-Dimna in Arabic from the 9th century onward and the significance of linguistic variations within the corpus.

 

Find out more about Johannes here.

During the opening days at Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Beatrice Gründler gave an interview on Arabic language and script cultures (German only).

The lectures focused on various aspects of the Arabic work Kalīla wa-Dimna and reached a large audience of students and scientists in both cities.