Tarif Khalidi - The Global (De)Centre

Tarif Khalidi: The Biographical Tradition in pre-Modern Arabic Literature

First keynote lecture in the run up to the Summer School Moving Biography Wednesday, 30 March 2022, 6-7.30pm (UTC+3) Orient-Institut Beirut Abstract This is an attempt to examine in...

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The Global (De)Centre (GDC) is a platform that brings together a growing network of scholars from across the world committed to producing new knowledge and using different epistemologies and methods by working collaboratively with a broad range of partners.

The intellectual questions that unite us fall under the broad umbrella of migrating people and migrating cultures.

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Tarif Khalidi: The Biographical Tradition in pre-Modern Arabic Literature

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