Faculty

Profile

College / Department

Department of Arabic and Translation Studies

Teaching areas

Classical Arabic Literature and Thought, The Qur'an, Ethics in Islamic Contexts, Islamic Intellectual Traditions, Islamic Culture and Civilization, Moral philosophy in Islamic Context, The Literature of al-Andalus, Classical Arabic Poetry and Prose

Research areas

Ethical and political thought in Islamic context, Classical Arabic Literature and Thought, the reception of the Qur'an in literary traditions in classical Islam, and ethics of Qur'anic Commentaries.

Education

PhD, Phd. Classical Arabic And Islamic Thought, University of Cambridge,, United Kingdom, 2010

MEd, M.phil In Educational Research, The University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2004

MA, Ma. African & Asian History, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, United Kingdom, 2003

Diploma, Islamic Studies And Humanities, Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, 2002

BA, Ba In Arabic Language And Literature, Al-Ba'th University, Syria, Syria, 1999

Memberships

Member of the British Association of Islamic Studies (BRAIS)., January 2017

The Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities Responsibilities will include participation in meetings, conferences, organizing initiative joint academic activities, and interdisciplinary projects., May 2014

Ethics Working Group, Kalam Research and Media, Dubai Participating and presenting papers at 3 consecutive workshops that will lead to publication of 3 articles in 3 books related to ethics in Islamic context (May 2013 to May 2016), December 2013

Member of the American Academy of Religion, January 2011

Member of the American Oriental Society, October 2006

Member of the Middle Eastern Studies Association (MESA), January 2010 - December 2012

Fellow of the Cambridge Overseas Society, UK, September 2003 - September 2010

Member of the Cambridge Students Union, September 2003 - September 2010

Contact

[email protected]

+971 6 515 2408

Dr. Nuha Alshaar

Associate Professor

PhD, University of Cambridge,, United Kingdom

Nuha al-Sha'ar (Phd University of Cambridge) has taught at a number of academic institutions, including, the University of Cambridge; the School of Oriental and African Studies, London; and the International Studies Centre, Queen's University Canada, UK. She has also taught and worked at the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London. Her main areas of interests are Islamic Ethical and Political Thought, Classical Arabic Literature and thought; ethics in Qur'anic exegesis, and the reception of the Qur'an in classical literary traditions. She is the author of a number of books and articles, including: Ethics in Islam: Friendship in the Political Thought of al-Tawḥīdī and His Contemporaries (Routledge 2015).

Publications

Nuha Alshaar. [open access] الانسانيات في القرن الحادي والعشرين : وجهات نظر من العالم العربي وألمانيا, 1 February 2023

Nuha Alshaar. The Humanities in the 21st Century: Perspectives from the Arab World and Germany [open access], 1 February 2023

Nuha Alshaar. Neighbour, V. Islam, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2023

Nuha Alshaar. Hadith and the Concept of Adab as Moral Education, Studies In Islamic Ethics, 19 December 2022

Nuha Alshaar. The Shᾱfi‘iyya, 1 May 2022

Nuha Alshaar. The Social and Political History of Baghdad under the Buyid Period, Handbook Of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near And Middle East, Volume: 166, 1 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2022

Nuha Alshaar. The Interplay of Religion and Philosophy in al-Tawḥīdī’s Political Thought and Practical Ethics, Journal Of Arabic And Islamic Studies, 1 December 2021

Nuha Alshaar. Knowledge in the Buyid Period Practices and Formation of Social Identity, 1 November 2020

Nuha Alshaar. Meal Customs Islam, 1 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2020

Nuha Alshaar. Reconstructing Adab in Islamic Studies, 5 May 2020

Nuha Alshaar And . On God and the world: An Arabic critical edition and English translation of Epistles 49-51, June 2019

Nuha Alshaar. The Qur'an and Adab: The Shaping of Literary Traditions in Classical Islam, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2017

