Professor Wilferd Madelung FBA

Early and medieval History of the Islamic world
Fellow type
UK Emeritus Fellow
Year elected
1999
Year of birth
1930
Year of death
2023

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Formerly Laudian Professor of Arabic, University of Oxford

Past appointments

University of Oxford Laudian Professor of Arabic

1978 - 1998

University of Oxford formerly Laudian Professor of Arabic, University of Oxford

1978 -

University of Oxford formerly Laudian Professor of Arabic, University of Oxford

1978 -

The University of Chicago Professor of Islamic History

1964 - 1978

Publications

Der Imam al-Qasim ibn Ibrahim und die Glaubenslehre der Zaiditen 1965

Religious trends in early Islamic Iran 1988

The succession to Muhammad: a study of the early Caliphate 1997

Studies in medieval Shi'ism 2012

Studies in medieval Muslim thought and history 2013

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Michael Cook FBA

The history of the Islamic world; the formation & development of traditional Islamic thought, & its implications in the modern world; Islamic thought, & its implications in the modern world; Islamic history in comparative perspective.

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Professor Xinjiang Rong FBA

History of Central Asia; Iranians (Sogodian, Khotantese) in China; cultural exchanges between China and the West from Han to Tang dynasties; Chinese history during the Sui, Tang dynasty and Five Dynasties Period, Dunhuang and Turfan manuscripts

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Professor Andrew George FBA

Ancient Near Eastern Language and Literature, specifically Assyriology

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