Anna Akasoy
Anna Ayșe Akasoy is a German orientalist and professor of Islamic intellectual history at the Graduate Center, CUNY. Akasoy works on the intellectual history of Islam, especially of al-Andalus, on Islamic philosophy as well as on Arab veterinary medicine, falconry and hunting.
Career
[edit]Akasoy studied oriental studies, history and philosophy at the Goethe University Frankfurt in Germany, where she received her doctorate in oriental studies in 2005.[1] Until 2008 she worked as a research assistant at the Warburg Institute, London, on the project Islam and Tibet: Cultural Interactions, 8th-17th Centuries.[2] This was followed by positions as a lecturer and research assistant at the Oriental Faculty of the University of Oxford and as associate professor at Hunter College in New York City.[3] As of 2024[update], Akasoy is professor of Islamic intellectual history at the Graduate Center, CUNY.[1]
Books
[edit]Akasoy's books include:
- The Arabic Version of the Nicomachean Ethics (edited with Alexander Fidora, Brill, 2005)[4]
- Das Falken- und Hundebuch des Kalifen al-Mutawakkil: Ein arabischer Traktat aus dem 9 Jahrhundert (edited and translated with Stefan Georges, Akademie, 2005)[5]
- Philosophie und Mystik in der späten Almohadenzeit, die sizilianischen Fragen des Ibn Sab'īn (Brill, 2006)[6]
- Islamic Crosspollinations: Interactions in the Medieval Middle East (edited with James E. Montgomery and Peter E. Pormann, The E. J. W. Gibb Memorial Trust, 2007)[7]
- Astro-Medicine: Astrology and Medicine, East and West (edited with Charles Burnett and Ronit Yoeli-Tlalim, Sismel–Edizioni del Galluzzo, 2008)[8]
- Islam and Tibet: Interactions along the Musk Routes (edited with Charles Burnett and Ronit Yoeli-Tlalim, Ashgate, 2010)[9]
- Rashīd al-Dīn: Agent and Mediator of Cultural Exchanges in Ilkhanid Iran (edited with Charles Burnett and Ronit Yoeli-Tlalim, The Warburg Institute, 2013)[10]
- Renaissance Averroism and Its Aftermath: Arabic Philosophy in Early Modern Europe (edited with Guido Giglioni, Springer, 2013)[11]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Anna Akasoy". CUNY.
- ^ "Islam and Tibet: Cultural Interactions (8th-17th Centuries)". The Warburg Institute. 2008-10-27. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
- ^ "Dr. Anna Ayșe Akasoy". ceres.rub.de (in German). 2021-11-06. Archived from the original on 2021-04-19. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
- ^ Review of The Arabic Version of the Nicomachean Ethics: José Meirinhos, Filosofia, doi:10.21747/974
- ^ Review of Das Falken- und Hundebuch des Kalifen al-Mutawakkil: Emilie Savage-Smith, Bulletin of the History of Medicine, JSTOR 44448561
- ^ Reviews of Philosophie und Mystik in der späten Almohadenzeit: Jules Janssens, "A Remarkable Thirteenth-Century Compendium of “Aristotelian” Philosophy: Ibn Sab’Ðn’s Sicilian Questions (Re: A Text and Study by Anna Akasoy)", Bulletin de Philosophie Médiévale, doi:10.1484/J.BPM.2.305764; Patrizia Spallino, Oriente Moderno, JSTOR 25818167; F. Woerther, Bulletin d'études orientales, JSTOR 41608584
- ^ Reviews of Islamic Crosspollinations: Francis Robinson, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, doi:10.1017/S1356186308009498; Kevin van Bladel, Journal of Islamic Studies, doi:10.1093/jis/etp021
- ^ Reviews of Astro-Medicine: Andrew Gregory, Medical History, doi:10.1017/S0025727300006530; Iolanda Ventura, Cahiers de Recherches Médiévales et Humanistes, doi:10.4000/crm.11782
- ^ Reviews of Islam and Tibet: Jacqueline Fewkes, Himalaya, [1]; Bianca Horlemann, Études Mongoles et Sibériennes Centrasiatiques et Tibétaines, doi:10.4000/emscat.2183; A.C. McKay, The Tibet Journal, [2]; Sam van Schaik, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, doi:10.1017/S0041977X11000590
- ^ Review of Rashīd al-Dīn: Frantz Chaigne, Abstracta Iranica, doi:10.4000/abstractairanica.42180
- ^ Reviews of Renaissance Averroism and Its Aftermath: Steven Harvey, Journal of the History of Philosophy, doi:10.1353/hph.2014.0064; Lucian Petrescu, Journal of Early and Modern Studies, [3]
External links
[edit]- Academia.edu: Persönliche Seite am Hunter College
- Persönliche Seite an der Ruhr-Universität-Bochum
- Publikationsliste an der Ruhr-Universität-Bochum
- Präsentation auf der Seite der Zeitschrift Trivium
