Professor Carole Hillenbrand FBA

Islamic history 1050-1250, especially Iran and Syria; Muslim perspectives of the crusades, the scholar al-Ghazali and the caliphate.

Elected 2007

10-Minute Talks: Saladin and the Crusades – medieval and modern perspectives

3 Feb 2021 Professor Carole Hillenbrand FBA

Professor Carole Hillenbrand FBA discusses the growing interest in studying the Crusades from Islamic perspectives.

Current post

Professor Emerita of Islamic History, University of Edinburgh; Professor of Islamic History, University of St Andrews

Past appointments

University of St Andrews Professor Emerita of Islamic History

2013 -

University of Edinburgh Professor Emerita

2008 -

Dartmouth College, USA Visiting Professor

2005 -

University of Groningen, Netherlands Visiting Professor

2002 -

University of Edinburgh Professor of Islamic History, University of Edinburgh

2000 -

University of Edinburgh Reader in Islamic History

1990 - 2000

Publications

Turkish myth and Muslim symbol: the Battle of Manzikert

Published in 2007

The Crusades: Islamic perspectives

Published in 1999

A Muslim principality in Crusader times: the early Artuqid state

Published in 1990

The waning of the Umayyad caliphate

Published in 1989

What is Islamic studies?

27 May 2020 Professor Carole Hillenbrand FBA

Professor Carole Hillenbrand explains how the academic discipline of Islamic studies seeks to explain what the Islamic world has achieved in the past and what the future holds for it.

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