David C. Reisman
BA, MA (Boston University), PhD (Yale University)
Associate Professor of Arabic-Islamic Thought

Areas of Research and Publication:
Classical Arabic philosophy, history of science, theology, language, and literature.

Recent Publications - Books:
- (co-editor with Jon McGinnis and translator) Classical Arabic Philosophy: An Anthology of Sources. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company, 2007 .
- (co-editor with Jon McGinnis) Interpreting Avicenna: Science and Philosophy in
Medieval Islam. Proceedings of the Second Avicenna Study Group Colloquium. Leiden:
Brill, 2004. Pp. xviii + 255. (Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science series, vol. 53).
- (editor) Before and After Avicenna. Proceedings of the First Avicenna Study
Group Colloquium. Leiden: Brill, 2003. Pp. xix + 302. (Islamic Philosophy, Theology
and Science series, vol. 51).
- The Making of the Avicennan Tradition: The Transmission, Contents, and Structure
of Ibn Sina’s al-Mubahathat (The Discussions), Leiden: Brill, 2002. Pp. xx + 333.
(Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science series, vol. 49).

Work in Progress:
- The syntax of formal arguments in medieval Arabic philosophy
- Medieval Arabic medical textbooks

Courses taught: 
- The History of Islamic Theology
- Seminar on the Quran
- Introduction to Islam
- History of Science in the Islamic World
- Classical Arabic
- History of Islamic Philosophy

Office: 1224 University Hall
Telephone: (312) 413 3842
E-mail:  dreisman@uic.edu.