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Arabia Before Islam
- Date:
- Thursday, 04 Feb 2021
- Time:
- 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- Location:
- Online - Registration link: https://msu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DOGDctIqSX6UvJwedb-adg
- Department:
- Asian Studies Center
Event Details:
Webinar lecture by Ahmad Al-Jallad
Sofia Chair in Arabic Studies
& Associate Professor
Ohio State University
Ahmad Al-Jallad is a philologist, epigraphist, and historian of language. His work focuses on the languages and writing systems of pre-Islamic Arabia and the ancient Near East.
His latest book explores Arabic's transformation as it crosses the pre-Islam – Islam divide: "Damascus Psalm Fragment: Middle Arabic and the Legacy of Old ḤigÄÂzÄ«"
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