Projektdatenbank (ab 2004)

Projektnummer

0067263

Zusammenfassung

Late Antique and Early Islamic Studies (LAESSI): Establishing a New Subdiscipline in Germany Studying the Islamic origins is hampered by limited expertise in transcultural languages, disciplinary boundaries and differing analytical frameworks. Although over the past decades some innovative results of contextualizing early Islam within the late antique framework have been gained, structurally (i.e. regarding professorial chairs, degree programs or teaching material) this subdiscipline is still in its infancy and offers numerous desiderata. In German-speaking countries, none of these st...