Dmitrij Bumazhnov

Dr. Dmitrij Bumazhnov is a researcher at the Department of Arabic Studies / Islamic Studies at the University of Göttingen. He has held academic positions at multiple institutions, including the Russian Christian Humanitarian Institute, St. Petersburg State University, and the Courant Research Center EDRIS. His current role involves leading a DFG-funded project on Syriac-Christian anti-Jewish controversial literature in Northern Mesopotamia.

• University of St. Petersburg: BA in Classical Philology and Scandinavian Studies
• University of Tübingen: MA in Languages and Cultures of the Christian Orient and Church History
• 2008: Habilitation at Tübingen on early Christian visions and Egyptian monasticism

Dr. Bumazhnov specializes in the intersection of education and religion within Oriental Christianity. His research spans early Christian traditions, spiritual conflicts in monasticism, and theological controversies in Syriac literature. He has contributed to collaborative projects like the SFB 1136 'Education and Religion' and the DFG project on 5th–6th-century anti-Jewish polemics.

His academic career includes...