![]() His publications include The Middle East in the Middle Ages, The Arabian Nights: A Companion (Penguin, 1994), Islamic Art (Laurence King, 1997) and numerous other specialized studies of Middle Eastern politics, art, and mysticism. He is the director of a small publishing company and is also Middle East editor of The Times Literary Supplement and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He has also lectured on Arabic and Middle Eastern history at the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and London. ![]() ![]() Robert Irwin read modern history at Oxford and taught medieval history at the University of St. Join distinguished historian and public intellectual Robert Irwin as he follows the fortunes of this storied traveler. But what explains the modern transmutation of Sinbad from a cautious merchant into a swashbuckling sailor? Like all tales of marvels in faraway places, it served pious purposes as well. The Arabic story cycle of the Thousand and One Nights is Indian in origin, Sinbad’s adventures reflecting real-life Indian, Persian, and Arab maritime commerce. ![]() 2007 Undergraduate Humanities Forum Research Conference Keynote ![]()
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