Ben Notis

Ben Notis is a PhD student in the department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at UPenn. His dissertation focuses on Hebrew poetry written in Al-Andalus (Islamic Spain) in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. He is currently doing dissertation research at Hebrew U, and is exploring lyrical complaints about physical and mental breakdowns, betrayal and abuse, separation from friends and lovers, and the vicissitudes of Time. His other interests include medieval Arabic poetry, the histories of madness and emotions, and the cultural history of the human body.