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Sebastian Günther (Arabist and Islamicist)

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Sebastian Günther (born 9. June 1961 in Schlema, Germany) is a German scholar specializing in Arabic and Islamic Studies.

Life

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He Grew up in Schwarzenberg, a town in Germany’s southwestern Ore Mountains, and completed high school in Zwickau, Saxony, where he was enrolled for music training program at the Käthe Kollwitz Gymnasium[1].

He pursued Arabic and Islamic studies at Martin Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany (1981-1986), where he earned his M.A. (1986) and his Ph.D. (1989)[2][3].

After receiving his doctorate, Günther began his academic career at Martin Luther University, engaging in research and teaching at the Institute of Oriental Studies[4]. During his early career, he visited several institutions of higher learning in the Middle East, including al-Azhar University in Cairo[5], the National UAE University in Al-Ain, the German Orient Institute in Beirut[6], and the American University of Beirut[7].

From 1998 to 2008, Dr. Günther joined the University of Toronto's Department of Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations, serving as Assistant and Associate Professor (with tenure)[8][9]. Since 2008, Sebastian Günther has been University Professor and Chair of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Georg August University, Göttingen[10][11].

Achievements

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Günther has received various academic recognitions throughout his career. In 2019, he received an Award for Outstanding Academic Contributions by the President of the International Islamic University in Islamabad, Pakistan[12]. A year earlier, he received a Certificate and Medal of Appreciation for his work fostering dialogue between East and West, presented by the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar in Cairo[13].

He has also been awarded fellowships, such as the Willis F. Doney Fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton (2017-2018)[14] and the Hans Robert Roemer Research Fellowship at the German Orient Institute of Beirut in 2022[6].

He served as President of the Union Européenne des Arabisants et Islamisants (UEAI) from 2010 to 2015[15] and was an Associate Member of the Lichtenberg Institute for Advanced Studies in Göttingen from 2011 to 2012[16].

Publications (selection)

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Sebastian Günther's research focuses on Islamic thought and Arabic literature. His works often reflect interdisciplinary approaches in history, philosophy, and literature[17][18] [19][20] to provide insights into Islam’s intellectual traditions with particular attention to the history of Islamic education[21][22].

Some of his publications also deal with the dialogues between the Abrahamic religious traditions, highlighting the interconnections and shared narratives that have shaped religious thought in the Mediterranean across centuries[23][24][25].

Books

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  • Building Bridges: Ignaz Goldziher and His Correspondents: Islamic and Jewish Studies around the Turn of the Twentieth Century. Leiden. 2024. ISBN 978-90-04-69059-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Rabbinī wa-ʿallimnī: Dirāsāt fī l-khitāb al-tarbawī wa-l-akhlāqī fī l-Islām (Raise and Educate Me: Studies in the Educational and Ethical Discourses of Islam). Beirut: Dār al-Mashriq. 2023. ISBN 978-2-7214-8181-8.
  • Islamic Ethics as Educational Discourse: Thought and Impact of the Classical Muslim Thinker Miskawayh (d. 1030). Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck. 2021. ISBN 978-3-16-159944-6.
  • Lesen, Deuten und Verstehen?! Debatten über heilige Texte in Orient und Okzident. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck. 2021. ISBN 978-3-16-159491-5.
  • Knowledge and Education in Classical Islam: Religious Learning between Continuity and Change. Leiden: Brill. 2020. ISBN 978-90-04-41321-4.
  • Doctrinal Instruction in Early Islam: The Book of the Explanation of Sunna by Ghulām Khalīl (d. 275/888). Leiden: Brill. 2020. ISBN 978-90-04-42905-5.
  • Die Geheimnisse der oberen und der unteren Welt: Magie im Islam zwischen Glaube und Wissenschaft. Leiden: Brill. 2018. ISBN 978-90-04-38716-4.
  • Roads to Paradise: Eschatology and Concepts of the Hereafter in Islam. Leiden: Brill. 2016. ISBN 978-90-04-33315-4.
  • Representations and Visions of Homeland in Modern Arabic Literature. Hildesheim: Olms. 2016. ISBN 978-3-487-15436-7.
  • Von Rom nach Bagdad: Bildung und Religion von der römischen Kaiserzeit bis zum klassischen Islam. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck. 2013. ISBN 978-3-16-151679-5.
  • Ideas, Images, and Methods of Portrayal: Insights into Classical Arabic Literature and Islam. Leiden: Brill. 2005. ISBN 978-90-474-0726-3.
  • Aspects of Literary Hermeneutics in Arabic Culture: Myths, Historical Archetypes and Symbolic Figures in Arabic Literature. Wiesbaden, Beirut: Franz Steiner. 1999. ISBN 3515071016.
  • Johann W. Fück: Vorträge über den Islam. Halle/Saale: Institute für Orientalistik, Martin-Luther-Univ. Halle-Wittenberg. 1999. doi:10.25673/112300.
  • Erlesenes. Sonderheft anläßlich des 19. Kongresses der Union Européenne d’Arabisants et Islamisants. Halle (Saale): Universitätsdruckerei. 1998. doi:10.25673/112290.
  • Quellenuntersuchungen zu den Maqātil aṭ-Ṭālibiyyīn des Abū ’l-Faraǧ al-Iṣfahānī (gest. 356/967). Hildesheim: Olms. 1991. ISBN 978-3-487-09473-1.
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References

