Prof. Dr. Maciej Klimiuk
Institute of Semitic Studies
Professor
MA Representative
Address
Fabeckstr. 23/25
Room 1.1003
14195 Berlin
Room 1.1003
14195 Berlin
Telephone
Homepage
Office hours
Tuesday: 12:00–13:00
Please make an appointment via email.
Webex Link
https://fu-berlin.webex.com/meet/maciej.klimiuk
ORCiD
0000-0003-4936-350X
Education and Professional Career
| 01.2024 (present) | Lund University (Sweden), Centre for Languages and Literature (SOL), Arabic Studies, second doctoral supervisor |
| 10.2023 (present) | Freie Universität Berlin (Germany), Seminar for Semitic and Arabic Studies (now Institute of Semitic Studies), professor |
| 02.2023 (present) | Heidelberg University (Germany), Faculty of Philosophy, Privatdozent (private lecturer) |
| 02.2023 | Heidelberg University (Germany), Faculty of Philosophy, Venia Legendi in Semitic and Arabic Studies, title of the thesis: The Arabic Dialect of Hama (Syria): Grammar, Texts, Glossary |
| 09.2021–02.2023 | Heidelberg University (Germany), Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Semitic Studies; lecturer in Arabic and Semitic linguistics, Habilitand (postdoctoral researcher) |
| 03–10.2021 | Adam Mickiewicz University (Poland), Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies; lecturer in Arabic dialectology |
| 09.2018–08.2021 | Heidelberg University (Germany), Department of Semitic Studies; research fellow and lecturer in Arabic |
| 09.2016–08.2017 | Okan University, Istanbul (Turkey), Department of Arabic Language and Translation; research fellow and lecturer in Arabic |
| 09.2014–08.2016 | Heidelberg University (Germany), Department of Semitic Studies; research fellow and lecturer in Arabic, Humboldt Foundation Fellowship |
| 10.2013–09.2014 | Adam Mickiewicz University (Poland), Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies; assistant professor |
| 10.2012–06.2013 | University of Warsaw (Poland), Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies; assistant professor, academic advisor for students of Arabic studies |
| 09.2012–10.2012, 01–02.2013, 07–09.2013 | University of Jordan, Institute of Arabic Language for Foreigners; postdoctoral researcher in Arabic Studies and Arabic dialectology, Erasmus Mundus scholarship |
| 02.2012–09.2012 | University of Silesia (Poland), Faculty of English Language; assistant professor |
| 03.2012 | University of Warsaw (Poland), Faculty of Oriental Studies, Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies; title of the thesis: The Arabic Dialect of Latakia (Syria): Phonology and Morphology, with Distinction (Summa Cum Laude) |
| 10.2009–03.2012 | University of Warsaw (Poland), Faculty of Oriental Studies; PhD studies in linguistics, Arabic dialectology, Arabic studies |
| 09.2010–02.2011 | Heidelberg University (Germany), Department of Semitic Studies; PhD studies in Semitic linguistics, DAAD Scholarship |
| 03–08.2010 | Airlangga University, Surabaya (Indonesia), Department of Indonesian Studies; MA studies in Indonesian language and culture; lecturer in Arabic, Erasmus Mundus Scholarship |
| 10.2004–04.2009 | University of Warsaw (Poland), Faculty of Oriental Studies, Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies; MA studies, Master’s degree in Cultural Studies: Arabic and Islamic studies with Distinction (Summa Cum Laude), MA thesis Phonology of Damascene Arabic |
| 05–06.2008 | University of Damascus (Syria), Institute of Languages, Damascus Arabic course |
| 03–05.2008 | Institute for Non-Speakers of Arabic in Damascus (Syria), Arabic culture and language courses |
| 10.2006–09.2007 | Heidelberg University (Germany), Department of Semitic Studies, Department of Islamic Studies; MA studies in Islamic and Semitic Studies, Erasmus Scholarship |
| 06–08.2006 | Institute for Non-Speakers of Arabic in Damascus (Syria), Arabic culture and language courses |
| 09.1999–06.2003 | High School of Commission of National Education in Siemiatycze (Poland) |
Scholarships, Grants and Awards
| 11.2024 | Thyssen Stiftung (Germany), grant for the organisation of a conference at FU Berlin, 11–13.06.2025 (full-paid conference grant), with Shabo Talay and Fabio Gasparini |
| 03–10.2021 | Adam Mickiewicz University (Poland), Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies (full-paid scholarship) |
| 09.2018–08.2021 | Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany), project: GozoDia: Gemeinschaftsorientierte dialektologische Studien zur Sprachdynamik der Insel Gozo (Malta) [GozoDia: Community oriented dialectological studies on the linguistic dynamics of the island Gozo (Malta)], 01UL1834X (author of the proposal, project leader, research grant) |
