Sarah R. bin Tyeer
@sarahrbintyeer.bsky.social
Scholar of adab, Arabic & Comparative Literature.
Professor at Columbia U.
https://columbia.academia.edu/SarahbinTyeer
Professor at Columbia U.
https://columbia.academia.edu/SarahbinTyeer
I am delighted to share that my new book The Well-Tempered Reader from the @ucpress.bsky.social is out! Please use code UCPSAVE30 for a 30% discount. The book is also open access.
November 8, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I am delighted to share that my new book The Well-Tempered Reader from the @ucpress.bsky.social is out! Please use code UCPSAVE30 for a 30% discount. The book is also open access.
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Professor Brinkley Messick left behind deeply researched, lovingly crafted, and beautifully written books. But perhaps his most enduring legacy remains his decency.
August 15, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Professor Brinkley Messick left behind deeply researched, lovingly crafted, and beautifully written books. But perhaps his most enduring legacy remains his decency.
Hey @netflix.com
Take notes.
Take notes.
Are there any good movies about the Byzantine Empire? I mean surely Theodosius, Justinian, or my main man Heraclius (and some of their wars and intrigues, e.g., Heraclius v. Khusrau II) deserve cinematic treatment. Maybe there are Greek films? Seriously asking.
February 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Hey @netflix.com
Take notes.
Take notes.
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/postmedieval/ is launching a new mentorship programme to facilitate publication for scholars whose first language is not English.
👇 find all the details here 👇
sites.google.com/view/postmed...
👇 find all the details here 👇
sites.google.com/view/postmed...
February 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
/postmedieval/ is launching a new mentorship programme to facilitate publication for scholars whose first language is not English.
👇 find all the details here 👇
sites.google.com/view/postmed...
👇 find all the details here 👇
sites.google.com/view/postmed...
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I wrote the entry on Sayyid Sharif-i Jurjani for EI3 Online and it has just been published. I am very grateful to the editors of EI3 at Brill. The article was supposed to be just 1000 words, but they accepted a significantly longer piece.
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January 29, 2025 at 8:42 AM
I wrote the entry on Sayyid Sharif-i Jurjani for EI3 Online and it has just been published. I am very grateful to the editors of EI3 at Brill. The article was supposed to be just 1000 words, but they accepted a significantly longer piece.
referenceworks.brill.com/display/entr...
referenceworks.brill.com/display/entr...
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Hi to new friends here. This is my most recent book. I have a new one on environmental ethics, and some field projects going in Indonesia (mostly West Sumatra) on disaster, climate and conservation. cup.columbia.edu/book/muslim-...
Muslim Environmentalisms | Columbia University Press
How might understandings of environmentalism and the environmental humanities shift by incorporating Islamic perspectives? In this book, Anna M. Gade explore... | CUP
cup.columbia.edu
January 15, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Hi to new friends here. This is my most recent book. I have a new one on environmental ethics, and some field projects going in Indonesia (mostly West Sumatra) on disaster, climate and conservation. cup.columbia.edu/book/muslim-...
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And so we begin 2025! Check out our new article abt how Ibn Khaldun uses al-Idrisi's maps!
New article alert!
Ibn Khaldūn’s Muqaddima offers the most extended reading of a series of maps known from medieval literature. In this article, Alfred Hiatt parses Ibn Khaldūn’s text alongside manuscripts of al-Idrīsī’s 12th-cent. geography, prompting questions about Ibn Khaldūn’s art of history
Ibn Khaldūn’s Muqaddima offers the most extended reading of a series of maps known from medieval literature. In this article, Alfred Hiatt parses Ibn Khaldūn’s text alongside manuscripts of al-Idrīsī’s 12th-cent. geography, prompting questions about Ibn Khaldūn’s art of history
January 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM
And so we begin 2025! Check out our new article abt how Ibn Khaldun uses al-Idrisi's maps!
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Here is a thread of California animal welfare orgs who need donations to help deal with the wildfire crisis (but they VERY DESPERATELY need adopters and foster homes too if you live close enough to help in that way):
1. Los Angeles County Animal Care: ambvzmmw.donorsupport.co/page/FUNAFLE...
1. Los Angeles County Animal Care: ambvzmmw.donorsupport.co/page/FUNAFLE...
Help Stop Animal Suffering
Your gift to the Los Angeles County Animal Care Foundation will help sustain programs that benefit animals in so many ways. From emergency rescue to life-saving medical care and adoption programs, you...
ambvzmmw.donorsupport.co
January 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Here is a thread of California animal welfare orgs who need donations to help deal with the wildfire crisis (but they VERY DESPERATELY need adopters and foster homes too if you live close enough to help in that way):
1. Los Angeles County Animal Care: ambvzmmw.donorsupport.co/page/FUNAFLE...
1. Los Angeles County Animal Care: ambvzmmw.donorsupport.co/page/FUNAFLE...
A timely and important Lecture by Dr. Yasmin Amin in Arabic.
ماذا حدث لنصف البشريَّة؟
هل تمَّ اسْتِبعاد النِّساء من أنْ يُصبِحن "إنسانً كاملاً"؟
المحاضرة باللغة العربيّة عبر الزوم والتسجيل على الرابط التالي
www.iis.ac.uk/events/what-...
