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Associate Professor James E. Lindsay |
Education:
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin
Specializing in: Pre-Modern Middle East and Islamic History
Current Research Interests:
Fighting in the Path of God: Ibn ‘As?kir and the Radicalization of Jihad Ideology in the Crusader Period (co-authored with Suleiman A. Mourad, Smith College). Part One is an analysis Ibn ‘Asakir's (d. 1176) presentation of the concept of jihad as a religious obligation in his Forty Hadiths on the Obligation to Wage Jihad, how his Forty Hadiths fits in the totality of his thought, and the extent of his contribution as a scholar and propagandist to the jihad campaign of his patron, Sultan N?r al-D?n (d. 1174). Part Two is an annotated English translation of his Forty Hadiths on the Obligation to Wage Jihad; Part Three is a critical Arabic edition of al-Arba‘?n f? al-ijtih?d f? iq?mat al-jih?d.
Courses to be taught in the next two years:
HIST 115: Islamic World to 1800
HIST 431: Ancient Israel
HIST 432: Sacred History in the Bible and the Qur’an
HIST 433: Muhammad and the Origins of Islam
HIST 435: Jihad and Reform in Islamic History
HIST 492: Capstone Seminar
HIST 532: Reading Seminar: Middle East
Major Publications:
Books:
- Historical Dimensions of Islam: Essays in Honor of R. Stephen Humphreys (with Jon Armajani, eds.). Princeton: Darwin Press, 2009.
- Daily Life in the Medieval Islamic World (cloth). Westport: Greenwood Press, 2005; (paperback). Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Co, 2008.
- Ibn ‘As?kir and Early Islamic History(editor). Studies in Late Antiquity and Early Islam, no. 20. Princeton: Darwin Press, 2002.
Articles and Book Chapters:
- “David Son of Jesse and Mu?ammad Son of Abd ‘All?h: Warlords, State Builders, and Paradigms of Piety.” In Historical Dimensions of Islam: Essays in Honor of R. Stephen Humphreys. Eds. James E. Lindsay and Jon Armajani. Princeton: Darwin Press, 2009. pp. 3-16
- “Sarah and Hagar in Ibn ‘Asakir’s Ta’r?kh mad?nat Dimashq.” Medieval Encounters: Jewish, Christian and Muslim Culture in Confluence and Dialogue, 10 (2008): 1-14.
- “North Africa and the Middle East.” In The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Global Medieval Life and Culture, 3 vols. Ed. Joyce E. Salisbury. Westport: Greenwood Press, 2008, Volume 2: Islam and Africa, pp. 515-658.
- “Material Culture.” In The Islamic World. Ed. Andrew Rippin. London: Routledge, 2008, pp. 473-498.
- “Rescuing Syria from the Infidels: The Contribution of Ibn ‘As?kir of Damascus to the Jih?d Campaign of Sultan N?r al-D?n” (co-authored with Suleiman A. Mourad) Crusades 6 (2007): 37-55.
- “The Fatimid Da‘wa in North Africa.” Graeco-Arabica 7-8 (1999-2000): 283-309.
- “Ibn ‘As?kir, His Ta’r?kh mad?nat Dimashq, and its Usefulness for Understanding Early Islamic History.” In Ibn ‘As?kir and Early Islamic History. Ed. James E. Lindsay. Princeton: Darwin Press, 2001. pp. 1-23.
- “Caliphal and Moral Exemplar? ‘Al? Ibn ‘As?kir's Portrait of Yaz?d b. Mu‘?wiya,” Der Islam 74 (1997): 250-78.
- “‘Al? Ibn ‘As?kir as a Preserver of Qi?a? al-Anbiy?’: The Case of David b. Jesse,” Studia Islamica 82 (1995): 45-82.
- “Damascene Scholars During the Fatimid Period: An Examination of ‘Al? Ibn ‘As?kir's Ta'r?kh Mad?nat Dimashq,” Al-Mas?q: Studia Arabo Islamica Mediterranea 7 (1994): 35-75.
- “Prophetic Parallels in Abu ‘Abd Allah al-Shi‘i's Mission among the Kutama Berbers, 893-910,” International Journal of Middle East Studies 24 (1992): 39-56.