History of Islamic Art and Architecture; Early Qur'ans; Umayyad and Abbasid Art and Architecture; History of Arabic Calligraphy; Arabic Illustrated Manuscripts; the Indian Ocean Trade.
Elected 2024
The relations between literature, technology and science and the cultural phenomenology of material life
Islamic art, with particular reference to Iran and Syria; medieval architecture, book painting and iconography
History of music and music theory focused on Latin texts of the late Middle Ages and early modern era; the reception of the ancient writings on music up to 1600