Nuha Alshaar. The Qur'an in Literary Anthologies: A Case Study of al-ʿIqd al-Farīd by Ibn ʿAbd Rabbih al-Andalusī (d. 328/940), 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2017

Nuha Alshaar. The Relation of Adab to the Qur'an: Conceptual and Historical Framework, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2017

Nuha Alshaar. Ethics in Islam: Friendship in the Political Thought of al-Tawhidi and his Contemporaries, 1 March 2015

Nuha Alshaar. Abu Hayyan al-Tawhidi, The Oxford Encyclopedia Of Philosophy, Science, And Technology In Islam, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2014

Nuha Alshaar. Al-sadaqa Wa turath mafhum al-fadila al-akhlaqi fi al-thaqafa al-islamiyya, Al-mashriq, 1 July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2013

Nuha Alshaar And Verena Klemm. Sources and Approaches across Disciplines in Near Eastern Studies: Proceedings of the 24th Congress of the L Union Européenne des Arabisants et Islamisants, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2013

Nuha Alshaar, N Al-sha'ar, V. Klemm, N Al-sha'ar And V. Klemm. Between Love and Social Aspiration: The Influence of Sufi and Greek Concepts of Love on the Socio-political Thought of the Ikhwan al-Safa', Miskawayh, and al-Tawhidi, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2013

Nuha Alshaar. An Islamic Approach to Virtue to Moral Virtue: Fakhr al-Din al-Razi's Treatment of Birr in his al-Tafsir al-Kabir, Melanges De Luniversite Saint-joseph, 1 February 2012

Nuha Alshaar, Husain Qutbuddin And Husain Qutbuddin. An Analytical Reading of al-Tawhidi's Epistle on The Classification of Knowledge (Risāla fī al-'Ulūm), 1 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2010

Conference Presentations

Adab Through the Ages: Across Cultural and National Boundaries, “transnational Arabic Studies,” At American Comparative Literature Association Convention, 17 March 2023

The Conceptual Ground of Akhlāq and the Formation of the Self in the Fourth-Century Philosophical Schools of Baghdad, Islam And Ethics In Contemporary Societies Conference, 25 January 2023

From al-Jāḥiẓ to al-Tawḥīdī and the Brethren of Purity: Art of Writing, Aesthetics, and the Ethical Approach to Language, Thresholds To Arabic Literary Criticism Conference, 16 December 2022

“Friendship in Islamic Ethical Political Thought: Foundations and Modern Implications”, Webinar On Political Thought In The Muslim World, 16 November 2022

Intellectuals and Political Power in the Buyid Period: Emerging Modes of Knowledge Production, The Series Intellectuals And Empire, The Center For Eastern Mediterranean Studies, At The Central European University, 8 April 2021

The Teaching of Moral Philosopy/ workshop, The Place Of Humanities In Research, Education And Society: An Arab-german Dialogue, 11 November 2019

Pre-Modern Arabic Literary Anthologies and the Social Imaginary: The Construction of Social, Cultural and Political Paradigms, The Annual 2019 Conference Of The British Association Of Islamic Studies, April 2019

Ṣad ̄aqa (Friendship) and Social Ethics in the Fourth Century of the Islamic Era, Moral And Ethical Frameworks And Performances, 27 February 2019

Migrant Women and Negotiating Boundaries, Gender Equality In The Arab World And Germany: Challenges And Prospects, 30 November 2018

Teaching Literature at Higher Education From Students' Perspectives, Education In The Scientific Mind And Experimental Pedagogies, 11 October 2018

Fourth-century Arabic Manuscripts and Early Jewish and Christian Dialogue: A debate between two Christian monks and a Jewish elder in Tomei Egypt., "the 26th Conference Of The Friends Of The Christian Arab Heritage," Cairo, Egypt, February 2018

Arabic Poetry in Sicily: the Case of Ibn Hamdis, Discovering Common Roots: Sicily And The Mediterranean –a History Of Pluralistic Traditions, Palermo, Italy, December 2017

