Dr. Amal Awad

Biography

Amal Awad is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge, specializing in Islamic Philosophy with a focus on the philosophy of mind in post-classical Arabic/Islamic philosophy. Dr. Awad completed her undergraduate degree in Dental Medicine and Surgery at the University of Jordan and furthered her education with a Master's degree in Islamic Philosophy and Theology from the same institution. She later obtained an additional Master’s in Philosophy from King’s College London. Her doctoral dissertation centered on al-Rāzī’s philosophy of mind, supervised by Dr. Tony Street. Dr. Awad's postdoctoral project involves an in-depth analysis of the philosophy of the mind during the early centuries of post-classical Arabic thought, particularly between 1000–1300 CE. Her research explores the critical reconstruction of Avicenna’s philosophy of mind and its integration into the theological kalāmic tradition. Dr. Awad's key publication, "Al-Rāzī Theologians' Materialism," appeared in Arabic Sciences and Philosophy in 2023. In addition to her research, she is involved in teaching Arabic Philosophical Texts at the University of Cambridge and convenes the Arabic Philosophy Reading Group, providing a platform for scholars and students to engage with medieval Arabic texts.

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