ماذا حدث لنصف البشريَّة؟
هل تمَّ اسْتِبعاد النِّساء من أنْ يُصبِحن "إنسانً كاملاً"؟
المحاضرة باللغة العربيّة عبر الزوم والتسجيل على الرابط التالي
www.iis.ac.uk/events/what-...
What happened to half of humanity?
Yasmin Amin explores the Qur'anic term al-insān al-kāmil and its application to both men and women in an Arabic-language lecture on 9 January at 16:30pm BST.
www.iis.ac.uk
January 5, 2025 at 12:48 PM
A timely and important Lecture by Dr. Yasmin Amin in Arabic.
ماذا حدث لنصف البشريَّة؟
هل تمَّ اسْتِبعاد النِّساء من أنْ يُصبِحن "إنسانً كاملاً"؟
المحاضرة باللغة العربيّة عبر الزوم والتسجيل على الرابط التالي
www.iis.ac.uk/events/what-...
ماذا حدث لنصف البشريَّة؟
هل تمَّ اسْتِبعاد النِّساء من أنْ يُصبِحن "إنسانً كاملاً"؟
المحاضرة باللغة العربيّة عبر الزوم والتسجيل على الرابط التالي
www.iis.ac.uk/events/what-...
Taste the Differance
Derrida’s rushing around Sainsbury’s to get his last few bits. He always gets stuff from the Taste the Differance range.
December 25, 2024 at 11:13 AM
Taste the Differance
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Discipline and Nourish.
December 25, 2024 at 12:25 AM
Discipline and Nourish.
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My regular suggestion: At the end of the semester why not reach out to someone whose work you taught and let them know? These days we have very little idea who teaches our stuff and in what contexts. It takes almost no time and can really make their day.
December 14, 2024 at 5:16 PM
My regular suggestion: At the end of the semester why not reach out to someone whose work you taught and let them know? These days we have very little idea who teaches our stuff and in what contexts. It takes almost no time and can really make their day.
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more specifics to come, but for now: 618 pages, hot off the press!! check out the new issue of @alusuralwusta.bsky.social
I'd go take a nap to recover, but we already have three articles in production and some more in the pipeline. 2025 is going to be fun!
I'd go take a nap to recover, but we already have three articles in production and some more in the pipeline. 2025 is going to be fun!
Al-ʿUsur al-Wusta
Middle East Medievalists (MEM) is an international professional non-profit association of scholars interested in the study of the Islamic lands of the Middle East during the medieval period (defined r...
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December 13, 2024 at 4:32 PM
more specifics to come, but for now: 618 pages, hot off the press!! check out the new issue of @alusuralwusta.bsky.social
I'd go take a nap to recover, but we already have three articles in production and some more in the pipeline. 2025 is going to be fun!
I'd go take a nap to recover, but we already have three articles in production and some more in the pipeline. 2025 is going to be fun!
"Another benefit, Stahuljak said, is that the platform can help professors ensure consistent delivery of course material. Now that her teaching materials are organized into a coherent text, another instructor could lead the course..."
newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/comp...
newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/comp...
Comparative lit class will be first in Humanities Division to use UCLA-developed AI system
The textbook for Zrinka Stahuljak’s winter 2025 course is generated by the Kudu platform.
newsroom.ucla.edu
December 8, 2024 at 11:50 PM
"Another benefit, Stahuljak said, is that the platform can help professors ensure consistent delivery of course material. Now that her teaching materials are organized into a coherent text, another instructor could lead the course..."
newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/comp...
newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/comp...
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I’ve made a starter pack for people interested in literature and theology/religion - please share and let me know if you would like to be added!
I’ve made a starter pack for people interested in literature and theology/religion - please share and let me know if you would like to be added!
November 16, 2024 at 3:45 PM
go.bsky.app/PGTCboR
I’ve made a starter pack for people interested in literature and theology/religion - please share and let me know if you would like to be added!
I’ve made a starter pack for people interested in literature and theology/religion - please share and let me know if you would like to be added!
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Great interview from LARB with our contributor Jokha Alharthi! Check out her work on our site:
wordswithoutborders.org/contributors...
wordswithoutborders.org/contributors...
December 6, 2024 at 3:14 PM
Great interview from LARB with our contributor Jokha Alharthi! Check out her work on our site:
wordswithoutborders.org/contributors...
wordswithoutborders.org/contributors...
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new exhibit on Madinat al-Zahra, once a capital of Umayyad Spain. the exhibit is free to the public at ISAW in New York. 🧵w/ just a few favorites:
[shown here: limestone inscription from the Friday mosque, 333AH/944-5CE: "Abd al-Rahman Commander of the Faithful, may God grant him a long life"]
[shown here: limestone inscription from the Friday mosque, 333AH/944-5CE: "Abd al-Rahman Commander of the Faithful, may God grant him a long life"]
December 6, 2024 at 3:55 AM
new exhibit on Madinat al-Zahra, once a capital of Umayyad Spain. the exhibit is free to the public at ISAW in New York. 🧵w/ just a few favorites:
[shown here: limestone inscription from the Friday mosque, 333AH/944-5CE: "Abd al-Rahman Commander of the Faithful, may God grant him a long life"]
[shown here: limestone inscription from the Friday mosque, 333AH/944-5CE: "Abd al-Rahman Commander of the Faithful, may God grant him a long life"]
Join us on Friday at 11am!
