Mykhaylo Yakubovych
Mykhaylo Mykhaylovych Yakubovych (Ukrainian: Михайло Михайлович Якубович, born 1986) – Ukrainian Arabist, translator and scholar of Islamic Studies. Received his PhD from the National University of Ostroh Academy where currently works as a lecturer and researcher in Islamic Studies. Conducted his research on the Medieval Islam during his fellowships in Poland (2008, 2009), Italy (2009, 2011), Saudi Arabia (2010) and USA (Princeton, Institute for Advanced Study). Published few books, numerous articles and translations in various scientific journals in Ukraine, Poland, Russia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Great Britain. Participated in various collective monographs, among them “Islamic processes in Ukraine and abroad: realities and forecasts” (Kyiv: UAR, 2011). Completed the first full translation of the Qur’an into Ukrainian language, approved for publishing by the King Fahd Glorious Qur’an Printing Complex (Madinah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) and released in 2013. Main academic interests: Qur’anic Studies, Medieval and Contemporary Islamic Thought, History of Islam in Ukraine.
Some articles in English
- The Qur’anic Ideals of Human Reason in Ustadh Abdessalam Yassine’s Theory of the Prophetic Method.
- Mykhaylo Yakubovych. Ukrainian Translations of the Meanings of the Glorious Qur'an: Problems and Prospects
- Mykhaylo Yakubovych. Islam and Muslims in Contemporary Ukraine: Common Backgrounds, Different Images // Religion, State and Society. – 2010. – No. 3..
- A Cultural Significance of the Modern Islamic Exegetics for the Theory of Religious Tolerance.
- Mykhaylo Yakubovych. Prophethood as a Historical Necessity: Βetween Τhe Islamic Traditionalism and Τhe Eastern Neoplatonism // Studia Antyczne i Mediewistyczne. – No. 7 [42]. – 2009. – P. 57-43.
- Mykhaylo Yakubovych. Muhammad al-Aqkirmānı and his ‘ Iqd al-La’ālı: The Reception of Ibn Sınā in Early Modern Ottoman Empire.
- A Neglected Ottoman Sufi Treatise from 16th century: Mawāhib al-Rahman f bayān Marātib al-Akwān by Ibrāhim al-Qirimi.
- Post-Classical Islamic Philosophy in the Medieval Crimea.