For centuries, Muslims had memorized, argued, and interacted with different philosophical and religious traditions through the means of parchment, papyrus, and paper. It was not until the second half of the nineteenth century that classical Islamic works entered a new stage: print production. In his latest book, ‘Rediscovering the Islamic Classics: How Editors and Print Culture Transformed an Intellectual Tradition’, Ahmed El Shamsy unveils the transformation of Islamic scholarship through printing and publishing industries and the effects such mechanisms had on Islamic intellectual heritage.
Ameen Omar,
President of CIS Student Council
Dr. Alexandre Caeiro,
Associate Professor of Islamic Studies, CIS
Dr. Frank Peter,
Assistant Professor of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, CIS
Dr. Ahmed El Shamsy, Associate Professor,
Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations,
University of Chicago
Ahmed El Shamsy is an Associate Professor in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago where he studies the intellectual history of Islam, focusing on the evolution of the classical Islamic disciplines and scholarly culture within their broader historical context. His research addresses themes such as orality and literacy, the history of the book, and the theory and practice of Islamic law.
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