Georges Tamer

M.S. Sofia Chair in Arabic Studies
Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
374 Hagerty Hall
614.247.8319
tamer.2@osu.edu  

Education
B.A., Philosophy, Universität Frankfurt am Main (1992)
M.A., Philosophy, Freie Universität Berlin (1995)
Ph.D., Philosophy, Freie Universität Berlin (2000)
Habilitation (2nd Ph.D.), Islamic Studies, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (2007)

Teaching/Research
Dr. Tamer's research interests include the Koran and the Arabic literature in the context of Late Antiquity, Arabic poetry, medieval Arabic Philosophy as well as its reception in modern political philosophy. His other areas of expertise include Islamic thought, Christian- and Judeo-Arabic literature, inter-religious discourses as well as Islam and Modernity.

Selected Publications
Kritische Religionsphilosophie (Critical Philosophy of Religion) (De Gruyeter, forthcoming)

The Impact of Ibn Taymiyya and Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya (De Gruyeter, forthcoming)

Humor in der arabischen Kultur / Humor in Arabic Culture (De Gruyter, 2009)

Zeit und Got: Hellenistische Zeitvorstellungen in der altarabischen Dichtung und im Koran (Time and God: Hellenistic Concepts of Time in Old Arabic Poetry and the Koran) (De Gruyeter, 2008)

"Bemerkungen zu al-Fārābīs 'Zusammenfassung der platonischen Nomoi'," in Politischer Platonismus, ed. by Andreas Eckl and Clemens Kauffamnn (Königshausen & Neumann, 2008)

"Islam und Zivilgesellschaft," in Studien zur Semitistik und Arabistik, ed. by Otto Jastrwo, Shabo Talay, Herta Hafenrichter, Festschrift for Hartmut Bobzin (Harrassowitz, 2008)

"Christliche Trinität und islamischer Monotheismus: Yahyā Ibn Adīs Gottesbild," in Christliche Gotteslehre im Orient seit dem Aufkommen des Islams bis zur Gegenwart, ed. by Martin Tamcke (Orient-Institut Beitrut, 2008)

"Koexistenz im Konflikt:  Konfession und Politik im Libanon," in Christen im Libanon: Probleme aund Perspektiven, ed. by Karl Pinggéra (Evangelische Akademie Hofgeismar, 2007)

The Trias of Maimonides:  Jewish, Arabic and Ancient Culture of Knowledge (De Gruyeter, 2005)

"Warum der christlich-islamische Dialog notwendig ist," in Feindbild Christentum im Islam, ed. by Ursula Spuler-Stegemann (Freiburg, 2004)

Islamische Philosophie und die Krise der Moderne: Das Verhältnis von Leo Strauss zu Alfarabi, Avicenna und Averroes (Islamic Philosophy and the Crisis of Modernity: The Relationship of Leo Strauss to Alfarabi, Avicenna and Averroes) (Brill, 2001)

Honors, Awards, and Service
Visiting Faculty Member, Central European University in Budapest, "Religion and Politics: The Presence of Sacred and Secular Traditions in Europe and the Middle East" (2008)

Research and Creative Activity Grant in the Arts and Humanities, The Ohio State University (2008-10)

Member, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton (2006)

Fellow, Working Group on Modernity and Islam, Institute for Advanced Study, Berlin (2002-03)

Ecumenical prize, Ecumenical Council, Berlin-Brandenburg (2000)

Member, Islam-Committee at the Ecumenical Council of Churches in Berlin and Brandenburg (1993–2001)

Mershon Projects
The Concept of Time in the Koran (2009-10)