HASSAN BADAWY
Personal information
Date and place of birth: Assiut, Egypt, 1950.
Studies
Feb.1989: PH.D. Arab- Byzantine Relationships in Egypt (Excellent), entitled: “The
Administrative Organization of Egypt after the Arab Conquest. Similarities and
Differences to the Byzantine Model”. Faculty of Philosophy, Department of History
and Archaeology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
June 1974:
M.A. Classical Philology (Excellent), Faculty of Arts, Department of
Classics, Cairo University.
May 1973 : B.A in Classical Studies (very good), Faculty of Arts, Department of
Classics, Cairo University.
Career
The academic year 1995-1996 – Lecturer in the Department of History and
Archaeology in the Faculty of Philosophy of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
(AUTH) on the module “Medieval History of the Arab-Islamic World”. In 2003 –
Assistant Professor in the same Department, on the same module. In 2007 –
permanency process (according to the Greek law) in the grade of Assistant Professor.
Now, in the process for the next Scientific Grade.
-The academic year 1994-1995 - Democritus University of Thrace (DUTH):
Department of History and Ethnology on the module “The Classical years of Islam”.
-Since the academic year 2010-2011 until today – visiting professor at the
Democritus University of Thrace (DUTH), Department of History and Ethnology on
the modules:
a. “Introduction to the History of Islam” and
b. “Islamic Institutions”.
-Since 1999 until 2007 – visiting Professor at the University of Macedonia,
Department of Balkan, Slavic and Oriental Studies, on the modules:
a) “History and Civilization of the Arab-Islamic World” – academic year 1999 – 2000.
b) “Introduction to Oriental Studies” - academic year 2000- 2006, winter semester.
c) “Language, Institutions and Civilizations of Islam” - academic year 2000-2006,
spring semester.
d) “The Arab World from the 10th to 15th century A.D” - academic year 2006-2007.
-Since academic year 2002 until 2009 – visiting Professor at the Department of
Political Sciences of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki on the module: “Islam and
Politics in the modern world”.
-Since 1989 until 2012– regular lectures at the “Special Pedagogic Academy” (EPATHAcademy for the Muslim minority of Greece), in Thessaloniki, on “Islam as religion,
history, civilization and politics, with emphasis on Inter-religious dialogue, between
Islam and Christianity and the relations between the Arab-Islamic and Greek
civilizations or/ and Islamism and Hellenism”.
-Middle Burry College, Vermont, USA, June-August 2006. Teaching for the MA
program for 2 months on the module: “Islamic Thought and Society through Arabic
primary sources”.
-Since the winter semester of 1996 until 2005 – volunteer lessons of Arabic
Language at the Faculty of Philosophy – AUTH.
-Head of the Teaching Program for Arabic Language, History and Civilization during
the academic year 2010 – 2011 at the School of Retraining of the Greek Police in
Veria, Northern Greece, within the European Program FRONTEX. Teaching the above
mentioned module in special seminars.
-Leading Special seminars during the Spring Semester of 2011 in the Supreme Joint
War College (ADISPO), Thessaloniki, on subjects related to Islam and Arab World
then and today as well as the modern reality of the Arab world and its consequences
in Greece.
-Leading Special Seminars of Arabic Language during 1992-93 for the MA students of
the Department of History and Archaeology, AUTH.
-Teaching during 1990-1994 at the American Hellenic College – IAS: “Middle East
Conflict“, “ History of Western Civilization I & II” , “ History of Greek Civilization”,
“History of Art I-II”, “History of Modern Europe” and “History of British Civilization”.
-Teaching during 1990-1991 at City College- Thessaloniki: “History of Western
Civilization”, “History of Art I-II” and “History of Science”.
-Teaching during 1989-90 at North College- Thessaloniki: “Social Institutions”,
“Sociology of Religion”, “Urban Sociology”, “Humanitarian Sciences”,
“Methodology”, and “History of Art I-II”.
