Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Research Seminar Series: Jeremy Dell In brief Guest speaker - Dr Jeremy Dell (School of History, Classics and Archaeology, University of Edinburgh) Title - Saving Tradition: Archiving Islam in the Western Sahel Format - Talk, Q&A and reception About the speaker Dr Jeremy Dell is a scholar of African global history, with a specialisation in the history of Islam in the Western Sahel. His research and teaching are anchored in the continent's own intellectual traditions, and he strives to make these traditions come alive in all of his work. He holds a doctorate in History from the University of Pennsylvania and has had significant research and language-training stints in Senegal, Mali, and Egypt. Jeremy's work is based primarily in Arabic, Wolof and French sources, and he is an advocate of using African languages in historical research. Before joining HCA in January 2020, he was the inaugural Modern Intellectual History Postdoctoral Fellow at Dartmouth College (USA). He advises projects at the undergraduate and graduate level on a range of topics in African and Islamic history. About the seminar series Each semester, Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies (IMES) welcomes a fantastic range of guest speakers, PhD students and colleagues from across the University to present a seminar on their research. This semester, the series focuses on the many different people, disciplines and Schools engaged in research in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Edinburgh, and on their work in progress. How to join Events are free and everyone is welcome. No booking is required. All talks are followed by a reception. Are you interested in studying with us? We are the only university in Scotland to offer courses in the Muslim world's three main languages, placing Arabic, Persian and Turkish in the context of history, literature, culture, religion and politics, past and present. Choose from a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, including PhD programmes. Find out more about Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at Edinburgh Dec 04 2023 17.00 - 18.30 Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Research Seminar Series: Jeremy Dell Join us on campus for a seminar by Dr Jeremy Dell (School of History, Classics and Archaeology, University of Edinburgh) on the processes behind preserving and historicising Islamic traditions within the Western Sahel. Project Room 1.06 50 George Square Edinburgh EH8 9LH Find the venue: 50 George Square
Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Research Seminar Series: Jeremy Dell In brief Guest speaker - Dr Jeremy Dell (School of History, Classics and Archaeology, University of Edinburgh) Title - Saving Tradition: Archiving Islam in the Western Sahel Format - Talk, Q&A and reception About the speaker Dr Jeremy Dell is a scholar of African global history, with a specialisation in the history of Islam in the Western Sahel. His research and teaching are anchored in the continent's own intellectual traditions, and he strives to make these traditions come alive in all of his work. He holds a doctorate in History from the University of Pennsylvania and has had significant research and language-training stints in Senegal, Mali, and Egypt. Jeremy's work is based primarily in Arabic, Wolof and French sources, and he is an advocate of using African languages in historical research. Before joining HCA in January 2020, he was the inaugural Modern Intellectual History Postdoctoral Fellow at Dartmouth College (USA). He advises projects at the undergraduate and graduate level on a range of topics in African and Islamic history. About the seminar series Each semester, Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies (IMES) welcomes a fantastic range of guest speakers, PhD students and colleagues from across the University to present a seminar on their research. This semester, the series focuses on the many different people, disciplines and Schools engaged in research in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Edinburgh, and on their work in progress. How to join Events are free and everyone is welcome. No booking is required. All talks are followed by a reception. Are you interested in studying with us? We are the only university in Scotland to offer courses in the Muslim world's three main languages, placing Arabic, Persian and Turkish in the context of history, literature, culture, religion and politics, past and present. Choose from a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, including PhD programmes. Find out more about Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at Edinburgh Dec 04 2023 17.00 - 18.30 Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Research Seminar Series: Jeremy Dell Join us on campus for a seminar by Dr Jeremy Dell (School of History, Classics and Archaeology, University of Edinburgh) on the processes behind preserving and historicising Islamic traditions within the Western Sahel. Project Room 1.06 50 George Square Edinburgh EH8 9LH Find the venue: 50 George Square
Dec 04 2023 17.00 - 18.30 Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Research Seminar Series: Jeremy Dell Join us on campus for a seminar by Dr Jeremy Dell (School of History, Classics and Archaeology, University of Edinburgh) on the processes behind preserving and historicising Islamic traditions within the Western Sahel.
