SSH/ISP Institut supérieur de philosophie (ISP)
Gregory Vandamme is a scholar of classical Sufi thought, with a particular focus on the works of Ibn ʿArabī and his commentators.
He earned his Ph.D. in Religious Studies from UCLouvain with a dissertation on the concept of ḥayra (perplexity) in Ibn ʿArabī’s thought, examining its epistemological, metaphysical, and hermeneutical dimensions.
He is currently a Research Fellow at the F.R.S.–FNRS and UCLouvain. He previously held positions as Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Chester and Guest Lecturer at Sciences Po Paris.
His research explores speculative mysticism, Qurʾānic hermeneutics, and the pedagogy of spiritual formation in Sufism.
His current project, Ibn ʿArabī and the Governance of the Caliphate: Theology and Politics in Akbarī Thought (F.R.S.–FNRS/UCLouvain), investigates the political philosophy of the Akbari school.