-Leading special seminars during 1979-1980 in the University of Khartoum – Sudan,
related to “History and Civilization of Sudan between the 6th and 8th century,
according to Greek ancient historical sources”.
-During my MA - 1973-1975 – teaching as an assistant to the professor A. Abu Zayd
“Greek Civilization” in the Department of Classical Studies of the Faculty of Arts,
Cairo University.
Main Publications
Books
-The Administrative Organization of Egypt after the Arab Conquest. Similarities and
Differences to the Byzantine Model. 2nd ed, Thessaloniki, 1994 (dissertation, p. 204) in Greek.
-An Introduction to the History of the Islamic World. Vol. 1, Thessaloniki, 2003 (p.
420) - in Greek.
-An Introduction to the History of the Islamic World. Vol. 2. Administration, Society,
Economy. The Pre-Islamic Age (440-610 A. D.). Thessaloniki, 2010 (p.445) - in Greek.
-An Introduction to the History of the Islamic World. Vol. 3. The Dawn of Islam (610632 A.D.). Thessaloniki, (p. 425- in print) - in Greek.
-Survey of Islamic Manuscripts – Greece, Ed: Al-Furqan, Islamic Heritage Foundation,
Cambridge, London, 1994. (Co-author Dr. G. J. Roper.) – (in English).
-“The Arab-Islamic World from the re-establishment of Mecca until the Fall of
Baghdad (440-1258)” in the 3 tome collective work “Byzantium. History and
Civilization”. T. Lounggis, National Hellenic Research Foundation (NHRF) and Ewald
Kislinger (Wien Universität) (eds). Herodotus publishing House, Athens (under print).
-“The Arabs before Muhammad” - Editor and General Introduction (of 62 pages) into
the Greek translation of Karen Armstrong’s book, Islam. A Short History, (London,
2000), Athens 2002 - in Greek.
Conferences
-“Reports of the Primary Arab Islamic Sources on the Origin of Alexander the Great
and the Legend of the Two-horned Man -Dhul Qarnein”, Acts of the 9th History
Conference, May 1988, Thessaloniki, 8-20.
-“Commentaries on the Al-Maqrizi`s Reference to Diocletian, Constantine the Great
and the Egyptian Copts’ Calendar”, Acts of the the 9th Pan-Hellenic History
Conference, Thessaloniki May 1988, 22-28.
-“Treaties of Capitulation of the Communities in Egypt during the Arab Conquest 640646 AD. (The Jewish community of Alexandria)”, Acts of the 10th Pan-Hellenic History
Conference, Thessaloniki May 1989, p. 17-26.
-«The Treaties of Egypt and of Alexandria, A Model for a Treaty or Final Treaties?
(640-646 A.D.)», Πρακτικά του Στ' Διεθνούς Συνεδρίου Σπουδών ΝΑ Ευρώπης
(Σόφια, 30 Αυγούστου - 5 Σεπτεμβρίου 1989), Αθήνα 1990.
-“The North Arabic Tribes and the Relationships with the Byzantine Empire and the
Arab-Islamic World”, Acts of the 11th Pan-Hellenic History Conference, Thessaloniki
May 1990, p. 236-246.
-“On the Identification of Muqaqas, Cyros and Benjamin, the Bishop of the Copts”,
ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΑΚΑ 10 (1990) p. 202-209.
-“Arabic Nationalism – Islamism – The example of Egypt”, Α’ International
Conference: Europe – Central Islam, New Geopolitic Dynamics, Corfu, October 1991.
-“The First Page of the Diplomatic Relations between Byzantium and the Arabs, 7th c.
A.D.”, XVIII Congres International D’ Etudes Byzantines, Moscow, August 1991.
-“Byzantine Influence on the Arab-Islamic World. First Approach”. Acts of the 13th
Pan-Hellenic History Conference, Thessaloniki May 1992, p. 30-48.
