Abbasid History Podcast

59 Episodes

1. 🗻EP037 Dr. Kevin Blankinship on Ṣafī al-Dīn al-Ḥillī (1278-1349 CE): Poetry in the Mamluk era. Part 11 of 12 - Spring of Classical Arabic Poetry

   Published: 12/18/2021
2. 🟥EP036 Dr. Kevin Blankinship on Ibn ʿArabī (1165-1240 CE): The Red Sulphur sings. Part 10 of 12 - Spring of Classical Arabic Poetry

   Published: 12/4/2021
3. 🥀EP035 Dr. Kevin Blankinship on Ibn Zaydūn (1003-1071 CE): Love, Longing and Lost - an introduction to Andalusian poetry. Part 9 of 12 - Spring of Classical Arabic Poetry

   Published: 11/27/2021
4. ⚔EP034 Dr. Kevin Blankinship on Abū Firās al-Ḥamdānī: the Prince, the Prisoner, the Poet. Part 8 of 12 - Spring of Classical Arabic Poetry

   Published: 11/13/2021
5. ✒EP033 Dr. Kevin Blankinship on al-Mutanabī (c.915-965CE): 'the Shakespeare of the Arabs.' Part 7 of 12 - Spring of Classical Arabic Poetry

   Published: 11/6/2021
6. 😷EP032 Prof. Peter Adamson on the life, work and legacy of Abū Bakr al-Rāzī (d.925CE): Physician, Philosopher, Provacateur

   Published: 8/21/2021
7. EP031 Dr. Antonia Bosanquet on Ibn al-Qayyim (d.1350CE) and Dhimma governance

   Published: 8/15/2021
8. EP030 Dr. Stephennie Mulder on Imām al-Shāfiʿī (d.820CE), an afterlife: the story of his mausoleum in Cairo and the role of arts and crafts as a source in Islamic(ate) history

   Published: 7/19/2021
9. 🎟EP029 Dr. Hannah Erlwein from Kalamopod on a brief history of Kalām (philosophy of religion within the Islamic ecumene)

   Published: 7/3/2021
10. EP028 Dr. Jonathan Brown on the life, works and legacy of hadith scholar al-Bukhārī (810-870CE)

    Published: 6/28/2021
11. EP027 Dr. Aaron Tugendhaft on philosopher al-Fārābī (d. 951CE), ISIS and Iconoclasm

    Published: 4/17/2021
12. EP026 Dr. Philip Grant on the Zanj Revolt 869-883CE: A Slave Uprising against the Caliphate

    Published: 4/12/2021
13. EP025 Dr. Ahab Bdaiwi on Shaykh al-Mufīd (c.948-1022): Life, Works and Legacy of a Seminal Shia Scholar

    Published: 4/4/2021
14. EP024 Dr. Kevin Blankinship on al-Ḥallāj (c.858-922 CE): Life, works and poetic legacy of a martyred mystic. Part 6 of 12 - Spring of Classical Arabic Poetry

    Published: 3/27/2021
15. EP023 Dr. Kevin Blankinship on Abū Tammām (c.807-850 CE): Life, works and legacy of an anthologist. Part 5 of 12 - Spring of Classical Arabic Poetry

    Published: 3/14/2021
16. EP022 Dr. Kevin Blankinship on Abū al-ʿAtāhiyyaḧ (748-828 CE): Life, works and legacy of an ascetic poet. Part 4 of 12 - Spring of Classical Arabic Poetry

    Published: 2/6/2021
17. EP021 Abū Nuwās (c.756- c.814 CE). Part 3 of 12 - Spring of Classical Arabic Poetry

    Published: 1/30/2021
18. EP020 Dr. Kevin Blankinship on al-Farazdaq (c.641-c.730CE). Part 2 of 12 - Spring of Classical Arabic Poetry

    Published: 1/16/2021
19. EP019 Dr. Kevin Blankinship on ʾImr al-Qays (501-544CE). Part 1 of 12 - Spring of Classical Arabic Poetry

    Published: 1/2/2021
20. EP018 Dr. Christian Sahner on Christianity under the Caliphate

    Published: 12/5/2020