Arabic Language and Literature | Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

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Current Research

Professor Geoffrey Khan
Semitic philological and linguistic studies, particularly of Biblical Hebrew, Aramaic and Arabic. Also endangered dialects of Neo-Aramaic and the history of Judaeo-Arabic, including modern spoken varieties.

Professor James Montgomery
History of ideas in classical Islam; classical Arabic literature; literary translation.

Dr Charis Olszok
Modern and Contemporary Arabic Literature; Comparative Literature; Animal and Eco-critical Studies.

Other Creatures in the Libyan Novel: Humans, Animals and the Poetics of Vulnerability