From the Political to the Historiographical Use of Poetry
Noëmie Lucas PhD candidate, Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne University icon-calendar Monday April 30ᵗʰ, 2018 In his work Ansāb al-ašrāf, al-Balāḏurī (d. 279/892?) relates an episode of the construction of the canal “al-Mubārak” by Ḫālid b. ʿAbd Allāh al-Qasrī (d. 126/743), the governor of Iraq at the time. He was praised by the poet al-Farazdaq (d. 110/728?) then […]
Newsletter — April 2018
Dear friends, The conference on the interactions between Shiites and Christians organized in Paris was a great moment in the life of the Institute. Even if the lectures were highly technical, they captured everyone’s interest by overlapping and allowing exciting and accessible discussions for all present. This is exactly the aim of research: to go […]