MESAAS FACULTY

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The Shahnameh: The Persian Epic as World Literature by Hamid Dabashi

by mesaas | Jan 10, 2019 | Publications |

The Shahnameh, an epic poem recounting the foundation of Iran across mythical, heroic, and historical ages, is the beating heart of Persian literature and culture. Composed by Abu al-Qasem Ferdowsi over a thirty-year period and completed in the year 1010, the epic has... Read more

Columbia University Press publishes Restating Orientalism by Wael Hallaq

by mesaas | Jul 28, 2018 | Publications |

In this landmark theoretical investigation, Wael B. Hallaq reevaluates and deepens the critique of Orientalism in order to deploy it for rethinking the foundations of the modern project. Refusing to isolate or scapegoat Orientalism, Restating Orientalism extends the... Read more

Columbia University Press publishes Shari’a Scripts by Brinkley Messick

by mesaas | Jan 30, 2018 | Publications |

A case study in the textual architecture of the venerable legal and ethical tradition at the center of the Islamic experience, Sharīʿa Scripts is a work of historical anthropology focused on Yemen in the early twentieth century. There—while colonial regimes, late... Read more