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Q&A with the author of Performing Worlds at the Baroque Court of Christine of France
Read more: Q&A with the author of Performing Worlds at the Baroque Court of Christine of FranceThis interview explores how Christine of France used Baroque court spectacles to shape political authority, global imagination, and cultures of consumption.
Q&A with Belal Abu-Alabbas, author of Al-Bukhārī
Belal Abu-Alabbas explores the making of the first comprehensive critical biography of Muhammad ibn Ismāʿīl al-Bukhārī.
Q&A: The Rise and Fall of the Barmakids
Tales of courtly intrigue, moral testing, romance and reversals of fortune from a rare Persian manuscript…
Who needs advice?
Margaret Mullett investigates advice literature from Byzantine texts to modern self-help culture.
6 things worth knowing about Jews and Muslims in the Maghreb
Marta Domínguez Díaz explores the intertwined lives of Iberian Muslims and Jews exiled to the Maghrib.
The Warehouse of Bamiyan: Q&A with Arezou Azad
Arezou Azad rediscovers Bamiyan’s medieval archives, revealing a diverse, literate and interconnected Islamicate society in Afghanistan.
Hezbollah in International Law: Q&A with Mireille Rebeiz
Mireille Rebeiz recounts Hezbollah’s violence in Lebanon and in the region which prompted her work on the legal status of Hezbollah as a State or a non-State actor.
Chinese Calcuttawallah: Articulating a Diaspora Ethnic Identity in India
Roy and Basu explore the Chinese diaspora's cultural imprint and identity evolution in Kolkata's twin Chinatowns.
Q&A with Aliya A Ali, author of Family Ties and Political Power: Governing Kūfa under ʿUthmān b. ʿAffān
Aliya A Ali provides insights into their research on family networks and governance in early Islam.
Why family ties in Kūfa mattered for early Islamic politics
Aliya A Ali explores how kinship and marriage alliances shaped political power and governance in the early Islamic city of Kūfa.