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Maghrib in Past & Present | Podcasts is a forum in which artists, writers, and scholars from North Africa, the United States, and beyond can present their ongoing and innovative research on and in the Maghrib. The podcasts are based on lectures, live performances, book talks, and interviews across the region. Aiming to project the scientific and cultural dynamism of research in and on North Africa into the classroom, we too hope to reach a wider audience across the globe.
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Wednesday Sep 12, 2018
Wednesday Sep 12, 2018
Episode 49: Muhammad I al-Mustansir of Tunis and the Northern Mediterranean
In this episode, Dr. Michael Lower, Associate Professor of History at the University of Minnesota, discusses the world of Muhammad I al-Mustansir of Tunis and his relationship with the northern Mediterranean
His recent research on the crusades tries to bring together Arabic and European-language sources to tell the story of these complex multi-lateral conflicts from multiple perspectives. He is the author of "The Barons' Crusade of 1239: A Call to Arms and Its Consequences" (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005) and "The Tunis Crusade of 1270: A Mediterranean History" (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018).
This was recorded on 14 February 2018 at at the Centre d'Études Maghrébines à Tunis (CEMAT) Early Hafsid Tunis: Capital of Caliphate Symposium.
posted by Hayet Lansari, Librarian, outreach coordinator, content curator (CEMA)
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