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Abigail Balbale
New York University
Occupation
Assistant Professor
Contact
Department of Middle Eastern Studies
50 Washington Sq South NYU
New York NY 10012
United States
Discipline
History
Sub Areas
7th-13th Centuries
Islamic Studies
Maghreb Studies
Andalusi Studies
Mediterranean Studies
Medieval
Numismatics
Geographic Areas of Interest
Mediterranean Countries
Morocco
Spain
Syria
Specialties
Jews, Christians And Muslims In Iberia
Courtly Culture And The Dissolution Of The Calipha
Material Culture Of The Caliphate
Languages
Arabic (advanced)
French (advanced)
Spanish (advanced)
Latin (intermediate)
Education
PhD | 2012 | History and Middle Eastern Studies | Harvard University
MA | 2007 | Hist | Harvard U
BA | 2003 | Humanities & NELC | Yale U
Abstracts
Rex Lupus, uasallus regi Ildefonso: Vassalage and clientage across religious lines in twelfth-century Iberia Text as Relic: Arabic Inscriptions as Mediators between the Material and Divine American Alhambras: The Shriners, Islam and al-Andalus in 20th c. America