-«Roots and Ideology of Jihad». Στο Forschungsinstitut der Internationalen
Wissenschaftlichen Vereinigung Weltwirtschaftund Weltpolitik. (IWVWW, e.V.),
Berichte. März, Berlin 1999.
-“The Dialectic of Terminology: the Arabization of the Byzantine Administrative
Terms in Egypt”, Acts of the 23rd Pan-Hellenic History Conference of the Greek
Historical Association, Thessaloniki May 2002, p.19.
-«The Four Arab Orthodox-Rashidun Caliphs were only Three». International
Academic Conference: The Arab World and Islam: Identities and Intercultural
Interactions. St. Kliment Ohridiski University of Sophia. Faculty of Classical and
Modern Philology. Department of Arabic and Semitic Studies. 10-14 May 2005.
Journal of oriental and African Studies (JOAS) Vol. 17 (2008).
-“The Genesis of the Islamic Law. Historical Approach”. School of Law, Aristotle
University of Thessaloniki, June 2007.
-“The Later pre-Islamic Period of the Arabs: The Tribal System in Crisis”. Acts of the
26th Pan-Hellenic History Conference, Greek Historical Association, Thessaloniki, May
2005, p. 39-51.
-“The Route of Spices from India to Alexandria and Gaza”, International two-day
meeting of scientific lectures on the subject: The Greeks on the road to Orient, 39th
Dimitria, History Center of Thessaloniki, 5-6.11.2004, pub. Alexandria 2008.
-“The Route of Spices from India to Alexandria and Gaza”, International two-day
meeting of scientific lectures on the subject: The Greeks on the road to Orient, 39th
Dimitria, History Center of Thessaloniki, 5-6.11.2004, pub. Alexandria 2008.
-“Indications of the Geophysical Disasters in the Great City of Alexandria, according
to the Arab-Islamic Historical Primary Sources”, in scientific cooperation with
Professors: Ch. Zerefos, President of the Athens Observatory, Member of the
Academy of Athens and Professor at Athens University, Nickolas Ambraseys,
Emeritus Professor, a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, of the European
Academy, of the Academy of Athens and the medallist of a number of UK and
European learned societies and Mrs. Ε. Ksirotyri-Zerefou, Academy of Athens, vol.
83A, 2008, p. 147-163.
-“Byzantium post-Byzantium in Egypt after the Arab Conquest. Continuity or
Discontinuity?”, First International Coptic Studies Conference upon the Life in Egypt
during the Coptic Period – Towns and Villages, Laymen and Clergy, Bishops and
Dioceses, under the Agreement of collaboration between the Bibliotheca
Alexandrina and the Society for Coptic Archaeology, 28th – 30th September 2010,
Alexandria, Egypt.
-“The Journalistic Word and the Timeless Human Values”, Ethical Journalism
Initiative: National Conference, Thessalonikι, 14-16.06.2011, hosted by the
Journalists' Union of Macedonia and Thrace Daily Newspapers and with the financial
support from the European Union's Fundamental Rights and Citizenship Programme.
-“Greeks and Arabs- Stations in the relationships between the two peoples and their
cultures”. 1st International Conference: “Crossroad of Languages and Cultures:
Learning out of school”. School of Pedagogics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 810 May 2011. “Polidromo” 2012 (p. 22).
-“The Journey from West to East - a re-consideration”. Central Speech at the
International Conference: “The Journey – from Homer’s Odyssey to Simbad the
Sailor”. It is implemented in the framework of the project “Intercultural Dialogue
Festival-Cultural Encounter between East and West”, Grant Agreement No
2009/2008, co-funded up to 50% by the European Union “Culture 2009-2013
Programme”. Corfu, 3-4 April 2011.
-“Unity in Diversity and Islam”. Paper at the International Conference: “Integration
and Diversity or Segregation and Exclusion”, section “European and International
Perspectives on Religion and Integration”. Organized as part of the British Council’s
Our Shared Europe Programme and Municipality of Thessaloniki, Μακεδονικό
Μουσείο Σύγχρονης Τέχνης, Θεσσαλονίκη, 28-29 Μαρτίου 2011.
