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Suitable also for general listeners with an interest in geographically diverse medieval history.
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Dr. Sohaib Saeed offers perhaps the most coherent introduction to this influential exegesist of the Quran revealing shortcomings in current scholarship on his work.
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Dr. Salman Younas gives an introduction to the eponymous 'founder' of the Hanafi school of Sunni law. He tackles misconceptions about Abu Hanafi's standing as hadith transmitter and allegations of his Murjia heresy. Sponsored by shop.ihrc.org
Dr. Khalil Andani gives perhaps the most succinct introduction to the history of Ismailism. We cover their beginnings, understanding of revelation, the Qaramatians, the Fatimid caliphate and sub-sects.
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Dr. Eric Hanne speaks passionately about not imposing simple sectarian or ethnic identities onto the history of the Buyid dynasty's relationship with the Abbasid caliphate. Funny, candid and insightful.
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Dr. Rachel Schine speaks about understandings of race and blackness in premodern Islamic(ate) societies through the tale of Delhemma, a popular epic of rival families and 'Abd al-Wahhāb, the black offspring of Fāṭimah, the eponymous Delhemma (lit. "the one of high aspiration"), disowned by her husband. Sponsored by IHRC bookshop. Visit shop.ihrc.org.
We speak with Dr. Liana Saif for an introduction on astrology in premodern Islamic(ate) societies. We cover origins, developments and key writers. A much overlooked topic explored with one of the leading authorities in the field. Find her work here: sas.academia.edu/LianaSaif.
Considered a heretic, the vegan anti-natalist poet Abū al-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī (d. 1058) provoked throughout his life but only had his head chopped off in 2013 as a statue by fanatics in his Syrian hometown. Dr. Kevin Blankinship, Assistant Professor of Arabic Language and Literature at Brigham Young University, challenges what we think we know about the man. For more on his work, see kblankinship.com.
We hear from Ottoman Studies specialist Dr. Ahmed about the cusp of our podcast's remit: the assumption of the caliphate from the shadow Abbasid caliphs of Cairo by the Ottomans. We also speak candidly about his thoughts on the TV show Ertugrul, how he navigates academia as a practising Muslim and teaching in Istanbul as an ex-pat
Originally recorded 21 August 2019 via Zencastr. Produced by Talha Ahsan.
00.00 Introduction and biography
01.45 Arabic Commentaries on the Hippocratic Aphorisms project at the university of Manchester
02.25 A description of the Hippocratic Aphorisms
03.30 A survey of Arabic commentaries
04.20 Why look at paediatrics?
05.25 On the five aphorisms of paediatrics
06.55 Commentators disputing classifications within paediatrics
07.55 On the importance of Galen to the Arabic commentators Dr Kamran Karimullah
09.23 On how Galen can elucidate Hippocratic paediatrics
11.10 On translators as trained philologists as well as medics
12.39 Arabic commentators disputing Galen
14.45 Arabic commentators rejecting Galen
16.06 Gendered division of theoretical and practical medicine?
18.50 Resemblance to scriptural commentaries?
20.04 Arabic commentaries as historical sources of lost Greek commentaries
21.30 On learning Greek, Hebrew and Syriac as an Arabist
https://brill.com/view/title/1456?lang=en
https://www.amazon.com/Robinsons-Paradigms-Exercises-Syriac-Grammar/dp/0199261296
https://www.amazon.com/Grammar-Biblical-Hebrew-Subsidia-Biblica/dp/8876536299
23.13 Introductory texts to medieval Islamic sciences
Medieval Islamic MedicinePeter E. Pormann + Emilie Savage-Smith (Edinburgh University Press 2007)
Islamic Science and the Making of the European RenaissanceGeorge Salibas (MIT Press 2007)
24.25 On studying a PhD for a topic not of your choosing
29.00 Forthcoming projects and on going from Manchester to New York
Mighty Have Fallen by Ruth Dinosaur (c) Dr. Emily Selove (2019) You can follow Dr. van Dalen on Twitter @elainevdalen
Originally recorded 15 August 2019 via Zencastr. Produced by Talha Ahsan. 00.00 Introduction and biography 02.00 On the success of the Party-Crashing book Shawkat Toorah 04.15 On defining Adab 05.38 On defining ḥikāyah and risālah 07.35 On defining mujun 08.08 On how to learn Latin as an Arabist Amy Richlin Loeb Classical Library 10.15On the circadian structure of HAQ 24 (TV series) 12.27 On the plot 13.40 A work to be read or performed? 16.29 On authorship 18.29 On the manuscript
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19.45 On conflicts and choices in collaborative translation? 25.08 On Emily Selove's own literary background Her Bandcamp page: Ruth Dinosaur 26.40 On donkeys and toothpicks 31.37 On the Sufi connection 35.20 On her Magic and Esotericism project http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/magic 38.00 A reading from her forthcoming translation of Ḥikāyat Abī l-Qāsim 40.10 Mighty Have Fallen by Ruth Dinosaur (c) Dr. Emily Selove (2019)
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