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Manolis Marudis Ulbricht
Research and Teaching Assistant
Room JK 31/305
14195 Berlin
Office hours
In the Winter Semester 2018/19
On Scientific Dispatch abroad, therefore no appointments
Current Responsibilities
Research and Teaching Assistant at the Chair of Berlin Byzantine Studies
Postdoc in Byzantine Studies – Detailed CV Manolis [download]
Awards
- GSCO Award 2017 (Society for Studying the Christian East) [Laudatio & Note of Thanks]
- Classical Islamic World Book Prize 2017 (Gorgias Press)
- Young Researcher’s Ph.D. Award 2017 of the Medievalists’ Society [Note of Thanks]
- Ernst Reuter Ph.D. Award 2016 (Freie Universität Berlin) [Note of Thanks]
- Honorary Mention in the framework of the Teaching Award 2016 (FU Berlin)
About the Person
- “Traveler between Religions on his research in Damascus and meeting Pope Benedict”, Radio Inteview with Monika Müller-Kroll in the Program “Profiles”, KCRW Berlin (26/12/2107)
- “Ein Plädoyer für Europa” [‘A Plea For Europe’], Magazin wir [p. 19] (Freie Universität Berlin, Summer 2017)
- Short Portrait in the Magazine wir [p. 41] (Freie Universität Berlin, Winter 2016/17)
- “Es war eine Entscheidung von Tag zu Tag” [‘A decision from day to day’ – About my Research in Syria (2010–2012)], Interview in the Newspaper Der Tagesspiegel (p. B6, 08/12/2012)
- “Zwischen Mönchen und Moscheen – zwei Jahre in Damaskus” [‘Among Monks and Mosques – Two Years in Damascus’], Field Report for the German Academic Scholarship Foundation (06/01/2014)
- Private Meeting with Pope em. Benedict XVI for the Presenting Him the Doctoral Thesis (Vatican, 20/12/2015) and Personal Correspondence concerning its Publication (2016/17)
Vita
Education
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2012–2015 |
Doctorate in Byzantine Studies (overall grade summa cum laude) Ph.D. Thesis: “Coranus Graecus. The Oldest Transmitted Translation of the Qurʾān within the «Ἀνατροπὴ τοῦ Κορανίου» of Nicetas of Byzantium. Introduction, Text, Translation, Commentary”Abstract, Table of Contents, Disputatio (14/07/2015), Exposé (2012)Supervisors:
(Funded by the German Academic Scholarship Foundation) |
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2010–2012 |
Field Research in Damascus:
(Funded by the German Academical Exchange Service [DAAD], Freie Universität Berlin [PROMOS], German Academic Scholarship Foundation) |
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Oct. 2010 |
Degree of Magister Artium (overall grade 100 %) Master Thesis: “Fragments of a Greek Translation of the Qur’an from the Vat. gr. 681” [Table of Contents] |
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2003–2010 |
Studies in Ancient History, Islamic Studies and Protestant Theology Freie Universität Berlin & Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin(Funded by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation) |
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2005–2007 |
Studies of Orthodox Theology and Ancient History National University of Athens(Funded by ERASMUS and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation) |
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2002 |
Baccalaureate (Abitur) in Berlin |
Work Experience
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2018/19 |
Scientific Dispatch to the Monastic Community of the Holy Mountain Athos and to Greece Research of Manuscripts and Archival Sojourn for the Project Initiative Corpus Coranicum Christianum |
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Research Assistant Chair Holder: Professor Johannes Niehoff-Panagiotidis |
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2016–2019 |
Research Assistant & Project Coordinator Einstein Project “Aristotle’s Poetics in the West (of India) from Antiquity to the Renaissance. A Multilingual Edition with Studies of the Cultural Contexts of the Syriac, Arabic, Hebrew, and Latin Translations” (Freie Universität Berlin)Head of Project: Professor Dimitri Gutas, Professor Beatrice Gründler |
