Mykhaylo Yakubovych

Mykhaylo Mykhaylovych Yakubovych (, born 26 November 1986) is a translator and scholar of Islamic Studies from Ukraine, specializing in Qur’anic Studies, Medieval and Contemporary Islamic Thought, and the History of Islam in Ukraine.

Early life and education He received his PhD from the National University of Ostroh Academy where he worked as an Associate Professor and researcher in Islamic Studies. Honorary research fellow at Coventry University (UK). In 2020, moved to the University of Freiburg, Germany.

Career He conducted his research on the Medieval Islam during his fellowships in Poland (2008, 2009), Italy (2009, 2011), Saudi Arabia (2010) and United States (Princeton, Institute for Advanced Study, 2014). He published few books, numerous articles and translations in various scientific journals in Ukraine, Poland, Russia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, and Turkey ("Religion, State and Society", "Journal of Ottoman Studies", "Yearbook of Muslims in Europe" etc.). He completed the first full translation of the Qur’an into the Ukrainian language, approved for publishing by the King Fahd Glorious Qur’an Printing Complex (Madinah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) and released in 2013 with a second edition in 2015 from Kyiv. He is a member of the research projects on the reception of the Arabic culture in Poland from 2013 to 2015 and 2016 to 2018 at Warsaw University.