Sebastian Prange wins the American Historical Association’s John F. Richards Prize
Sebastian Prange’s book, “Monsoon Islam: Trade and Faith on the Medieval Malabar Coast” (Cambridge Univ. Press), was recently awarded the American Historical Association’s John F. Richards Prize recognizing the most distinguished work of scholarship on South Asian history in 2018. “Monsoon Islam” was also recently awarded the AHA’s Pacific Coast Branch Book Award recognizing […]
Coll Thrush’s Global Seminar “In Search of Indigenous London”
Coll Thrush’s book Indigenous London: Native Travellers at the Heart of Empire served as the groundwork for an exciting Global Seminar that took place for the second time this past summer. The six week Global Seminar “In Search of Indigenous London” was offered by UBC’s First Nations and Indigenous Studies (FNIS) and taught by […]
HIST280: Q&A with Sebastian Prange
In anticipation of the Fall semester, Sebastian Prange answers a short Q&A on his upcoming course HIST280: Islamic World History. Can you explain the image and its significance? Why did you choose it? SP: The image is of Salāh al-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb (1137-93), who is known in the West as Saladin. He is one […]