The Role of Attention and Emotions in the formation of sadaqa (Friendship) in al-Tawhidi's Thought., Virtues Of Attention: Global Philosophical Perspectives, Nyu Abu Dhabi, Uae., December 2017

The Qur'an and the System of Adab: A case Study of Ibn Qutayba, al-Jāḥiẓ, al-Qālī, and al-Mubarrid, International Conference On Adab: L'adab, Toujours Recommence: "origines, Transmission Etemetamorphoses, The Institut National Des Langues Et Civilisations Orientales Of Paris In Collaboration With The University Of Turin, Paris, December 2016

The Use of the Qur'an in Literary Anthologies', 28th Congress Of The Union Européenne Des Arabisants Et Islamisants (uaei), September 2016

The Ritualization of Food and Table Talk in Arabic Traditions, Insatiable Appetite: Food As A Cultural Signifier, American University Of Beirut, Lebanon, May 2016

The Use of Hadith in Popular Literary Genres, The Third Annual Conference Of The British Association Of Islamic Studies,, April 2016

The Contribution of Sami Makarim to Islamic Studies, December 2015

Common Roots: Cultural Encounter between Syria and Malta, Malta, September 2015

Ibn Rushd/ Averroës' Rational Reading of the Qur'ān, The Second Conference Of The British Association For Islamic Studies Conference, London, Uk., April 2015

"Moral Reasoning in Islamic Philosophy", Ethics And Moral Reasoning Conference,, February 2015

The Nature of the Good: Meta- Ethics in Islam, "ethics Working Group First Meeting,", May 2014

"The Use of the Qur'an in Compilation Literature: A Case Study of al-'Iqd al-Farid.", The British Association For Islamic Studies,, April 2014

Knowledge Groups and Learning in Tenth-Century Buyid Baghdad, Ats- Brismes, American University Of Sharjah, April 2014

Social and Political History of Baghdad under the Buyid dynasty, Baghdad Space And Knowledge Conference, August 2013

The Use of the Qur'an in the Andalusian Poems (Muashshahat) of the Thirteenth Century: A Case Study of Ibn Sahl al-Ishbili, The 223rd Meeting Of The American Oriental Society, March 2013

'An Islamic Approach to Moral Virtue: A Comparison between Fourth- Century Islamic Philosophers., Laboratory Of Studies On Monotheisms (umr 8584), L'exégèse Philosophique Du Coran, November 2011

'The Classical Treatment of the Reception of the Qur'an outside the Genre of Tafsir: Issues and Legitimacy', American Academy Of Religion,, November 2011

'Knowledge-Based Groups in the Buyid Period: Curriculum, Practices, and Formation of Social Identity', Knowledge And Education In Classical Islam Conference, Goettingen, Germany, October 2011

'The Role of Reason and Revelation in al-Tawhidi's Works', The Annual Meeting Of Middle Eastern Studies Association, San Diego, Usa, November 2010

'Love as Social Aspiration in the Socio-Political Thought of the Ikhwan al-Safa', Miskawayh and al-Tawhidi', 24th Congress Of The Union Européenne Des Arabisants Et Islamisants (uaei), September 2008

Grants and sponsorships

Grant, 2019 FRG small grant award, American University of Sharjah, June 2019 - June 2020

Grant, AGYA Tandem Project, Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities, July 2018 - December 2018

Grant, AGYA Tandem Project, Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities, June 2018 - November 2018

Grant, AGYA Tandem Project, Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities, June 2017 - December 2017

Awards and Honors

CAS Award for Excellence in Research in Humanities and Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, American University of Sharjah, 12 April 2017

Cambridge Overseas Trust Doctoral Scholarship, Cambridge University, October 2005

Academic Award: Cambridge Overseas Trust MPhil Scholarship, The University of Cambridge, October 2004

The Institute of Ismaili Studies Award for Islamic Studies and Humanities, The Institute of Ismaili Studies, October 2000

Award for Academic Excellence Bath University, Syria, September 1999