| 04.2019 | Erasmus+ Teaching Staff Mobility, Heidelberg University (Germany), University of Warsaw (Poland) (full-paid scholarship) |
| 09.2014–08.2016 | Humboldt Foundation Fellowship, Heidelberg University (Germany), Department of Semitic Studies (full-paid fellowship, research grant) |
| 10.2014–09.2015 | START 2014, Foundation for Polish Science (research grant) |
| 03.2012–08.2015 | SONATA 2, National Science Centre in Poland, project: Kulturowy kontekst przemian społeczno-politycznych w świecie arabskim po 2010 roku [The cultural context of the socio-political transformations in the Arab World after 2010] (co-author of the proposal, team member, research grant) |
| 11.2013 | AIDA Young Scholars Grant, Doha (Qatar) (full-paid conference grant) |
| 9.2012–10.2012, 01–02.2013, 07–09.2013 | Erasmus Mundus, University of Jordan, Institute of Arabic Language for Foreigners (full-paid scholarship) |
| 10.2011–11.2012 | Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Warsaw (Poland), award for the project Phonology of Damascene Arabic (research grant) |
| 09.2010–02.2011 | German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Heidelberg University (Germany), Department of Semitic Studies (full-paid scholarship) |
| 03–08.2010 | Erasmus Mundus, Airlangga University, Surabaya (Indonesia), Department of Indonesian Studies (full-paid scholarship) |
| 10.2008–07.2009 | Scholarship of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (Poland) (full-paid scholarship) |
| 10.2008–07.2009 | Scholarship of the City of Warsaw (Poland) (full-paid scholarship) |
| 10.2005–04.2009 | Scholarship of the University of Warsaw (Poland) (full-paid scholarship) |
| 10.2007–07.2008 | Scholarship of the City of Warsaw (Poland) (full-paid scholarship) |
| 10.2006–09.2007 | Erasmus, Heidelberg University (Germany), Department of Semitic Studies, Department of Islamic Studies (scholarship) |
Scientific Organisations and Academies, Editorial Activities
| 2023 (present) | Member, Polish Academy of Sciences, Oriental Commission, Krakow |
| 2022 (present) | Folia Orientalia, co-editor-in-chief with Arkadiusz Płonka |
| 2020 (present) | Member, Scientific Society Societas Humboldtiana Polonorum |
| 2013 (present) | Member, Scientific Society AIDA Association Internationale de Dialectologie Arabe |
| 2012 (present) | Member, Scientific Society Polish Oriental Society |
Field Research
- Doha (Qatar); 04.2025
- Gozo (Malta); 08.2021, 09–10.2020, 09–10.2019, 03.2019, 08.2016, 02–04.2016, 09.2015
- Samandağ (Turkey); 07.2017, 03–04.2015
- Tunis, Mahdia, Chebba, Sfax (Tunisia); 08.2016
- Java (Indonesia); 08–09.2015
- Bali, Java (Indonesia); 12.2014–01.2015
- Beirut (Lebanon); 11–12.2014
- Fez (Morocco); 02.2014
- Amman, Irbid (Jordan); 07–09.2013
- Java, Bali, Sulawesi (Indonesia); 06–07.2013
- Amman (Jordan); 01–03.2013, 09–10.2012
- Latakia (Syria); 03–05.2011, 01–02.2010, 05–08.2009
- Damascus (Syria); 03–08.2008, 06–08.2007, 06–08.2006
Summer semester 2024
- Advanced Seminar - Research Perspectives in Semitic Studies
- Reading Cource - North African (Magrebi) Arabic
Winter semester 2024/2025
- Seminar - Einführung in die wissenschaftliche Literatu der Semitistik und Arabistik
- Advanced Seminar - Introduction to Arabic Dialectology
- Reading Course - Damascene Arabic
Summer semester 2024
- Advanced Seminar - Research Perspectives in Semitic Studies
- Reading Cource - Maltese
Winter semester 2023/2024
- Advanced Seminar - Einführung in die arabische Dialektologie
- Reading Course - Damascus Arabic: Text-Structure-Meaning
- Seminar - Literatur und Quellen I C with Beatrice Gründler
- Arabic dialectology
- Maltese language and its dialects
- spoken Semitic languages
- Modern Standard Arabic, Classical Arabic
- linguistics (phonetics and phonology, comparative studies, linguistic fieldwork)
Forthcoming:
- Klimiuk, Maciej. Forthcoming. Arabic Dialect of Hama, Syria: I. Grammar. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
- Klimiuk, Maciej. Forthcoming. Arabic Dialect of Hama, Syria: II. Texts and Glossary. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
Selected publications:
- Arnold, Werner, and Maciej Klimiuk, eds. 2019. Arabic Dialectology: Methodology and Field Research. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
- Klimiuk, Maciej. 2013. Phonetics and Phonology of Damascus Arabic. Studia Arabistyczne i Islamistyczne. Monografie 1. Warsaw: Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of Warsaw.
