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Classical Arabic literature in its social context
History and literature of al-Andalus (esp. in the Almoravid period)
Christian and Muslim contact in the Iberian Pensinsula (esp. Aljamiado literature)
Early Modern Tunisia
Poetry in Arabic dialects

Academic Education
since 10/2019	Doctoral studies in Arabic and Islamic Studies, Westphalian Wilhelms-University Münster
10/2014 - 08/2019	M.A. Islamic and Arabic Studies, Westphalian Wilhelms-University Münster
10/2015 - 06/2017	Language courses and study abroad at the Université Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
10/2010 - 10/2014	B.A. Arabic-Islamic Culture and Romance Philology (Spanish), Westphalian Wilhelms-University Münster
09/2012 - 06/2013	Study abroad (Spanish Philology) at the Universidad de Oviedo, Spain
Work Experience
since 10/2019	Researcher at the Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics"
09/2017 - 09/2019	Research assistant at the Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Westphalian Wilhelms-University Münster
09/2013 - 09/2015	Student assistant at the Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Westphalian Wilhelms-University Münster
02/2015 - 04/2015	Internship at the Instituto de Lenguas y Culturas del Mediterráneo y Oriente Próximo (CSIC), Madrid, Spain

al-Maqqarī Fischer, Jens G. (2023) In: Fleet, Kate; Krämer, Gudrun; Matringe, Denis; Nawas, John; Stewart, Devin J. (eds.), Encyclopaedia of Islam THREE. Leiden: Brill. Type of Publication: Entry in encyclopedia (book contribution)
Phasal polarity in Tunisian Arabic Fischer, Jens G.; Persohn, Bastian; Ritt-Benmimoun, Veronika (2023) In: Studies in Language, Online First Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Aljamiado-Literatur als Kontaktphänomen. Die Coplas del Alhichante de Puey Monzón im literaturhistorischen Kontext Fischer, Jens G. (2022) In: Der Islam - Zeitschrift fur Geschichte und Kultur des Islamischen Orients, 99(1) Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Der Hof des Kalifen. Córdoba als Zentrum der islamischen Hochkultur Manzano Moreno, Eduardo (2022) Freiburg: Herder Verlag. Type of Publication: Translation of a monograph

Duration: 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2025 | 1st Funding period

Funded by: DFG - Cluster of Excellence

Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster

Ibn Sanāʾ al-Mulk and the supernova of 1181 Fischer, Jens G. (09/12/2023) Arabische Literatur im Dialog mit der Natur, Universität Münster Type of talk: scientific talk
Making Saladin: How Arabic poets of the Crusader period helped create the image of an exemplary Muslim warrior Fischer, Jens G. (15/11/2023) Invited talk, UT Dallas Type of talk: scientific talk
“Among princes he is a prince, among scholars a scholar”: learned rulers in 18th-century Tunisia Fischer, Jens G. (04/11/2023) 57th Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association, Palais des congrès, Montréal Type of talk: scientific talk
Generous catamites and nourishing monarchs: parodic sermons in pre-modern Arabic literature Fischer, Jens G. (24/10/2023) Lachen und Kritik: Parodien in jüdischen, islamischen und christlichen Kontexten, Universität Münster Type of talk: scientific talk
Remembering a martyred ruler: the assassination of Ṭalāʾiʿ b. Ruzzīk in the poetry of ʿUmāra al-Yamanī Fischer, Jens G. (22/09/2022) Forum Insaniyyat Tunis 2022, Université de la Manouba Type of talk: scientific talk

Poetry and politics. Arabic Panegyric Poetry as a Medium of Political Communication in the Post-Seljuk Middle East.
Candidate: Fischer, Jens | Supervisors: Bauer, Thomas
Period of time: 01/10/2019 - 30/09/2022
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster