Nicolas A. Hintermann
Since October 2020, Nicolas A. Hintermann is a research associate at the Dept. of Oriental and Islamic Studies. He is pursuing a PhD in Islamic Studies (Islamwissenschaft) on "Arabic-Muslim commentaries of Maimonides’ Dalālat al-Ḥāʾirīn".
He studied Islamic Studies, Philosophy and Ancient Judaism at the University of Zürich.
Courses
Summer term 2024:
Proseminar: "Moderne arabische Philosophie" (2 CH, Tue 14:15-15:45, in German)
Übung: "Philosophie in literarischer Form: Lektüre von Suhrawardīs allegorischen Schriften" (2 CH, Tue 12:15-13:45, in German)
Administrative responsibilities
studienberatung[at]sgkno.uni-tuebingen.de
- Study counselling for B.A. SGKNO
- Accreditation of academic achievements and internships & accreditation issues, semester abroad
- Academic certificates for the BAFöG- and examination office
- Responsible for evaluations at the department of Oriental and Islamic Studies
Research interests
- Philosophy in the Islamicate World
- Literary forms of knowledge transfer
- Arabic manuscripts
- Judeo-Arabica
- Yemen as a center of scholarship
Presentations
Philosophy in the Margins - Marginal Philosophy? The Case of the Bookseller Muḥammad b. Ḥasan al-Nihmı̄, 01.08.2023, Conference " 21st conference of the Society for Judaeo-Arabic Studies. Genres and disciplines of learning in Judaeo-Arabic literature", University of Munich.
Muslimische Rezeption jüdischer Philosophie, 12.01.2023, Lecture Series "Jüdisch-muslimische Beziehungen in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart", University of Tübingen.
Philosophy in the Margins - Marginal Philosophy? The Case of the Bookseller Muḥammad b. Ḥasan al-Nihmı̄, 07.07.2022, Senior Research Seminar, Zentrum für Islamische Theologie/Evangelisch-Theologische Fakultät, University of Tübingen.
The Many Faces of Philosophy: Falsafa in the Maqāmāt of Ibn Abı̄ Ṭālib al-Dimashqı̄, 31.03.2022, Conference "Forms and Functions of Islamic Philosophy", Bard College (online).
Ein arabisch-muslimischer Kommentar zu Maimonides’ Dalālat al-Ḥāʾirīn, 11.02.2021, Colloquium, Abt. Orient- und Islamwissenschaft, University of Tübingen.
Classes
Winter 2023/24: Einführung in die Islamwissenschaft, gemeinsam mit Katarina Roberts (M.A.) (Übung)
Summer 2023: Iman Mersal: Eine ägyptische Autorin des 21. Jahrhunderts (Übung)
Summer 2023: Maimonides: Einführung in Leben, Werk und Rezeption (Proseminar)
Summer 2022: Geschichte des modernen Jemen (Proseminar)
Winter 2021/22: Einführung in die Islamwissenschaft, gemeinsam mit Katarina Roberts (Übung)
Winter 2021/22: Zeitreisen in der arabischen Literatur (Übung)
Summer 2021: Moderne arabische Philosophie (Proseminar)
Summer 2021: Ibn Taymı̄ya und sein Werk (Übung)
Winter 2020/21: Lektüre wissenschaftlicher Texte (Übung)