Dr.
Guy
Ron-Gilboa
Department of Arabic Language and Literature.
Subject: representations of marvels (ʿaǧāʾib) in Adab, Geography and Travel Writing of the third–fourth/ninth–tenth centuries
Supervisors: Prof. Meir M. Bar-Asher and Prof. Sara Sviri
Abstract: representations of marvels (ʿaǧāʾib) in Adab, Geography and Travel Writing of the third–fourth/ninth–tenth centuries, in order to explore the different ways in which ʿAbbāsid authors utilized, fashioned, and criticized the concept of Marvel (ʿaǧab).
Rothschild Stipend 2013/14