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Natalia Bachour is a Lecturer at the Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies, University of Zurich, specializing in Early Modern Medical and Scientific History, Translation Studies, and Arabic Language Pedagogy. She holds a PhD in the History of Pharmacy from Heidelberg University and has conducted research on topics like the therapeutic use of human body fluids, Arabic morphology teaching, and Ottoman medical knowledge transfer. Her work bridges historical pharmacology and contemporary language education.
- PhD in History of Pharmacy (Heidelberg, 2006-2011)
- Diploma in Translation Studies (Mainz, 2004-2011)
- Certificate in Arabic Didactics (Zurich, 2011-2012)
Her research focuses on intercultural medical history, analyzing how Arabic texts adapted European chemical medicine. She developed digital tools like Kalimāt (Arabic vocabulary database) and Dandanāt (Levantine Arabic lexicon), funded by UZH's Digital Teaching and Research Unit. Her projects address challenges in teaching Arabic morphology and diglossia to non-native speakers.
Her publications span 2012-2019, emphasizing Ottoman medical pluralism, Arabic pedagogy, and historical pharmacology. Recent grants reflect her role in digitizing language education. She has taught courses on Arabic dialects, classical literature, and cross-cultural medical history.
- Herzog-Ernst Scholarship (2018)
Bachour's collaborative projects with Fabian Frei and Henning Sievert include creating interactive verb tables, multimedia materials, and bilingual subtitling strategies. She continues advancing methods for teaching Arabic as a foreign language, particularly in dialect-standard continua.
