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Ahmed El Shamsy is a professor of Islamic thought at the University of Chicago.[1]
Ahmed El Shamsy | |
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| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
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| Institutions | University of Chicago |
Biography
editEl Shamsy received his Ph.D. in 2009 from Harvard University. His works examine the historical development of classical Islamic disciplines and academic culture. His studies focus on orality and literacy, the history of the book, and the theory and practice of Islamic law. He has been at the University of Chicago since 2010.[1]
Works
edit- El Shamsy, Ahmed (2020). Rediscovering the Islamic Classics: How Editors and Print Culture Transformed an Intellectual Tradition. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691174563.[2]
- El Shamsy, Ahmed (2013). The Canonization of Islamic Law: A Social and Intellectual History. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107041486.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Ahmed El Shamsy". Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. University of Chicago. October 3, 2011. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
- ^ Reviews of Rediscovering the Islamic Classics: How Editors and Print Culture Transformed an Intellectual Tradition:
- Başaran, A. (2020). "Ahmed El Shamsy. Rediscovering the Islamic Classics: How Editors and Print Culture Transformed an Intellectual Tradition". Divan: Disiplinlerarası Çalışmalar Dergisi. 25: 195–199.
- Fani, Sara (Spring 2021). "Review of Rediscovering the Islamic Classics: How Editors and Print Culture Transformed an Intellectual Tradition, by Ahmed El Shamsy". Eighteenth-Century Studies. 54 (3). Johns Hopkins University Press: 713–717. doi:10.1353/ecs.2021.0056.
- Musleh, Samira (Spring 2021). "Ahmed El Shamsy. Rediscovering the Islamic Classics: How Editors and Print Culture Transformed an Intellectual Tradition. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. 2020. £30.00/$35.00. 312 pp. ISBN 9780691174563". ReOrient. 6 (2): 240–244. doi:10.13169/reorient.6.2.0240.
- Pink, Johanna (June 14, 2021). "Ahmed El Shamsy, Rediscovering the Islamic Classics. How Editors and Print Culture Transformed an Intellectual Tradition". Die Welt des Islams. 61 (2). Brill: 247–253. doi:10.1163/15700607-61020013. ISSN 0043-2539. S2CID 237898797.
- Ouyang, Wen-chin (2020). "Ahmed El Shamsy: Rediscovery of the Islamic Classics: How Editors and Print Culture Transformed an Intellectual Tradition" (PDF). Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 83 (3). Cambridge University Press (CUP): 525–527. doi:10.1017/s0041977x20002815. ISSN 0041-977X. S2CID 230670478.
- Razzaque, A. A. (2021). "El Shamsy, Ahmed: Rediscovering the Islamic Classics: How Editors and Print Culture Transformed an Intellectual Tradition". Asiatische Studien-Études Asiatiques. doi:10.1515/asia-2021-0014.
- Soler, Renaud (July 26, 2021). "Rediscovering the Islamic Classics: How Editors and Print Culture Transformed an Intellectual Tradition". Arabica. 68 (2–3). Brill: 304–310. doi:10.1163/15700585-12341594. ISSN 0570-5398. S2CID 240611392.
- Zemmin, Florian (2021). "Rediscovering the Islamic Classics: How Editors and Print Culture Transformed an Intellectual Tradition by Ahmed El Shamsy". Technology and Culture. 62 (1). Project Muse: 314–316. doi:10.1353/tech.2021.0045. ISSN 1097-3729. S2CID 234258365.
- ^ Reviews of The Canonization of Islamic Law: A Social and Intellectual History:
- Lucas, Scott C. (October 6, 2015). "Ahmed El Shamsy: The Canonization of Islamic Law: A Social and Intellectual History". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 79 (1). Cambridge University Press (CUP): 176–178. doi:10.1017/s0041977x15000944. ISSN 0041-977X. S2CID 164106976.
- Stewart, Devin J. (October–December 2015). "Reviewed Work: The Canonization of Islamic Law: A Social and Intellectual History by Ahmed El Shamsy". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 135 (4): 843–846. doi:10.7817/jameroriesoci.135.4.843.
- Vishanoff, David R. (November 21, 2014). "The Canonization of Islamic Law: A Social and Intellectual History". Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations. 26 (2). Informa UK Limited: 256–258. doi:10.1080/09596410.2014.979575. ISSN 0959-6410. S2CID 147645835.