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  1. ^ "KKG Zwickau – Startseite". www.kkg-zwickau.de. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
  2. ^ "Sebastian Guenther - Scholars | Institute for Advanced Study". www.ias.edu. 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2024-08-17.
  3. ^ Grün, Klaus-Jürgen; Schmidt, Alfred; Jung, Matthias, eds. (1991). Idee, Natur und Geschichte: Alfred Schmidt zum 60. Geburtstag. Hildesheim: Olms. ISBN 978-3-487-09473-1.
  4. ^ "Orientalisches Institut". orientphil.uni-halle.de. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
  5. ^ "Al-Azhar Portal - بوابة الأزهر - أكاديمي ألماني: ندوة الأزهر الدولية خطوة ضرورية لتحقيق تفاهم أفضل بين الحضارات". www.azhar.eg. Retrieved 2024-08-17.
  6. ^ a b "Orient Institute Beirut: a German academic research institute of the Max Weber Foundation". www.orient-institut.org. Retrieved 2024-08-17.
  7. ^ "Search". www.aub.edu.lb. Retrieved 2024-08-17.
  8. ^ "Department of Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations | University of Toronto". Department of Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
  9. ^ "Roads to Paradise: Eschatology and Concepts of the Hereafter in Islam". Department of Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations. 2022-10-03. Retrieved 2024-08-17.
  10. ^ Öffentlichkeitsarbeit, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen-. "Seminar für Arabistik/Islamwissenschaft I - Georg-August-Universität Göttingen". Georg-August Universität Göttingen (in German). Retrieved 2024-08-18.
  11. ^ Öffentlichkeitsarbeit, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen-. "Professor Dr. Sebastian Günther - Georg-August-University Göttingen". Georg-August Universität Göttingen (in German). Retrieved 2024-08-17.
  12. ^ "IRI WORKSHOP FOR POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS CONCLUDES – International Islamic University". Retrieved 2024-08-18.
  13. ^ "Al-Azhar Portal - بوابة الأزهر - الإمام الأكبر يكرم كبار المشاركين في ندوة الأزهر الدولية "الإسلام والغرب .. تنوع وتكامل"". www.azhar.eg. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
  14. ^ "Sebastian Guenther - School of Historical Studies | Institute for Advanced Study". www.ias.edu. 2017-07-11. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
  15. ^ "Contact". www.ueai.org. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
  16. ^ Öffentlichkeitsarbeit, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen-. "Lichtenberg-Kolleg Short term Fellowships - Georg-August-University Göttingen". Georg-August Universität Göttingen (in German). Retrieved 2024-08-18.
  17. ^ "Building Bridges: Ignaz Goldziher and His Correspondents: Islamic and Jewish Studies around the Turn of the Twentieth Century", Building Bridges: Ignaz Goldziher and His Correspondents, Brill, 2024-02-21, ISBN 978-90-04-69059-2, retrieved 2024-08-18
  18. ^ "Roads to Paradise: Eschatology and Concepts of the Hereafter in Islam (2 vols.): Volume 1: Foundations and Formation of a Tradition. Reflections on the Hereafter in the Quran and Islamic Religious Thought / Volume 2: Continuity and Change. The Plurality of Eschatological Representations in the Islamicate World", Roads to Paradise: Eschatology and Concepts of the Hereafter in Islam (2 vols.), Brill, 2017-01-01, ISBN 978-90-04-33315-4, retrieved 2024-08-18
  19. ^ "Von Rom nach Bagdad", Bildung und Religion von der römischen Kaiserzeit bis zum klassischen Islam (in German), Mohr Siebeck GmbH & Co. KG, 2013-08-02, ISBN 978-3-16-151679-5, retrieved 2024-08-18
  20. ^ Neuwirth, Angelika, ed. (1999). Myths, historical archetypes, and symbolic figures in Arabic literature: towards a new hermeneutic approach: proceedings of the international symposium in Beirut, June 25th - June 30th, 1996. Beiruter Texte und Studien. Beirut: In Kommission bei Franz Steiner Verlag Stuttgart. ISBN 978-3-515-07101-7. OCLC 44135838.
  21. ^ Günther, Sebastian; Jamouhi, Yassir el (2021). Islamic ethics as educational discourse: thought and impact of the classical Muslim thinker Miskawayh (d. 1030). SERAPHIM, Studies in education and religion in ancient and pre-modern history in the Mediterranean and its environs. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck. ISBN 978-3-16-159944-6.
  22. ^ "Knowledge and Education in Classical Islam: Religious Learning between Continuity and Change (2 vols)", Knowledge and Education in Classical Islam: Religious Learning between Continuity and Change (2 vols), Brill, 2020-06-04, ISBN 978-90-04-41321-4, retrieved 2024-08-18
  23. ^ Günther, Sebastian; Wilk, Florian, eds. (2021). Lesen, Deuten und Verstehen?! Debatten über heilige Texte in Orient und Okzident. SERAPHIM, Studies in education and religion in ancient and pre-modern history in the Mediterranean and its environs. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck. ISBN 978-3-16-159491-5. OCLC 1264031718.
  24. ^ Wilk, Florian; Gemeinhardt, Peter (2016). Transmission and interpretation of the Book of Isaiah in the context of intra- and interreligious debates. Bibliotheca Ephemeridum theologicarum Lovaniensium. Leuven Paris Bristol (CT): Peeters. ISBN 978-90-429-3308-8.
  25. ^ Neuwirth, Angelika; Embaló, Birgit; Günther, Sebastian; Ǧarrār, Māhir; Orient-Institut (1999). Myths, historical archetypes and symbolic figures in Arabic literature : towards a new hermeneutic approach ; proceedings of the International Symposium in Beirut, June 25th - June 30th, 1996 / ed. by Angelika Neuwirth, Birgit Embaló, Sebastian Günther, Maher Jarrar. Steiner [in Komm.] doi:10.25673/112295.
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