Antoine Borrut Publishes English Translation and Festschrift
June 06, 2023
New Publications from UMD Historian of the Middle East
The English translation of Antoine Borrut's first book will be published by Brill in July 2023 (with a new preface) under the title Between Memory and Power: The Syrian Space under the Late Umayyads and Early Abbasids (c. 72-193/692-809).
Antoine Borrut co-edited a volume entitled Mers et rivages d’Islam: de l’Atlantique à la Méditerranée. Mélanges offerts à Christophe Picard (Paris: Éditions de la Sorbonne, 2023) which was published in May. The volume consists of 25 contributions gathered in a Festschrift dedicated to Prof. Christophe Picard. Antoine’s essay in the volume is entitled “Histoires astrologiques et construction du temps culturel dans les débuts de l’islam.”