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 deals with Arabic and Islamic literature and culture, with particular interests in the Koran and the Arabic literature in the context of Late Antiquity, classical Arabic poetry, medieval Arabic Philosophy as well as its reception in modern political philosophy.

In addition to numerous articles and book contributions, Tamer is author of 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] (2001), and editor of The Trias of Maimonides. Jewish, Arabic and Ancient Culture of Knowledge (2005), and Humor in Arabic Culture (2009). His book Zeit und Gott. Hellenistische Zeitvorstellungen in der altarabischen Dichtung und im Koran [Time and God. Hellenistic Concepts of Time in pre-Islamic Arabic Poetry and in the Koran] was published 2008.

Tamer was 2002-03 Fellow of the Working Group Modernity and Islam at the Institute for Advanced Study in Berlin and 2006 Member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.

Faculty Links
Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
Department web page
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Mershon Projects
Islam and Rationalilty: The Impact of al-Ghazali (2011-12)
Migration, Religion, and Germany conference(2010-11)
The Concept of Time in the Koran (2009-10)