Josef van Ess#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 1122 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLASSICS & ORIENTAL STUDIES |
| Elected: | 1991 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
Josef van Ess passed away November 20, 2021.
Positions Held
- 1999 Professor Emeritus of Islamic Studies and Semitic Languages at the University of Tübingen
- 1968 - 1999 Professor of Islamic Studies and Semitic Languages at the University of Tübingen
- 1967 - 1968 Visiting Professor at the American University of Beirut
- 1967 Visiting Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles
Fields of Scholarship
- Islamic mysticism
- Islamic theology and philosophy
- History of the Islamic World
Honours and Awards
- 2010 World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES) - Award for Outstanding Contributions to Middle Eastern Studies
- 2010 Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 2009 Pour le Mérite
- 2009 Member of the British Academy for the Humanities and Social Sciences
