Mustafa Ahmad
Courriel : mustafa.archos@hotmail.com
Statut : chercheur associé
À l’Ifpo de 2014 à 2016 (doctorant AMI) et depuis 2016 (chercheur associé)
Département : Études arabes, médiévales et modernes
Site : Erbil
Research
Primary research interests
- Islamization of North Mesopotamia
- Islamic Material Culture Studies (Islamic Ceramic)
Research projects
- Settlements and material culture in Early Islamic period in Sulaymaniyah region-Iraqi Kurdistan
- Islamization of Duhok region (Iraqi Kurdistan). Islamic ceramic study in Bassetki and EHAS projects
University
- 2002-2006 BA in Archaeology, University of Aleppo
- 2006-2008 Diploma in Ancient Semitic languages, University of Aleppo
- 2008-2012 MA in Islamic Archaeology, University of Damascus
- 2012-2020 PhD in Islamic Archaeology, University of Lumière Lyon 2 – France. Diss. Title: “Peuplement et culture matérielle en Iraq du Nord aux débuts de l’islam (VIIe-XIIIe siècles)” Supervised by: Prof. Dominique Valerian, Paris-1 Sorbonne Uni. and Dr. Marie-Odile Rousset, CNRS, UMR 5291, Archéorient-Lyon
Employment and Academic positions
- 2012-2013 Research Team’s Director for GIS projects, DGAM, Damascus-Syria
- 2014-2016 Research PhD candidate at Institut français du Proche-Orient (Ifpo), Erbil – Iraqi Kurdistan
- 2016-2018 Research director and co-founder of MEDMAK-The Syrian Archaeologist Research Centre. London-UK
- 2017-2019 Research assistant at CIHAM (UMR 5648), University of Lumière Lyon 2 – France
- 2019-2021 Research assistant at Institut für die Kulturen des Alten Orients (IANES), University of Tübingen
Fieldwork
Syria
- 2003 Excavator, Tell Mardikh (Eble), Syria. La Sapienza University of Rome
- 2004 Excavator, Chagar Bazar, Syria. Université de Liège
- 2004 Excavator, Aleppo Citadel (Temple of Adad), Syria. Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin, Berlin (HTW)
- 2005-2006 Trench Supervisor, Munbaqa, Syria. Technische Universität Hamburg
- 2009-2010 Trench Supervisor, Ruweiha and al-Bara (Dead cities), Syria. Maison de l’Orient et de Méditerranée (MOM) – Lyon, France
- 2010 Trench Supervisor, Hadir-Qinnasrin Syria. Maison de l’Orient et de Méditerranée (MOM) – Lyon, France
Iraq
- Since 2015 Studying the Islamic pottery in Shahrizor Survey Project, Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan. LMU München
- Since 2015 Studying the Islamic pottery in Tanjaro Survey Project, Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan. Uni. Paris 1-France
- Since 2015 Studying the Islamic pottery in French Archaeological Survey Mission of Sulaymaniyah Governorate (MAFGS), Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan. Ifpo. & UMR 7041 ArScAn, Nanterre-Paris
- 2015 Studying the Islamic pottery in Erbil Citadel, Kurdish Excavation. Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan
- 2016 Trench Supervisor, Kani Shaie, Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan. Uni. Of Pennsylvania and Uni. of Coimbra
- Since 2016 Ceramist of the mission. Darbend-i Rania Archaeological Project, Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan. British Museum-UK
- 2017 Project Director. Qalachwalan Survey project, Sharbajer District – Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan. Baban Cultural Center, Sulaymaniyah-Iraqi Kurdistan
- 2017 Studying the Islamic pottery in Qara Dagh survey project. Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan. Smithsonian Institution-USA
- Since 2019 Studying the Islamic pottery in Bassetki and Eastern Habur Archaeological Survey (EHAS) projects, Duhok-Iraqi Kurdistan. University of Tübingen
Academic Awards and Research Grants
- 2008 MA Scholarship, University of Damascus-Syria
- 2009 Baden-Württemburg Exchange program Scholarship, University of Freiburg – Germany
- 2012 Research Scholarship for six months, Institute français de proche orient (Ifpo), Damascus-Syria
- 2017 PAUSE Programme, a program to welcome scientists in exile for two years. University of Lumière Lyon II, Laboratory ISH-CIHAM
- 2019 DfG Research Grant. Two Years grant to work on Islamic pottery in Duhok region within the Bassetki and Eastern Habur Survey project at the University of Tübingen
Languages
Arabic, Kurdish (Kurmanji & Sorani), Turkish, English, German, French
Publications
Books
- 2016 Ahmad, M. & Alskaf, M., Tangible cultural Heritage in Syria 2011-2015. MEDMAK. https://www.academia.edu/40161686/2016_Material_Cultural_Heritage_in_Syria_2011-2015._321_pages_with_illustrations._in_Arabic_
- In prep. Amphora in the Early Islamic Period in the Levant (in Arabic).
