Fruit of Knowledge, Wheel of Learning (Vol II) - Essays in Honour of Professor Robert Hillenbrand

Fruit of Knowledge, Wheel of Learning (Vol II) - Essays in Honour of Professor Robert Hillenbrand
Ali M Ansari
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25 Aug 2022 UK
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9781909942608
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Collected essays honoring the work of British professors Carole and Robert Hillenbrand. Carole and Robert Hillenbrand are legendary British professors, both of whom have made immense contributions to the fields of Islamic history and art history, and they are highly respected and beloved by the academic community. For these two volumes, editors Melanie Gibson and Ali Ansari have gathered an eclectic mix of scholarly contributions by colleagues and by some of their most recent students who now occupy positions in universities worldwide. The eleven articles in the volume dedicated to Carole Hillenbrand include research on a range of topics, including the elusive Fatimid caliph al-Zafir, a crusader raid on Mecca, and the Persian bureaucrat Mirza Saleh Shirazi' s history of England. In Robert Hillenbrand' s volume, the thirteen articles include studies of a rare eighth-century metal dish with Nilotic scenes, Chinese Qur' ans, the process of image-making in both theory and practice, and a shrine in Mosul destroyed by ISIS.
In its thematic breadth, intellectual depth, and innovative thinking Fruit of Knowledge, Wheel of Learning is indeed a befitting academic tribute to honour one of the giants in the field of Islamic art today. At the same time, it speaks of Robert' s outstanding calibre as a teacher and mentor, fostering the next generation of scholarly thought leaders at the top of their game. Ulrike Al-Khamis, Director and Chief Executive Officer, Aga Khan Museum, Toronto; This beautifully produced volume ranges in time from early Islam to early modernity, in geography from Anatolia to China, and in medium from architecture to the portable arts, painting and paper. The extraordinary range of the contributors' essays offers a fitting tribute to the inspiring and pioneering scholarship of a towering figure in the history of Islamic art and architecture. Finbarr Barry Flood, William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of the Humanities, New York University; Fruit of Knowledge, Wheel of Learning contains a series of essays as engaging and diverse in their interests and subject matters as the man they celebrate. As many of the contributors are Robert Hillenbrand' s former students, they also testify to his abilities as a learned and inspiring teacher. Scott Redford, Nasser D Khalili Professor of Islamic Art and Archaeology, SOAS, University of London
Melanie Gibson is editor of the Gingko Art Series and was formerly head of art history at New College of the Humanities, London. Ali M. Ansari, FRSE, FBIPS, FRAS is professor of Iranian history and founding director of the Institute for Iranian Studies at the University of St Andrews and a senior associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute in London. In 2016 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
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ISBN-13: 9781909942608
Published: 25 Aug 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Gingko Library
Publisher: Gingko Library
Format: Hardback
Height: 11mm
Width: 9mm
Pages: 340

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