-“Points of Approach between Arabs and Byzantines. Consequences and Dimensions”.
Acts of the International Symposium “Byzantium and the Arab World. Encounter of
Civilizations”. Thessaloniki 15-18 December 2011 (p. 18).
-“Forms of Resistance in the Arab World. From Passive Resistance to Revolution. A
Historical Approach”. International Conference: The Image of Egypt in World
Literature, Cairo University, 29 – 30 April 2012, Organized by The Egyptian Society Of
Comparative Literature (ESCL) and Centre Of Foreign Languages and Translation of
Cairo University.
-“Stations, Forms and Means of Diachronic Communication between Greek and Arabic
Language. Cultural Dimension Then and Now”. International Conference on
Translations in Greek, Arabic and Latin Medicine and Sciences, Philosophy and
Literature, 5–6 May 2012 at Cairo University. Organized by the Egyptian Society of
Greek and Roman Studies (ESGRS) in collaboration with the University of Cairo and
of Manchester (United Kingdom) and with the support of the Wellcome Trust.
-“Byzantines and Arabs: from the Conflict into Partnership. Basis for the EuroMediterranean Intercultural Dialogue”. Scientific meeting: The Centre CeraneumNew Possibilities of International Cooperation in Researches of the History and
Cultures of the Mediterranean Basin and South-East Europe, 28.02-03.03.2012, Łódź
University– Poland.
-“Islam and the ‘Other’ ”. International Congress Cultures et Religions en Dialogue.
L’Autre dans les Differentes Religions. Thessalonique 16.08.2012. Organisé par le
Conseil de L’Europe et l’Univeristé Aristotle de Thessalonique.
-“From the Arabization and Education Policy into the Globalization of Arabic. (1st -4th
C A.H./ 7th- 10th C. A.D.). The Meeting of Arabic with the Greek. History Teaches!”,
(in arabic) the Second International Conference on Arabic Language, Dubai 7th -10th
May 2013.
Research Programs
-Cooperation framework between institutional partners within the scope and
realization of the 3 years research project on Arab-Islamic and Byzantine
Relationships on the framework of Intercultural Dialogue concluded between the
University of Łódź, Waldemar Ceran Research Centre for the History and Culture of
the Mediterranean Basin and South-East Europe – Ceraneum (Polish partner: Dr.
hab. Teresa Wolinska) and Aristotle University (Foreign partner: Dr. Hassan Badawy).
-“Geophysical Disasters in the Great City of Alexandria” under the scientific and
financial supervision of the National Observatory of Athens, 2006-2008.
-“Cultural identities and cultural conflicts in the Right of family relations and the
perspective of the sex: comparative approach”. Organized by the School of Law,
AUTH, 2005-2007.
-CoPEACE: “Conflicts and Cooperative Peace. Applying an experiential educational
scheme on multicultural societies”. Thessaloniki, AUTH, 2008-2009.
-Coordinator of the Scientific Program “Thalis”: “Religion and Political Authority”.
“Islam in Greece. From the Middle Ages to Modern Times”, 2009 (in process).
Research interests
Re-interpretation of arab-islamic primary sources (Early Islam) – Arab-Byzantine
relationships – Points of approach between Arab-islamic and Byzantine worlds –
Intercultural and interreligious dialogue between Islam and Christianity.
Teaching courses
ΙΑΡ 301: Introduction into the Medieval History of the Arab-Islamic World.
ΙΑΡ 302: Arab-Islamic Caliphate : Administration, Society, Economy.
ΙΑΡ 201 / 2: Arabic Language I και Philology (2012-13 : Arab-Islamic Historiography
and Byzantine influence).
ΙΑΡ 303 : Umayads and Byzantine influence.