studied Middle Eastern Studies/Islamic Studies and English at Ruhr-University Bochum and at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth (Co. Kildare).
She conducted research in Egypt and Yemen and published her Ph.D. thesis on Majd al-Din al-Firuzabadi in 2013. Her research focuses on the history of sciences (with a particular interest in Arabic lexicography and Islamic philosophy), on networks and on the migration of knowledge between countries and cultures.
Vivian Strotmann taught in and outside of university and worked as a translator. For several years, she served as Editorial Assistant to The World of Islam/International Journal for the Study of Modern Islam (published with
Brill). In June 2014, she joined the Käte Hamburger Kolleg “Dynamics in the History of Religions between Asia and Europe“ as Managing Editor of Entangled Religions.
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