Cécile Bonmariage is Chercheuse qualifiée at the Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (FRS-FNRS, Belgium) and Associate Professor at the Institut supérieur de philosophie, UCLouvain where she teaches pre-modern Islamic thought. She specializes in post-classical Islamic thought in its Avicennan and Akbarī varieties, with special attention for metaphysics and human nature. Other aspects of her work include research on translations from Greek into Arabic, the influence of Avicenna’s theories in a broader milieu, magical recipes based on the science of letters, as well as practical aspects of the manuscript culture in Islamicate societies. Her current project, “Mapping Early Akbaris,” focuses on the early transformation of Akbarī thought as witnessed by commentaries on the Fuṣūṣ.