- Klimiuk, Maciej. 2016a. ‘The Folktale of Saint George and il-Xiḍir: A Text in Christian Arabic of is-Swaydī (Samandağ) in the Turkish Hatay Province’. Rocznik Orientalistyczny 69 (2): 121–33.
- Klimiuk, Maciej. 2016b. ‘Third Person Masculine Singular Pronominal Suffix -hne (-hni) in Syrian Arabic Dialects and Its Hypothetical Origins’. In Arabic Varieties: Far and Wide. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference of AIDA – Bucharest, 2015, edited by George Grigore and Gabriel Bițună, 345–49. Bucharest: Editura Universității din București.
- Klimiuk, Maciej. 2017. ‘The Particle rā- in Libyan Arabic Dialects (with Emphasis on the Arabic Dialect of Msallāta)’. In Tunisian and Libyan Arabic Dialects: Common Trends – Recent Developments – Diachronic Aspects, edited by Veronika Ritt-Benmimoun, 371–86. Estudios de Dialectología Árabe 13. Zaragoza: Prensas de la Universidad de Zaragoza.
- Klimiuk, Maciej. 2021. ‘Language Questionnaire for Gozo, Malta’. Folia Orientalia 58: 111–89. https://doi.org/10.24425/for.2021.142214.
- Klimiuk, Maciej. 2022a. ‘Living in Bab Tuma: Two Texts in Damascene Arabic’. In Semitic Dialects and Dialectology: Fieldwork—Community—Change, edited by Maciej Klimiuk, 303–13. Heidelberg: Heidelberg University Publishing. https://doi.org/10.17885/heiup.859.c13970.
- Klimiuk, Maciej, ed. 2022b. Semitic Dialects and Dialectology: Fieldwork—Community—Change. Heidelberg: Heidelberg University Publishing.
- Klimiuk, Maciej. 2022c. ‘Vowel Length in Maltese Dialects of Gozo’. In Semitic Dialects and Dialectology: Fieldwork—Community—Change, edited by Maciej Klimiuk, 213–27. Heidelberg: Heidelberg University Publishing. https://doi.org/10.17885/heiup.859.c13962.
- Klimiuk, Maciej, and Ruben Farrugia. 2022. ‘A Text in the Maltese Dialect of Sannat (Gozo) with Grammatical Remarks’. In Semitic Dialects and Dialectology: Fieldwork—Community—Change, edited by Maciej Klimiuk, 381–96. Heidelberg: Heidelberg University Publishing. https://doi.org/10.17885/heiup.859.c13975.
- Klimiuk, Maciej, and Maria Lipnicka. 2019. ‘Dialectology in Practice: Notes from Fieldwork in Gozo’. In Arabic Dialectology: Methodology and Field Research, edited by Werner Arnold and Maciej Klimiuk, 23–32. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
- Klimiuk, Maciej, and Maria Lipnicka. 2022a. ‘Fishing and Cyclone Cutting: A Text from the Area of Għasri within the Dialect Continuum of Gozo (Malta)’. Mediterranean Language Review 29: 19–52.
- Klimiuk, Maciej, and Maria Lipnicka. 2022b. ‘The Gozitan Dialect of Xewkija: Three Recorded Dialogues and Some Preliminary Remarks’. The Israel Oriental Studies Annual 22: 145–77. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004526792_008.