Articles
- 2010 « Byzantine Amphorae in Early Islamic Pottery », Adiyat Halab, vol. 13, Aleppo. (in Arabic)
- 2012 « Abbasid Style in Islamic Wall Painting, Descriptive and Artistic Study », Adiyat Halab, vol. 14, Aleppo. (in Arabic)
- 2013 « Amphora in Early Islamic Pottery in Northern Syria, Classification Study », Mahd al-Hadarat (Land of Civilizations), vol. 17-18. (in Arabic)
- 2014 « Amphora, Apse, Acropolis, Glaze ». Encyclopedia notices in: Arabic Archaeological Encyclopedia in Syria, Damascus. (in Arabic)
- 2016 Colonna d’Istria, L., Devillers, A. & Ahmad, M., « Girdi Qala, Stratigraphical Trench B » in: Valet, R., (ed.) 2016. Report on the second season of excavations at Girdi Qala and Logardan. C.N.R.S. – University of Paris 1. http://www.arscan.fr/vepmo/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/12/13_article13.pdf
- 2016 « Girdi Qala, a brief overview of the Late Periods’ Ceramic » in: Valet, R., (ed.) 2016. Report on the second season of excavations at Girdi Qala and Logardan. C.N.R.S. – University of Paris 1. http://www.arscan.fr/vepmo/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/12/14_article14.pdf
- 2017 Colonna d’Istria, L., Devillers, A., Venier, C. & Ahmad, M., « Girdi Qala, Stratigraphic Trench B » in: Valet, R., (ed.) 2017. Report on the third season of excavations at Girdi Qala and Logardan. C.N.R.S. – University of Paris 1. http://www.arscan.fr/vepmo/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/12/article-5.pdf
- 2018 Colonna d’Istria, L., Devillers, A., Shana, F., Gabriel, P., Venier, C. & Ahmad, M., « Girdi Qala – Trench B » in: Valet, R., (ed.) 2018. Report on the Fourth season of excavations at Girdi Qala and Logardan. C.N.R.S. – University of Paris 1.
- 2018 Brown, M., Miglus, P., Rasheed, K. & Ahmad, M., « Portraits of a Parthian king: Rock-reliefs and the mountain fortresses of Rabana-Merquly in Iraqi-Kurdistan », Iraq, vol. 80, pp. 63-77.
- 2020 MacGinnis, J., et al., « Excavations in the Darband-i Rania pass, Iraqi Kurdistan: Report on the 2016 and 2017 Seasons », Iraq, vol. 82, pp. 1-40.
- In prep. Ahmad, M. & Renette, S., « A Middle Islamic Ceramic Assemblage from Kani Shaie: A Rural Village in Iraqi Kurdistan ».
- In Prep. Catanzariti, A. & Ahmad, M., « The Qara Dagh Valley Survey in Iraqi-Kurdistan: Preliminary Results of the 2015 Survey ».