Nov 12, 2025 5:00 - 7:00 pm
Levis Faculty Center, 210
- Sponsor
- Program in Medieval Studies, Centers for African Studies, East Asian & Pacific Studies, South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, History, Religion, East Asian Languages and Cultures
- Contact
- Carol Symes
- symes@illinois.edu
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- History Department Public Events
Join us for a festive reception to celebrate new books published this fall! The authors will each offer brief remarks and there will be an informal Q&A about the research and writing process. All are welcome!
Books being celebrated include:
- The Chronicles of Two West African Kingdoms: The Tārīkh Ibn Al-Mukhtār of the Songhay Empire and the Tārīkh Al-Fattāsh of the Caliphate of Ḥamdallāhi by Mauro Nobili, Zachary V. Wright, H. Ali Diakité
- Inscriptions of Wisdom: The Sufism of Ibn al-ʿArabī in the Mirror of Jāmī by Mukhtar Ali
- Poets, Patrons, and the Public: Poetry as Cultural Phenomenon in Courtly Japan by Gian Piero Persiani
- Higher Education in Constantinople in the Fifteenth Century by Elias Petrou
- Islamicate Environments by D. Fairchild Ruggles