December 4, 2024 at 9:21 PM
Join us on Friday at 11am!
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My view: academics should never assume their “reader is rested” enough to tolerate blue sentences. Most academic blue sentences are really quite bad sentences. And they are certainly not where your important point belongs. Your academic writing will be better if you strive to avoid blue sentences.
December 3, 2024 at 3:34 AM
My view: academics should never assume their “reader is rested” enough to tolerate blue sentences. Most academic blue sentences are really quite bad sentences. And they are certainly not where your important point belongs. Your academic writing will be better if you strive to avoid blue sentences.
A new Brill edition of thirteenth century poet and wit Ibn Daniyal’s shadow plays, Tayf Al-khayal, showcasing a plethora of characters in 13th century Egypt.
December 1, 2024 at 1:01 AM
A new Brill edition of thirteenth century poet and wit Ibn Daniyal’s shadow plays, Tayf Al-khayal, showcasing a plethora of characters in 13th century Egypt.
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I just created a starter pack on comparative and world/global literature. Hope this is useful and don't hesitate to get in touch! go.bsky.app/DHK7Cwk
November 9, 2024 at 5:41 PM
I just created a starter pack on comparative and world/global literature. Hope this is useful and don't hesitate to get in touch! go.bsky.app/DHK7Cwk
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HEX Conference 2025 - Historicizing Experiences - Call for Papers deadline this Friday 29 November.
The conference will take place at Tampere University, Finland 10-12 March 2025.
Please find the full CfP and more info on the conference website:
events.tuni.fi/historyofexp...
The conference will take place at Tampere University, Finland 10-12 March 2025.
Please find the full CfP and more info on the conference website:
events.tuni.fi/historyofexp...
Call for Papers | History of Experience | Tampere Universities
Historicizing Experiences Seventh Annual Conference March 10-12, 2025 Research Council of Finland’s Centre of Excellence in the History of Experiences Tampere University, Finland
events.tuni.fi
November 26, 2024 at 12:25 PM
HEX Conference 2025 - Historicizing Experiences - Call for Papers deadline this Friday 29 November.
The conference will take place at Tampere University, Finland 10-12 March 2025.
Please find the full CfP and more info on the conference website:
events.tuni.fi/historyofexp...
The conference will take place at Tampere University, Finland 10-12 March 2025.
Please find the full CfP and more info on the conference website:
events.tuni.fi/historyofexp...
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Alright *cracks knuckles* let's do this!
Today I'm inaugurating an episodic Monday series titled History of Islamic Art in 100 Objects. But we have to ask the most important question first:
What is Islamic art? Also, why is this even a question? 🧵 #IslamicArt100Objects
Today I'm inaugurating an episodic Monday series titled History of Islamic Art in 100 Objects. But we have to ask the most important question first:
What is Islamic art? Also, why is this even a question? 🧵 #IslamicArt100Objects
November 25, 2024 at 11:53 PM
Alright *cracks knuckles* let's do this!
Today I'm inaugurating an episodic Monday series titled History of Islamic Art in 100 Objects. But we have to ask the most important question first:
What is Islamic art? Also, why is this even a question? 🧵 #IslamicArt100Objects
Today I'm inaugurating an episodic Monday series titled History of Islamic Art in 100 Objects. But we have to ask the most important question first:
What is Islamic art? Also, why is this even a question? 🧵 #IslamicArt100Objects
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What more could you want from the Middle East Medievalists Bluesky than a Middle East Medievalists starter pack?
Connect with Middle East Medievalists MEMbers on Bluesky. If you are a MEMber of MEM and want to be included, let us know.
go.bsky.app/PFgkbsW
Connect with Middle East Medievalists MEMbers on Bluesky. If you are a MEMber of MEM and want to be included, let us know.
go.bsky.app/PFgkbsW
November 17, 2024 at 5:35 PM
What more could you want from the Middle East Medievalists Bluesky than a Middle East Medievalists starter pack?
Connect with Middle East Medievalists MEMbers on Bluesky. If you are a MEMber of MEM and want to be included, let us know.
go.bsky.app/PFgkbsW
Connect with Middle East Medievalists MEMbers on Bluesky. If you are a MEMber of MEM and want to be included, let us know.
go.bsky.app/PFgkbsW
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It’s here, a *start* of an Islamic Studies Starter Pack. Please spread the word. This is a work in progress… Scholars of Islam in all regions and periods, let me know, and I’ll happily add you.
go.bsky.app/EYU1bFe
go.bsky.app/EYU1bFe
November 10, 2024 at 2:55 PM
It’s here, a *start* of an Islamic Studies Starter Pack. Please spread the word. This is a work in progress… Scholars of Islam in all regions and periods, let me know, and I’ll happily add you.
go.bsky.app/EYU1bFe
go.bsky.app/EYU1bFe