Professor Josef Van Ess FBA
History of the Islamic World; Islamic theology and philosophy, especially with respect to the formative period (8th-10th centuries) and the age of the Mongol conquest (13th-14th centuries); Islamic mysticism
- Fellow type
- International Fellow
- Year elected
- 2009
- Year of birth
- 1934
- Year of death
- 2021
- Subjects
- Religion
- Sections
- Theology and Religious Studies
Last post
University of Tübingen Emeritus Professor of Islamic Studies and Semitic Languages
Other Fellows of the British Academy
Professor Robert P Gordon FBA
The Hebrew Bible / Old Testament: the ancient near eastern context; the Hebrew text and the ancient versions; exegesis and theology; the Hebrew Bible / Old Testament in Jewish and Christian tradition.
Professor Anna Sapir Abulafia FBA
Interactions between Christians and Jews in the Middle Ages within the broad context of 12th and 13th-century theological and ecclesiastical developments; the place of Jews and Muslims in canon law
Professor Chloë Starr FBA
Chloë Starr's research interests are Chinese Christian theology; Chinese Christian literature; and the intersection of modern Chinese theology and literature.
