Averroes Edition

Averroes Scholarships for the academic year 2024–2025 have been awarded to Daniel Davies (Universität Hamburg), Hanna Gentili (Universität Hamburg), Yael Kedar (Tel Hai College), Reza Pourjavady (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main) and Adam Takahashi (Kwansei Gakuin University)-. Welcome to Cologne—or as we say here, “Jepeffe en Colonia!“ For a description of their research projects, please continue … Continue reading “Announcing the 2024–2025 Averroes Scholarship Recipients: Jepeffe en Colonia!”

  PDF The project Averroes Edition is dedicated to the edition and study of the works on Natural Philosophy by the Andalusian philosopher Ibn Rušd (1126–1198) in Arabic, Hebrew, and Latin, as well as related texts and materials. It further promotes the study of the reception of Ibn Rušd’s writings in these three language traditions. … Continue reading “Call for Applications: Visiting Fellowships 2024-25”

In order to present and discuss new research on Averroes, a two-day workshop will be held at the Thomas-Institute at the 27th and 28th of September 2023. This workshop will reunite Averroes scholars from all over the world with the editors of the project who work on new critical editions, thus providing an important context … Continue reading “International Workshop: New Perspectives on Averroes”

A further Averroes Scholarship for the academic year 2022–2023 has been awarded to Dr. Abdelouahab Rgoud. Welcome to Cologne! For a description of his research project continue reading at https://averroes.uni-koeln.de/project/visiting-scholars/

Averroes Scholarships for the academic year 2022–2023 have been awarded to Dr. Kyu Hee Park (Jena) and Dr. Francesco Binotto (Urbino). Welcome to Cologne! For a description of their research projects continue reading at https://averroes.uni-koeln.de/project/visiting-scholars/

[PDF] The project Averroes Edition is dedicated to the edition and study of the works on Natural Philosophy by the Andalusian philosopher Ibn Rušd (1126–1198) in Arabic, Hebrew, and Latin, as well as related texts and materials. It further promotes the study of the reception of Ibn Rušd’s writings in these three language traditions. (For … Continue reading “Call for Applications: Visiting Fellowships 2022-2023”

Harvey, Steven and Oded Horezky, “Averroes ex Averroe: Uncovering Ṭodros Ṭodrosi’s Method of Commenting on the Commentator” In Aleph: Historical Studies in Science and Judaism, Vol. 21, No. 1 (2021), pp. 7-78. Link:  https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2979/aleph.21.1.0007?refreqid=excelsior%3A95e52c20e8a54eacfda7730539325b8f In January-March 2017 Prof. Steven Harvey was a visiting scholar in the “Averroes-Edition” Project. During his stay in Cologne, Prof. Harvey … Continue reading “New Study: “Averroes ex Averroe: Uncovering Ṭodros Ṭodrosi’s Method of Commenting on the Commentator””

Publication date: 19th April 2021160 pp.ISBN: 9783110705928 (Hardcover)ISBN: 9783110706628 (Electronic) DeGruyter: https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110706628/html Contact: Corrado la Martire corrado.lamartire@uni-koeln.de “It is the nature of that which is the same and remains in the same state always to produce the same effects, so either there will always be generation or corruption”. (Gen. and Corr. 336a27-29) Ibn Bāğğa’s commentary … Continue reading “New Publication: Ibn Bāğğa, Commentary on Aristotle’s On Generation and Corruption. Critical Edition and Translation with an Introduction and Glossaries.”

[PDF version] The “Averroes Edition” is a long-term project of critical editions of the writings on Natural Philosophy by the Arabic philosopher Averroes (Ibn Rušd, 1126–1198) and his immediate predecessor Avempace (Ibn Bāǧǧa, ca. 1070–1139): “Averroes (Ibn Rushd) and the Arabic, Hebrew, and Latin Reception of Aristotle’s Philosophy of Nature.” The project will produce a … Continue reading “Job Posting: 3yr PhD Position in Arabic Philosophy”

The project is looking for a Research Associate in Arabic Philosophy to start in September, 2017.  Deadline to apply is July 30, 2017. More info at http://averroes.uni-koeln.de/jobs/