b. 1967
Khaled El-Rouayheb is a contemporary intellectual historian specializing in the history of Arabic-Islamic philosophy and logic, particularly from the post-classical period (13th-19th centuries). He is the James Richard Jewett Professor of Arabic and of Islamic Intellectual History at Harvard University, known for challenging the narrative of decline in post-Avicennan Islamic thought.
Authored 'Relational Syllogisms and the History of Arabic Logic, 900-1900'
Wrote 'Islamic Intellectual History in the Seventeenth Century'
Demonstrated continued vitality of logic and philosophy in post-classical Islamic scholarship
Holds the James Richard Jewett Professorship at Harvard University
Advanced study of post-Avicennan Arabic logic and disjunctive reasoning