PD Dr. Ayman Yasin Atat

About

Ayman Yasin Atat holds a Habilitation with Venia Legendi in Pharmaceutical History from the TU Braunschweig. He is a pharmacist who received his Ph.D. in History of Medical Science from the University of Aleppo in 2014.

In addition to his research, Dr. Atat has actively taught courses on various aspects of pharmaceutical history, such as the history of materia medica, the transmission of pharmaceutical knowledge among civilizations, and pharmaceutical manuscripts.

In terms of projects and collaborative initiatives, Dr. Atat looks forward to exploring new and fascinating dimensions of pharmaceutical history and is eager to supervise doctoral dissertations in these areas.

Dr. Ayman Yasin Atat
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Consultations:
Monday - Thursday 09.00-12.00
And by appointment

Research Focus

  • Mediterranean materia medica

  • History of nutrition in the Mediterranean

  • Arabic medical and pharmaceutical manuscripts

  • History of materia medica in Arabic and ottoman civilizations

  • Exchange of pharmaceutical knowledge within the mediterranean

  • Pharmaceutical knowledge the Middle Ages and early modern periods

Current Research Project:


Since October 2022:

The Influence of Translated European Medical Sources on Early Modern Ottoman and Arabic Writings: Ibn Sallūm al-Ḥalabī (d. 1670)
(Funded by Fritz Thyssen Stiftung)
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Previous Research Projects:


January 2020 - April 2022:

Arabic Pharmaceutical Manuscripts – a neglected field of study
The project was hosted by FU Berlin in the seminar for Arabic studies, and funded by Einstein Berlin Stiftung.
Further information on the website of the FU Berlin


March 2017 - December 2019:

Shirwānī’s Manuscript “Rawḍat al-'iṭr”, An Early Ottoman Pharmaceutical Encyclopedia
(Funded by a Scholarship of The Philipp Schwartz Initiative of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation supported by the Federal Foreign Office)
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