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Dr Dustin Klinger is a British Academy International Fellow at the Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge (2024-2027), specializing in Islamic philosophical traditions and cross-cultural intellectual exchange between Greek and Arabic scholarly worlds.
His academic training spans elite institutions across three countries:
- PhD in Islamic Studies and Philosophy (Ad hoc joint degree) and MA in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University (2015-2021)
- Diplôme in Classics and Arabic from École Normale Supérieure Paris and Scuola Normale Superiore Pisa (2013-2015)
- MA in History of Philosophy from Université de la Sorbonne (Paris IV) (2013-2015)
- BA in Classics and Oriental Studies from the University of Oxford (2009-2013)
Klinger's research focuses on postclassical Islamic intellectual history and Graeco-Arabic philosophical transmission, particularly examining how Greek philosophical concepts were adapted within Islamicate contexts. His work centers on Avicenna's legacy through the "Heirs of Avicenna" project, analyzing textual lineages across medieval Islamic, Jewish, and Renaissance philosophical traditions. This interdisciplinary approach bridges philological rigor with conceptual analysis of metaphysical and epistemological frameworks.
His major research fellowships include:
- British Academy International Fellowship (2024-2027) at Cambridge
- Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship (2023-2024) at I Tatti, Harvard's Renaissance Studies Center
- DFG Research Fellowship for the Heirs of Avicenna project at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (2021-2023)
These competitive awards demonstrate sustained recognition from premier funding bodies including the British Academy, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and German Research Foundation. Klinger's current fellowship enables advanced manuscript research at Cambridge's Faculty of Divinity, leveraging the university's exceptional collections in Near Eastern and philosophical texts while contributing to the Faculty's research clusters in Late Antiquity and World Christianities.
