Michelle Hamilton offers a new perspective in the field of medieval studies in her new book The Study of al-Andalus: the Scholarship and Legacy of James T. Monroe. This volume brings scholarship on Andalusi culture to an English-speaking audience and casts Monroe’s work into greater relief as part of—and as a foil to—current debates about Muslims and the cultures and traditions of the Arabic-speaking world.
Abstract: Almost nothing is said in Scandinavian myths about the first human pair. Not unexpectedly, the less is known about a subject, the more actively scholars try to fill the gap. The...
In 2014 the Anti-Defamation League appealed to Facebook to take down a page titled “Jewish Ritual Murder.” In 2018, the shooter at a synagogue near San Diego, referred to Simon of Trent, a...
