Sara Mrouwe, PhD Student (Year 1)
Education:
- MA in Philosophy, American University of Beirut, 2025
Thesis: The Reception of Avicenna’s Distinction Between Essence and Existence in the 13th-Century Islamic World: The Qūnawī-Ṭūsī Correspondence
- BA in Psychology and Philosophy (double-major), American University of Beirut, 2021 - With distinction
Areas of Interest:
History of Philosophy, Arabic and Islamic Philosophy, Post-Classical Islamic Thought, Avicennism, Metaphysics, Epistemology, Mysticism, Illuminationism, Manuscript Studies
Presentations:
"The Ontological Tensions Between Unity and Multiplicity: Avicenna’s Essence–Existence Distinction and Its Post-Classical Debates.” AUB Philosophy Research Seminar, Department of Philosophy, American University of Beirut, February 2025.
Workshops:
Workshop on Editing Arabic Manuscripts, Farouk Jabre Center for Arabic and Islamic Science and Philosophy (2025)
Selected Awards and Scholarships:
- Abdul Hadi Debs Endowment Award for Academic Excellence, American University of Beirut (July 2025)
- Tomorrow’s Leaders Gender Scholars Scholarship – MEPI, American University of Beirut (2020-2021)
Contact:
Email: sara.mrouwe [at] mail.mcgill.ca (Sara Mrouwe)
Supervisor: Dr. Robert Wisnovsky
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Stephen Menn (Philosophy Department)
