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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:The First Poetic Sīrah in the Context of the Relationship Between Literature and History: Muhammad Wali’s Sīrat al-Nabī
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SUMMARY:The First Poetic Sīrah in the Context of the Relationship Between Literature and History: Muhammad Wali’s Sīrat al-Nabī
DESCRIPTION:<p><strong>The Center for Middle Eastern Studies</strong> presents</p><p><span><strong>Aygün Uzunöz</strong></span><br>Research Assistant (Dr.) in the Department of Islamic History and Arts at Ankara Yildırim Beyazit University; Visiting Scholar at CMES.</p><p>Uzunoz’s research focuses on early Islamic historiography, narrative constructions in historical sources, the political and social dimensions of historical writing, and the philosophy of history. Her doctoral dissertation, "Narrative Constructions in Islamic Historiography: The Accession Narratives Mu‘awiya and Abū’l-‘Abbās," examined how narrative strategies shaped historical memory and political legitimacy in early Islamic historical sources. She is currently a full-time faculty member in the Department of Islamic History and Arts at Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University.</p><p>As a Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University, she is working on a project examining the influence of Persian Sīrah historiography on Ottoman Sīrah texts from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries, with particular emphasis on translation, adaptation, and intellectual exchange.</p><p><strong>Contact:</strong> <a href="mailto:eaf073@fas.harvard.edu">Liz Flanagan</a></p>
LOCATION:CMES, Rm 102
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