Fellow & Spec. Scholar in Residence; Coordinator, Great Tafsirs Project, Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought
Jordan
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- Visiting Professor, Fellow & Special Scholar in Residence, Coordinator, Great Tafsirs Project at Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought, Amman, Jordan
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- Visiting Research Fellow in Medieval Islamic History and Civilisation and Interfaith Relations at Institute of Ismaili Studies, London
- Visiting Research Fellow in Near Eastern Studies; Yusuf Abdeljawad Fellow of Al Falah Program, CMES at UC Berkeley
- Education
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- University of Oxford
- State University of New York at Binghamton
- The Hebrew University
- University of California, Berkeley
- Portland State University
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Josef (Yousef) Meri’s Summary
The author of numerous journal articles and encyclopaedia entries, Dr Meri has also authored The Cult of Saints Among Muslims and Jews in Medieval Syria (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002) and Culture and Memory in Medieval Islam: Essays in Honour of Wilferd Madelung, co-edited with Dr. Farhad Daftary (London: I. B. Tauris in association with The Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2003), Ali b. Abi Bakr al-Harawi's Kitab al-Isharat ila Marifat al-Ziyarat (A Lonely Wayfarers Guide to Pilgrimage) (Princeton: Darwin Press, 2005), (ed. and introduction) Bayan al-Farq bayn al-Sadr wal-Qalb wal-Fu'ad wal-Lubb by al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi (attrib.) (Amman: Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought, 2009) (Arabic)
Dr. Meri has taught postgraduate courses and seminars, He also served as a consulting editor for the Great Islamic Encyclopedia project based at the Institute of Ismaili Studies and has also served as faculty coordinator for the Institutes Department of Academic Research and Publications Advanced Arabic Typography Project.
Dr. Meri serves as:
Series Editor, Great Commentaries on the Holy Qur'an Series (Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute with Fons Vitae Publishers, USA)
Advisory Editor for the forthcoming Oxford University Press's Oxford Bibliographies On-line (OBO) project (Islam).
Section Editor for Wiley-Blackwell's Religion Compass (www.religion-compass.com)
Book Review Editor (Islamic Studies), Speculum (Medieval Academy of America) (http://www.medievalacademy.org/)
A list of Dr. Meri's publications is available at:
http://www.getcited.org/?MBR=11065028
Josef (Yousef) Meri’s Specialties:
Islam, Islamic Studies, Islamic history, religion, history of ideas, the history, cultures and religious systems of the medieval and early-modern Mediterranean and Muslim worlds (ca 1000-1500 CE), Muslim-Jewish-Christian relations, Muslim-Jewish relations, Abrahamic religions, history of religions, ritual studies, project management, translation, budget management, publishing, academic publishing, on-line publishing, electronic publishing, e-publishing, computers in teaching
Josef (Yousef) Meri’s Experience
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Visiting Professor, Fellow & Special Scholar in Residence, Coordinator, Great Tafsirs Project
Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought, Amman, Jordan
(Research industry)
March 2005 — Present (4 years 9 months)
International Islamic non-governmental, independent institute headquartered in Amman, the capital of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The purpose of the Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought is to serve Islam and humanity at large. Among its objectives are: promoting awareness of Islam and Islamic thought, rectifying unsound ideas and misconceptions about Islam, highlighting the Islamic intellectual contribution and its impact on human civilization, deepening the dialogue and fostering cooperation between the schools of Islamic jurisprudence, highlighting the achievements of Aal al-Bayt (Household of the Prophet) and their calling for middle ground, moderation and tolerance, fostering the encounter of Muslim scholars, the strengthening of their intellectual links and exchange of opinions, and cooperating with research centres, institutes, academic entities and universities in accordance with the objectives of the Institute.
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Visiting Research Fellow in Medieval Islamic History and Civilisation and Interfaith Relations
Institute of Ismaili Studies, London
(Higher Education industry)
October 2002 — December 2004 (2 years 3 months)
The Institute of Ismaili Studies was established in 1977 with the object of promoting scholarship and learning of Muslim cultures and societies, historical as well as contemporary, and a better understanding of their relationship with other societies and faiths.
