Awards & Honorary Positions

2020
Hans Robert Roemer Research Fellowship, German Orient Institute of Beirut

2019
Award for Outstanding Academic Contributions, awarded by the President of the International Islamic University in Islamabad, Pakistan [More]

2018
Certificate and Medal of Appreciation in Service of the Dialogue between East and West, awarded by the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar and Chair of the Muslim Council of Elders, Cairo (October 2018) [More]

2017-2018
Willis F. Doney Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton

2010-2015
President & Vice President, European Association of Arabic and Islamic Studies/Union Européenne des Arabisants et Islamisants (UEAI)

2011-2012
Associate Member, Lichtenberg Institute for Advanced Studies, Goettingen

2004-2006
President, The Oriental Club of Toronto