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2013–2015 |
Research Assistant Collaborative Research Center 980 “Episteme in Motion. Transfer of Knowledge from the Ancient World to the Early Modern Period”, Speaker: Professor Gyburg Uhlmann (Freie Universität Berlin)Project A05 “From Logos to Kalām. Figurations and Transformations of Knowledge in Near Eastern Late Antiquity” (Head of Project: Professor Angelika Neuwirth) |
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2011–2012 |
Contractual Translator – Byzantine Greek and Latin into German For Professor Heinz Ohme, Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinSources on the Photian (9th century) and the Great Shism (11th century) |
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2010 |
Contractual Translator – Spanish into German For The Fragments of the Greek Historians. Part VTexts of Professor Francisco J. González Ponce (BrillOnline Reference Works) |
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2008–2010 |
Research Associate at the Corpus Coranicum (BBAW) Editing Greek-Patristic Texts related to the Qur’an |
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2008–2010 |
Student Assistant for Professor Heinz Ohme Chair for Eastern Churches and Christian Confessional Studies (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)Translations of Sources on the Photian (9th century) and the Great Shism (11th century) |
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03–12/2008 |
Student Assistant for Professor Hans-Joachim Gehrke President of the German Archaeological Institute, BerlinEditing Assistant of Klio. Beiträge zur Alten Geschichte |
It is a singular interest of Berlin Byzantine Studies, in accordance with the future-oriented concept of institutional strategy of the Freie Universität Berlin, to effectively integrate the ongoing research of the chair of Byzantine Studies into the regular curriculum for students. Through this research-orientated teaching, our students and the students of neighboring disciplines will be actively introduced to the questions of ongoing research projects in an interdisciplinary manner.
Therefore, we regularly offer ‘research internships’ that undergraduate students may attend as well as masters students. It is the goal of our efforts to introduce the students as early as possible to the methods and approaches of this future-orientated teaching. Another characteric of a sustainable combination of research and teaching at Berlin Byzantine Studies is the conceptualization and successful application of the teaching project “Digitalizing Philology – Corpus Coranicum Christianum”. It directly integrates the research into the regular teaching curriculum.
On all levels, we represent this interaction between researchers and students!
Manolis Ulbricht offers these:
Byzantium and Early Islam
- Muslim-Christian Relations in Early Islam
- Byzantine Apologetics and Polemics against Islam
See Ph.D. Thesis: “Coranus Graecus. Die älteste überlieferte Koranübersetzung in der «Ἀνατροπὴ τοῦ Κορανίου» des Niketas von Byzanz. Einleitung, Text, Übersetzung, Kommentar”
Abstract, Table of Contents, Disputatio (14/07/2015), Exposé (2012)
Qur’anic Studies and Christian Translations of the Qur’an
- Greek Translations of the Qur’an and Their Reception in Latin Middle Ages
- Efforts for Establishing an Interdisciplinary Project “Corpus Coranicum Christianum”
Project Description: Corpus Coranicum Byzantinum, presented in the frame of the Disputatio (14/07/2015)
Byzantine Theology and Heresiology
- The Orthodoxy of Byzantium
- East Christian Heterodoxies
Byzantine Hymnology and Psalmody
- Music Theory of the Byzantine Church Music
- Common Music Traditions in Near Eastern Liturgical Practices
- “Coranus Graecus. Die älteste überlieferte Koranübersetzung in der «Ἀνατροπὴ τοῦ Κορανίου» des Niketas von Byzanz. Einleitung, Text, Übersetzung, Kommentar”, Ph.D. Thesis, Freie Universität Berlin 2015, in preparation for: Studi e testi (Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana), Vatican
