Megan Eaton Robb

My podcast on my upcoming American Historical Review article is out ❤️ @upennrels @AHAhistorians @upennlib historians.org/becoming-eliza…

The Lost Libraries of Tunis By L Hinrichsen The libraries of Tunis are considered lost since the sack of the city by emperor Charles V in 1535. This study reconstructs for the first time the original holdings of Tunis’ medieval libraries. [open access] degruyter.com/document/doi/1…

I’m excited to announce my partnership with the Digital Lab for an online Arabic calligraphy workshop! Over 3 weeks, we’ll explore the beauty of the Diwani script, from individual letters to crafting elegant sentences.

Qur’an annotated by Cambridge’s first Professor of Arabic, Abraham Wheelock (1593-1653), who studied the text alongside several Latin translations and two Islamic commentaries, in Persian (the "Cambridge Tafsīr") and Arabic (al-Bayḍāwī). Cambridge University Library, ms Ll.5.27

#Bangladesh this month lifted ban on #Jamaat-e-Islami while an offshoot of party founded in British #India has fielded independent candidates in Kashmir marking its return to electoral polls after 37 years in Himalayan region @BJI_Official @MeganEatonRobb wp.me/p9QT6X-202

The Festschrift for Francis Robinson, published as a JRAS special issue & edited by Mitra Sudipto,@MeganEatonRobb, Eve Tignol, & Claudia Liebeskind, really looks like a "Who's Who" in the study of South Asian Islam. Check out the ToC-what an achievement! cambridge.org/core/journals/…

New article by @kudos4nemo, available #OpenAccess: "Red Maulanas: Revisiting Islam and the Left in twentieth-century South Asia." Layli argues "for the importance of Islamic Socialism in thinking beyond Islamic literalism." doi.org/10.1111/hic3.1… #SouthAsia #twitterstorians

I am excited to discuss @SheraliTareen's book at @ACSAMadison next month! Congratulations SherAli on publishing what promises to be a thrilling read - sitting down to read it this week.

Officially out and available for online purchase today, with many thanks to the wonderful team at @ColumbiaUP.

@4PranavPrakash and I are organizing a symposium at Madison - mark your calendars! @upennrels @ACSAMadison

What a way to start the week! An advance copy of Mbaye Lo and Carl Ernst’s “I Cannot Write My Life: Islam, Arabic, and Slavery in Omar Ibn Said’s America” arrived! Can’t wait to revisit America’s past through Omar’s eyes.

I wrote on #RanajitGuha last year. His work will continue to be one of the greatest influences on mine.

Brilliant paper from the legendary Tahera Qutbuddin on why Nahj al-Balagha has been polemically and erroneously classified as a “Shi’i” text rather than a classic of Arabic lit revered by Sunnis and Shi’is alike. Here are her concluding thoughts 👇

“In the late 18th century, a Mughal woman named Sharaf un-Nisa lived with and bore children by the first Company Supervisor of Purnea. She followed him to Britain, changed her name to Elizabeth, and converted to Christianity.” Read more by @MeganEatonRobb. doi.org/10.1093/ahr/rh…

What a lovely time working with such fantastic people and scholars. #AAS2023 @Yael_Rice @MeganEatonRobb

BOSTON!! I am here with these AMAZING scholars! Please come and hear us!!

Monday morning with manuscripts of a private collection

My Punjabi translation of J.M. Coetzee’s short story, The Dog, is out in the new issue of Pancham Magazine. Coetzee is one of the finest writers I’ve ever come across, and his work means so much to me.

In this forthcoming book with @UNC_Press, Mbaye Lo and Carl Ernst write Omar Ibn Said, the author of the only known autobiography in Arabic by an enslaved person in the US, back into history. This story is going to be a game changer and I cannot wait to see it exist in the world.

Surprised & delighted that #JunglePassports @PennPress & (very soon #YodaPress) was awarded an honourable mention for the Bernard S. Cohn Prize @AASAsianStudies @aus_anth @westsyduic @thirana1 @arpitayodapress

Please join us on Tues 21 March 12-1:15 PM EST for an online talk by Dr. Harini Kumar @harini747 for "Restoring Mosques, Preserving History," moderated by Ali Mian @RAHMArainsONme All are welcome to register at bit.ly/CGIS0321