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College / Department

College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Arabic and Translation Studies

Teaching areas

Arabic Heritage; Arab-Islamic Culture and Civilisation; Sufism

Research areas

Islamic (Arabic) manuscriptsArabic heritageIraqi heritage and folklore

Education

PhD, Islamic Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, United Kingdom
MA, Islamic Philosophy , University of Gothenburg, Sweden
BA, Arabic Studies , University of Gothenburg , Sweden

Professional experience

Assistant Professor at American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates(2010 - Present)
Consultant at Bernard Quaritch Ltd,, United Kingdom(2010 - Present)
Book Dealer at Bernard Quaritch Ltd, United Kingdom(2007 - 2010)
Academic Advisor at Oman Embassy, United Kingdom(2007 - 2007)
Academic Advisor at Qatar Embassy, United Kingdom(2006 - 2006)
Teaching Assistant at University of London, United Kingdom(2004 - 2006)

Memberships

The Islamic Manuscript Association (TIMA), 2015 - 2016

Contact

[email protected]
+971 6 515 2293

Dr. Meis Al-Kaisi

Assistant Professor
PhD in Islamic Studies, University of London, UK

Meis Al-Kaisi's areas of research and teaching interest are Islamic manuscripts, codicology, philology, textual analysis, Sufism, and Arabic heritage and folklore. While pursuing her PhD, she taught Arabic at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, for two years while pursuing her research, and subsequently worked for the military attaches of Qatar and Oman in London as an Academic Advisor for their military students in the UK. She joined Bernard Quaritch (Antiquarian Booksellers) to specialise in Arabic/Islamic manuscripts before pursuing her career in academia at AUS.

Publications

Meis Al-Kaisi, The Development of Politico-Religious Movements: A General Overview, Published, pp. 123-139, 2019
Meis Al-Kaisi, Epistle on the Customs of the Naqshbandiyya Order (MS Add.1073), Published, pp. http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-ADD-01073/1, 2016
Meis Al-Kaisi, Sufi Apologia in the Guise of Biography: The Case of Abū Nu‛aym al-Iṣfahānī's Hilyat al-awliya'wa-ṭabaqāt al-aṣfiyā', Published, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 2015
Meis Al-Kaisi, A Survey of Zaydī fiqh and tafsīr Manuscripts at Bernard Quaritch Ltd., Published, Manuscripta Orientalia: International Journal for Oriental Manuscript Research., 2014
Meis Al-Kaisi, Catalogue of Islamic Manuscripts 1424, Published, 2013
Meis Al-Kaisi, Kitāb Simṭ al-laʾāliʾ al-durriyya wa-uslūb al–jawāhir al-baḥriyya: An unknown text on the science of jafr., Published, Manuscripta Orientalia: International Journal for Oriental Manuscript Research, 19, 2, pp. 54-58, 2013
Meis Al-Kaisi, Catalogue of Islamic Manuscripts 1366, Published, 2008

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