Joseph Sadan

Who is Joseph Sadan?

Joseph Sadan is emeritus professor of the Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the Tel-Aviv University. He has also taught and research at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and research institutions in Europe. He also taught at Haifa University and Menashe College. Sadan studied at the Hebrew University where he received his BA and MA degrees. Between 1965 and 1969/70 he worked on his Ph.D. thesis at the Sorbonne in Paris. The subject of the dissertation was furniture in the Middle East in medieval times. In 1989 he was promoted to Full Professor and retired in 2007. He held the Irene Helmus Chair for Arabic Literature until October 2009.