Anke Osigus

Dr. Anke Osigus is a Lecturer at the Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster. Her research focuses on pre-modern Arabic literature, particularly the Mamluk period, including narrative prose like the 1001 Nights, manuscriptology, and animals in Arab culture.

• PhD in Islamic Studies (2000, University of Münster)
• Education: Islamic Studies, Arabic Studies, General Linguistics (1985–1995, WWU Münster)

Her career spans roles as a Research Assistant, Editor, and Lecturer, with significant contributions to the Leibniz Prize Research Centre ALEA (2015–2019) and the ongoing DFG long-term project (since 2020) for a digital edition of Ibn Nubātah al-Miṣrī’s works. She has also collaborated on exhibitions and cataloging Friedrich Rückert’s orientalist estate.

Dr. Osigus’s publications include monographs on the Dīwān of Ibrāhīm al-Miʿmār and the A Fable Cycle in 1001 Nights, as well as essays exploring scorpion symbolism in Arabic texts, anthologies of the Mamluk period, and Friedrich Rückert’s translations. Her work reflects expertise in textual criticism, manuscript studies, and cultural analysis.