The Institute’s programmes encourage a perspective that is not confined to the theological and religious heritage of Islam, but seeks to explore the relationship of religious ideas to broader dimensions of society and culture. The programmes thus encourage an interdisciplinary approach to the materials of Islamic history and thought. -
Visiting Research Fellow in Near Eastern Studies; Yusuf Abdeljawad Fellow of Al Falah Program, CMES
UC Berkeley
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
March 1999 — October 2002 (3 years 8 months)
Josef (Yousef) Meri’s Education
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University of Oxford
D.Phil. , Oriental Studies (Islamic Studies) , 1995 — 1999
1996, 1997 & 1998 — Grants from the Senior Tutor of Wolfson College, Fall 1997 — Grant for overseas conference, Committee for Graduate Studies, University of Oxford, 1996-98 — Ian Karten Charitable Trust Grant (Surrey, England), 1996-97 — Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture Dissertation Fellowship (New York), 1996-97 — Social Science Research Council (New York)-nmerta Fellow — Dissertation Research Fellowship in the Social Sciences and Humanities for archival and fieldwork in Damascus and Jerusalem, 1996 — Grant for overseas conference, Committee for Graduate Studies, University of Oxford, 1996 — Barakat Trust Fellowship in Islamic Archaeology (Oxford, United Kingdom) — Grant for archival and fieldwork in Damascus and Jerusalem, 1995-96 — Frankel Scholarship in Jewish Studies, University of Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies.
- Activities and Societies:
- 1997-98 — Member of Governing Body, Wolfson College, Oxford.
1996-97 — Visiting Social Science Research Council Fellow at Institut Français d’Études Arabes de Damas (Damascus, Syria).
1997-98 — Convener of the Graduate Joint-Consultative Committee of the Board of the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford.
1996-98 — Member of Library Committee, Wolfson College, Oxford.
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State University of New York at Binghamton
MA , History , 1993 — 1995
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- 1994-95 — Lecturer (csl), Department of Judaic Studies, SUNY Binghamton
1993-94 — Arabic cataloguer, Bartle Library, State University of New York at Binghamton.
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The Hebrew University
n/a , MA coursework in Judeo-Arabic and Arabic Studies , 1992 — 1993
- Activities and Societies:
- 1992-1993 - Fulbright Fellow
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University of California, Berkeley
B.A. (Magna cum laude) , Near Eastern and Middle Eastern Studies , 1988 — 1992
- Activities and Societies:
- 1992 — U.C. Berkeley Department of Near Eastern Studies Prize for Excellence and Achievement in the Study of Hebrew,
1991-1992 U.C. President's Undergraduate Fellow,
1991-1992 Department of Near Eastern Studies Departmental Representative to the College of Letters & Science Dean's Consultative Committee,
1991 - Phi Beta Kappa,
Summer 1991 — Mellon Fellow, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, U.C. Berkeley
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Portland State University
n/a , Advanced Arabic , 1990 — 1990
- Activities and Societies:
- Summer 1990 — Middle East Summer Consortium Fellow in Arabic, Portland State University.
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Josef (Yousef) Meri’s Interests:
Multilingual computing, publishing, electronic publishing, e-books, international standards in computing, Internet browsing
Josef (Yousef) Meri’s Groups:
Middle East Studies Association (http://www.mesa.arizona.edu/), Middle East Medievalists (http://www.middleeastmedievalists.org/), Medieval Academy of America (http://www.medievalacademy.org/), American Academy of Religion (http://www.aarweb.org/), Phi Beta Kappa (http://www.pbk.org), Hagiography Society (http://mendota.english.wisc.edu/~hagio/)
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STM Publishing Group™
Josef (Yousef) Meri’s Honors:
Leading Educators of the World 2007 (Cambridge, U.K.), 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century (Cambridge, U.K.), 2007-, Contemporary Authors (Thomson Gale), 2007-, Marquis Whos Who in the World, 2007-, Fellow of the Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought, Amman, Jordan, Phi Beta Kappa, Fall 1991 (life membership)
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