Matthew will work on the theorization of fictive writing in pre-modern Arabic. He holds a PhD from New York University and an M.Phil from the University of Cambridge, UK, and is now the Moinian Assistant Professor in Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures at Barnard College of Columbia University.

 

Find out more about Matthew here.

Fabulous success for the humanities in Berlin: Following the Leibniz Prize, Beatrice Gruendler, professor of Arabic studies at Freie Universität Berlin,  receives funding via the prestigious Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC).

Read more online (in German).