EPISODE 38: Gijs Kruijtzer

In this episode, Siobhan talks with Gijs Kruijtzer about his book "Justifying Transgression: Muslims, Christians, and the Law - 1200 to 1700" (De Gruyter, 2023) Since obtaining a PhD from Leiden University, Gijs Kruijtzer has held postdocs at Yale University, Humboldt University, and the University of Vienna, and worked as a lecturer and archivist. Starting from a background in the history of South Asia and the Muslim world, as well as Europe, he researches universal questions about the experience of identity and how people deal with inconvenient rules/laws. You can view a Zoom AI generated transcript here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/176QT6gRZivBWdXH1SeecUGlXbOaysC2ZM5b6AtdONQM/edit?usp=sharing