Books
From the beginning it has been an important task for the Institute to publish books within the subjects that are the Institutes' areas of interest.
So far the following books have been published from Aarhus University Press:
2010
Damascus. Ottoman Modernity and Urban Transformation (1808-1918) Vol. 1 & 2
by Stefan Weber. The publication is financed by the C.L. David Foundation.
2007
In search of the true political position of the 'ulama: an analysis of the aims and perspectives of the chronicle of Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti (1753-1825)
by Lars Bjørneboe.
2005
Bayt al-'Aqqad: The History and Restoration of a House in Old Damascus
edited by Peder Mortensen and published with the support of the C.L.Davids Foundation.
2005
Youth and Youth Culture in the Contemporary Middle East
edited by Jørgen Bæk Simonsen and published with the support of the Danish Research Council and the Plum Foundation.
2002
Hama and Jabla. Watercolours 1931 - 1961 by the Danish Architect Ejner Fugtmann
by Alexandra Nilsson published with the support of the Carlsberg Foundation.
2001
Middle Eastern Cities 1900-1950. Public Places and Public Spheres in Transformation
edited by Hans Chr. Korsholm Nielsen and Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen and published with the support of the Danish Research Council.
In cooperation with the publisher Bidayat the Danish Institute in Damascus has published:
2010
Det er angsten i det indre der kaster alfabetets skygger på papiret. Udvalgte digte 1988-2007 (Inahu al-khuf fi al-a’amaq yalqi bidhilal al-abjadiyyah ’ala al-waraq. mukhtarat sha’ariyyah 1988-2007) by Peter Laugesen
The poems are published in Danish and English. Translated by Duna Ghali.
From the Damascene publishers Dar Atlas and Dar al-Betra the following book has been published with the support of The Danish Institute in Damascus:
2007
Al-’Ilmaniyya fi al-Mashriq al-’Arabi (Secularism in the Arabian Middle East)
edited by Luay Husayn.
English version expected in 2010.
From the publisher Dar al-Mada the following book has been published with the support of The Danish Institute in Damascus:
2007
Tanas ma’amari. Tanwi’a ’ala tatbiqat al-mafhum. ’Amal al-ma’amariin al-danmarkiin fi al-buldan al-’arabiyyah
(Architectural Intertextuality. Variation in the application of concepts. Works of Danish Architects in Arabic Countries)
by Khaled al-Sultani.