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Personal details:
Prof. Dr. Jan Just Witkam
born in 1945 in Leiden, The Netherlands
Scholarly career
2012 (March) Visiting professor at the Faculty of Information and Communication Technology (KICT)
at the International Islamic University of Malaysia (IIUM), Kuala Lumpur
2010 Professor Emeritus, Leiden University; Interpres Legati Warneriani Emeritus; member of the Leiden
University Institute of Area Studies (LIAS)
2001-2010 Professor of Paleography and Codicology of the Muslim World, University of Leiden
2005 (March) Visiting professor at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris
1992-2010 Interpres Legati Warneriani, University of Leiden
1989 PhD-thesis University of Leiden: De Egyptische arts Ibn al-Akfani
(gest. 749/1348) en zijn indeling van de wetenschappen
1988-2008 Research projects in CNWS Research School, Leiden, on Islamic book lore and Islamic learning
1980-2005 Leiden University Library, Curator of Oriental manuscripts and printed books
1975 Leiden University Library, Curator of Oriental manuscripts
1974 Leiden University Library
1972-1974 Netherlands Organisation of Scientific Research (ZWO), The Hague. Project: Concordance et Indices de la Tradition Musulmane.
1972 MA, University of Leiden: Arabic, Persian, Modern history of the Middle East
1970 Study of Persian literature, Tehran University
1968 BA, Leiden University: Arabic, Persian, Islamology
1964-1972 Study of Arabic, Persian and modern history of the Middle East, University of Leiden
1964 Gymnasium α, St. Bonaventura Lyceum, Leiden
Social career
2012 Member editorial committee of Orientalia Ambrosiana, Milano.
2010 Member Nuova Accademia Ambrosiana, Classe Studi del Vicino Oriente, Milano.
2009 Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Islamic Manuscripts, Leiden (E.J. Brill).
2008 Member Advisory Board of Ayine-yi Mirath, Teheran.
2006-2012 Secretary, Foundation Oosters Instituut, Leiden.
2004 Member Advisory Board of Nama-yi Baharistan, Tehran.
2003-2010 Conseil scientifique, Bibliothèque universitaire de langues et cultures (BULAC), Paris.
2000-2007 Member executive board, Scaliger Institute, Leiden University (Leiden).
1995-2005 Editor Kleine publicaties van de Leidse Universiteitsbibliotheek, Leiden.
1992-2001 Member editorial committee Nouvelles des Manuscrits du Moyen-Orient, Paris.
1991 Co-founder of the facsimile series Manuscripta Indonesica, Leiden.
1991-2006 Member Board of Experts, al-Furqan Foundation of Islamic Heritage (London).
1990-1998 President of Melcom International, the European Association of Middle East Librarians.
1986-1994 Founder and editor of the journal Manuscripts of the Middle East, Leiden, of which six volumes have appeared.
1977-2005 Editor of Codices Manuscripti.
private address:
Donkersteeg 19
NL-2312 HA Leiden
The Netherlands
Tel. +31 71 512 0916
Fax: +31 71 513 3115
Private e-mail
Office
Leiden University, Faculty of Humanities
P.O. Box 9515
NL-2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
Tel. +31 71 527 2868
Fax: +31 71 527 2776
Office e-mail
Languages:
active knowledge: Arabic, Persian, Dutch, English, French, German
passive knowledge: Turkish, Urdu, Indonesian, Malay, Italian, Spanish, Latin, Greek
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