Islamic civilization flourished in the Middle Ages across a vast geographical area that spans
today's Middle and Near East. First published in 2006, Medieval Islamic Civilization …

Arabic is a widely-spoken language with a rich and long history spanning more than
fourteen centuries. Yet existing Arabic corpora largely focus on the modern period or lack …

Over the past few decades, humanistic inquiry has been problematized and invigorated by
the emergence of what is referred to as the digital humanities. Across multiple disciplines …

Arabic is a widely-spoken language with a long and rich history, but existing corpora and
language technology focus mostly on modern Arabic and its varieties. Therefore, studying …

With at least forty thousand unique titles identifiable for the period before 1900 CE (see
below), the Arabic written tradition is one of the greatest treasuries of knowledge in human …

This paper conceptualizes the term elite for the study of early Islamic history and aims to
provide a usable definition for historians of early Islam. It gives an overview of existing …

This dissertation examines the speeches and the literary-historical figure of al-Hajjāj b.
Yūsuf al-Thaqafī (d. 714), the governor of Iraq under the Umayyad dynasty (661–750), to …

Through conversion, Islam became the religion of the majority of the population in the
medieval Middle East, but the process took centuries and remains poorly understood …

Recognizing that we know little about Arab settlement and Muslim populations in Armenia
and Caucasian Albania during the Abbasid period, this article considers the data available …

This paper focuses on the emergence, place and role of the digital humanities (DH),
particularly in the Arab world, with reference to Oman, a country whose post-oil economy …