Ahmed El Shamsy is a professor of Islamic thought at the University of Chicago.[1]

Biography

El 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

  • Rediscovering the Islamic Classics: How Editors and Print Culture Transformed an Intellectual Tradition[2]
  • The Canonization of Islamic Law: A Social and Intellectual History[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Ahmed El Shamsy". Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. 2011-10-03. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
  2. Reviews of Rediscovering the Islamic Classics: How Editors and Print Culture Transformed an Intellectual Tradition:
  3. Reviews of The Canonization of Islamic Law: A Social and Intellectual History:
    • Vishanoff, David R. (2014-11-21). "The Canonization of Islamic Law: A Social and Intellectual History". Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations. Informa UK Limited. 26 (2): 256–258. doi:10.1080/09596410.2014.979575. ISSN 0959-6410. S2CID 147645835.
    • Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 135, No. 4 (October–December 2015), pp. 843-846
    • Lucas, Scott C. (2015-10-06). "Ahmed El Shamsy: The Canonization of Islamic Law: A Social and Intellectual History". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. Cambridge University Press (CUP). 79 (1): 176–178. doi:10.1017/s0041977x15000944. ISSN 0041-977X. S2CID 164106976.
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