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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:
I am currently working on two research projects:
David and Muhammad: The Militant and the Irenic in Sacred Biography. This monograph uses the sacred biographical literature on David and Muhammad to explore the themes of religion, violence, and piety in the biblical and qur'anic traditions.
The Intellectual Origins of Modern Jihadist Though (co-authored with Suleiman A. Mourad, Smith College). This monograph is a follow-up to our earlier examination of the radicalization of Sunni jihad ideology in the Crusader period. In this study we focus on the continued saliency of the ideology of jihad in the modern period.
Courses:
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:
Fighting in the Path of God: Ibn 'Asakir and the Radicalization of Sunni Jihad Ideology in the Crusader Period. (co-authored with Suleiman A. Mourad). Crusade Texts in Translation. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publishing (EDP, 2010).
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 Asakir and Early Islamic History (editor). Studies in Late Antiquity and Early Islam, no. 20. Princeton: Darwin Press, 2002.
Articles and Book Chapters:
"The Radicalization of Jihad Ideology in the Crusader Period." (co-authored with Suleiman A. Mourad). In Just Wars, Holy Wars, and Jihads. Ed. Sohail Hashmi. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press (EDP, 2010).
"David Son of Jesse and Muhammad Son of Abd 'Allah: 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'rikh madinat 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 'Asakir of Damascus to the Jihad Campaign of Sultan Nur al-Din" (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 'Asakir, His Ta'rikh madinat Dimashq, and its Usefulness for Understanding Early Islamic History." In Ibn 'Asakir and Early Islamic History. Ed. James E. Lindsay. Princeton: Darwin Press, 2001. pp. 1-23.
"Caliphal and Moral Exemplar? 'Ali Ibn 'Asakir's Portrait of Yazid b. Mu'awiya," Der Islam 74 (1997): 250-78.
"'Ali Ibn 'Asakir as a Preserver of Qisas al-Anbiya': The Case of David b. Jesse," Studia Islamica 82 (1995): 45-82.
"Damascene Scholars During the Fatimid Period: An Examination of 'Ali Ibn 'Asakir's Ta'rikh Madinat Dimashq," Al-Masaq: 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.