Department of History, School of History, Religions and Philosophies & School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics

Professor Hugh N Kennedy

Key information

Roles
Department of History School of History, Religions and Philosophies School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics Professor of Arabic Centre for Iranian Studies Member
Qualifications
PhD (Cantab)
Building
Russell Square: College Buildings
Office
436
Email address
hk1@soas.ac.uk
Telephone number
+44(0)20 7898 4251
Support hours
Mondays 4:00pm-5:00pm, Tuesdays 1:00pm-2:00pm

Research interests

Early Islamic History from 600 to1100, Arabic historiography, Islamic archaeology, historical geography of the Middle East, castle building in the Middle East, history of al-Andalus (Muslim Spain and Portugal)

PhD Supervision

Name Title
Mr Syed Talha Ahsan History of Hanbalite political thought
Mr Hasan Al-Khoee The Evolution of Arabic Public Oratory in the Early Muslim Period [1st-3rd/7th-9th centuries]
Aleksander Engeskaug Religion and Economy: Zoroastrian Priests and Fire Temples in the Economy of Sasanian Iran
Ummugulsum Kurukol Riḥla: Interpreting the Islamic city through Muslim Travellers by revisiting the meaning of travel from the medieval period to early modern times.
Zhicheng Ye
Zhicheng Ye
Zhicheng Ye Ma'rūf al-Karkhī and Islamic asceticism in the context of early Abbasid society

Publications

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