prof. dr. W.J. (Wout) van Bekkum

Semitic Languages and Cultures, Medieval Hebrew Language and Literature, Medieval Hebrew Poetry (Piyyut), Judeo-Islamic culture, Middle Eastern Studies, European Jewish History.

Member Royal Academy of Sciences; Member European Association of Jewish Studies; Member and Convener of the Medieval Hebrew Poetry Colloquia; Member of Society for Judaeo-Arabic Studies; 2004 Fellow of Wolfson College Cambridge, 2008 Fellow of the Japan Society of Jewish Studies; Member of Editorial Board Studia Semitica Neerlandica.