Inaugural Lecture: Professor Nahyan Fancy (DePauw University)
Visiting Al-Qasimi Professor in Islamic Studies
Lecture title: "Knowing the Signs of Disease:Tracking the Evolving Understandings of Plague in Islamic Societies, 700–1300"
| An Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies lecture | |
|---|---|
| Date | 6 October 2021 |
| Time | 17:30 to 19:00 |
| Place | IAIS Building/LT2 |
| Provider | Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies |
Event details
Wednesday 6th October, 5.30pm-7pm: Professor Nahyan Fancy (DePauw University) joins IAIS for the Autumn term as Visiting Al-Qasimi Professor. He researches the history of science in Muslim cultures, and (very topically) the history of medicine, society and plagues in Islamic civilisation. His inaugural lecture is titled:
"Knowing the Signs of Disease:Tracking the Evolving Understandings of Plague in Islamic Societies, 700–1300"
Please contact Sarah Wood s.a.wood2@exeter.ac.uk if you have any quesitons
Location:
IAIS Building/LT2