Editor
- Member of Series Editorial Board (et al.) of the Series Islamic History and Thougth (Gorgias Press)
- Member of Series Editorial Board (et al.) of the Series Studies in Classical & Late Antiquity Series (Gorgias Press)
Translations
From Spanish into German for The Fragments of the Greek Historians. Part V (BrillOnline):
- “Zenothemis” (FGrHist 2054)
- “Phileas von Athen” (FGrHist 2038)
- “Alexandros von Myndos” (FGrHist 2201)
- “Euthymenes von Massalia” (FGrHist 2207)
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«الترجمة الأولى للقرآن الكريم من القرن ٨ / ٩ م في سجال نيكيتاس البيزنطيّ (القرن ٩ م) مع الإسلام باسم تفنيد القرآن», Chronos – Révue d’histoire de l’Université de Balamand/Lebanon, No. 25 (2012), pp. 33–58
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“Coranus Graecus. The Greek Translation of the Qur’an” [in preparation]
Contributions
- “Никита Византийский: Греческий перевод Корана (Coranus Graecus), использованный Н. В.”, Православная энциклопедия [The Orthodox Encyclopedia], vol. 49, Moscow 2018, pp. 553–554
- “Euthymios, the monk”, Christian-Muslim-Relation, vol. 3, Leiden (Brill), 2011, pp. 523–531
- “Nicetas of Byzantium”, Christian-Muslim Relations. A Reader (600-1500), ed. David Thomas [in preparation]
- “John of Damascus”, Christian-Muslim Relations. A Reader (600-1500), ed. David Thomas [in preparation]
- “Euthymios Monachos”, Lexikon Byzantinischer Autoren, ed. Alexander Riehle, et. al. [submitted]
- “Nicetas of Byzantium”, Lexikon Byzantinischer Autoren, ed. Alexander Riehle, et. al. [submitted]
Reviews
- R. Glei/R. Tottoli: Ludovico Marracci at work. The evolution of his Latin translation of the Qurʾān in the light of his newly discovered manuscripts. With an edition and a comparative linguistic analysis of Sura 18 [Corpus Islamo-Christianum, Series Arabica-Latina, vol. 1], Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 2016, in: Orientalistische Literaturzeitung, vol. 112.4–5 (2017), Berlin/Boston (De Gruyter), pp. 382–387
- A. Bakhou: Defending Christian Faith. The Fifth Part of the Christian Apology of Gerasimus, Berlin et. al.: De Gruyter 2015, in: Theologische Literaturzeitung, vol. 142.11 (2017), Leipzig (Evangelische Verlagsanstalt), col. 1211–1213
- K. Förstel: Schriften zum Islam von Arethas und Euthymios Zigabenos und Fragmente der griechischen Koranübersetzung. Griechisch-deutsche Textausgabe [Corpus Islamo-Christianum, Series Graeca, vol. 7], Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 2009, in: Journal of Religious and Cultural Studies, vol. 62.4 (2010), Leiden (Brill), pp. 394–397
Reports
- Blog Report for the International Qur’anic Studies Association (IQSA) by Bert Jacobs on the International Workshop “Preliminary Considerations on the Corpus Coranicum Christianum. The Quran in Translation – A Survey of the State-of-the-Art”, 28/01/2019
- “New Insights into Early Islamic Historiography: A Substantial Conference Report (Göttingen, 25–26 June 2015)”, by Yoones Dehghani Farsani and Jens Scheiner with contributions by Mehmetcan Akpınar, Antoine Borrut, Yoones Dehghani Farsani, Fred M. Donner, Georg Leube, Ilkka Lindstedt, Masoud Sadeghi, Jens Scheiner, Mónika Schönléber, Isabel Toral-Nieho, Manolis Ulbricht, Conference Proceedings of the International Workshop Fresh Perspectives on Early Muslim Historiography, Al-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā, vol. 25 (2017), pp. 149–177 (see here)
- “The Byzantine translation of the Qurʾān from the eighth/ninth century CE and its role in the polemic of Nicetas of Byzantium”, Comparative Oriental Manuscript Studies Newsletter No. 8, 07/2014, pp. 5–6
- Conference Proceedings: “أوجه المعرفة القرآنية: لقاء الفيلولوجيا واللاهوت” of the International Conference Aspects of Qur’anic Scholarship – Philology meets Theology (23–25/09/2016; see here), Newspaper al-Ḥayāt, 22/10/2016
- Conference Proceedings of the International PhD and post-doctoral training school The Dynamic Middle Ages (02–05/10/2012; see here), Clio-online, in: H-Soz-u-Kult, 14/12/2012