Sarah R. bin Tyeer
@sarahrbintyeer.bsky.social
Scholar of adab, Arabic and Comparative Literature
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New article alert!
How did theorists in the medieval Middle East standardize techniques for connecting texts composed in different languages? Join us in examining the long history of comparative literary theory through the premodern lens of ‘approximation’.
How did theorists in the medieval Middle East standardize techniques for connecting texts composed in different languages? Join us in examining the long history of comparative literary theory through the premodern lens of ‘approximation’.
July 28, 2026 at 5:59 PM
New article alert!
How did theorists in the medieval Middle East standardize techniques for connecting texts composed in different languages? Join us in examining the long history of comparative literary theory through the premodern lens of ‘approximation’.
How did theorists in the medieval Middle East standardize techniques for connecting texts composed in different languages? Join us in examining the long history of comparative literary theory through the premodern lens of ‘approximation’.
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No more slop: a manifesto
The deluge of AI slop has arrived. What is to be done?
open.substack.com/pub/ajab/p/n...
The deluge of AI slop has arrived. What is to be done?
open.substack.com/pub/ajab/p/n...
June 7, 2026 at 9:57 PM
No more slop: a manifesto
The deluge of AI slop has arrived. What is to be done?
open.substack.com/pub/ajab/p/n...
The deluge of AI slop has arrived. What is to be done?
open.substack.com/pub/ajab/p/n...
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Very proud to announce the publication of my first book, "Feeling Like Lovers: Affect in Medieval Sufism."
Buy it from @ucpress.bsky.social for 30% discount (use promo code UCPSAVE30) at: www.ucpress.edu/books/feelin...
And, its open access! Download for free: webfiles.ucpress.edu/oa/978052042...
Buy it from @ucpress.bsky.social for 30% discount (use promo code UCPSAVE30) at: www.ucpress.edu/books/feelin...
And, its open access! Download for free: webfiles.ucpress.edu/oa/978052042...
May 11, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Very proud to announce the publication of my first book, "Feeling Like Lovers: Affect in Medieval Sufism."
Buy it from @ucpress.bsky.social for 30% discount (use promo code UCPSAVE30) at: www.ucpress.edu/books/feelin...
And, its open access! Download for free: webfiles.ucpress.edu/oa/978052042...
Buy it from @ucpress.bsky.social for 30% discount (use promo code UCPSAVE30) at: www.ucpress.edu/books/feelin...
And, its open access! Download for free: webfiles.ucpress.edu/oa/978052042...
So happy to have been part of the wonderful conference at UPENN in April 2022 and to see the wonderful proceedings edited by Jamal Elias with brilliant colleagues!
March 22, 2026 at 3:37 PM
So happy to have been part of the wonderful conference at UPENN in April 2022 and to see the wonderful proceedings edited by Jamal Elias with brilliant colleagues!
Graduate School of Islamic Humanities: Approaches to the Study of Islam
To be held in Leiden, Netherlands.
13-17 July 2026
Open to all PhD candidates in Islamic studies and early career scholars.
To be held in Leiden, Netherlands.
13-17 July 2026
Open to all PhD candidates in Islamic studies and early career scholars.
February 20, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Graduate School of Islamic Humanities: Approaches to the Study of Islam
To be held in Leiden, Netherlands.
13-17 July 2026
Open to all PhD candidates in Islamic studies and early career scholars.
To be held in Leiden, Netherlands.
13-17 July 2026
Open to all PhD candidates in Islamic studies and early career scholars.
The Qur’an and the Aesthetics of Premodern Arabic Prose is now available in Arabic.
احسن القصص: القرآن و النثر العربي القديم، متوفر في معرض الكتاب بالقاهرة
احسن القصص: القرآن و النثر العربي القديم، متوفر في معرض الكتاب بالقاهرة
January 12, 2026 at 11:41 AM
The Qur’an and the Aesthetics of Premodern Arabic Prose is now available in Arabic.
احسن القصص: القرآن و النثر العربي القديم، متوفر في معرض الكتاب بالقاهرة
احسن القصص: القرآن و النثر العربي القديم، متوفر في معرض الكتاب بالقاهرة
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New Medieval Books: The Crusades and the Far-Right in the Twenty-First Century www.medievalists.net/2024/12/new-... #crusades
New Medieval Books: The Crusades and the Far-Right in the Twenty-First Century - Medievalists.net
The five essays in this collection explore how the Crusades continue to serve as a powerful historical symbol within Far-Right extremism. This influence is evident in acts of terrorism, political…
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December 29, 2025 at 12:17 PM
New Medieval Books: The Crusades and the Far-Right in the Twenty-First Century www.medievalists.net/2024/12/new-... #crusades
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New Medieval Books: The Emergence of Arabic Poetry www.medievalists.net/2024/12/new-... #poetry
New Medieval Books: The Emergence of Arabic Poetry - Medievalists.net
Offering a fresh look at the origins and development of Arabic poetry, this book argues that pre-Islamic poetry reflected regional identities and that later Islamic scholars favoured a specific style…
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December 27, 2025 at 3:17 PM
New Medieval Books: The Emergence of Arabic Poetry www.medievalists.net/2024/12/new-... #poetry
I am delighted to share that my new book The Well-Tempered Reader from the @ucpress.bsky.social is out! Please use code UCPSAVE30 for a 30% discount. The book is also open access.
November 8, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I am delighted to share that my new book The Well-Tempered Reader from the @ucpress.bsky.social is out! Please use code UCPSAVE30 for a 30% discount. The book is also open access.
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Professor Brinkley Messick left behind deeply researched, lovingly crafted, and beautifully written books. But perhaps his most enduring legacy remains his decency.
August 15, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Professor Brinkley Messick left behind deeply researched, lovingly crafted, and beautifully written books. But perhaps his most enduring legacy remains his decency.
Hey @netflix.com
Take notes.
Take notes.
Are there any good movies about the Byzantine Empire? I mean surely Theodosius, Justinian, or my main man Heraclius (and some of their wars and intrigues, e.g., Heraclius v. Khusrau II) deserve cinematic treatment. Maybe there are Greek films? Seriously asking.
February 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Hey @netflix.com
Take notes.
Take notes.
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/postmedieval/ is launching a new mentorship programme to facilitate publication for scholars whose first language is not English.
👇 find all the details here 👇
sites.google.com/view/postmed...
👇 find all the details here 👇
sites.google.com/view/postmed...
February 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
/postmedieval/ is launching a new mentorship programme to facilitate publication for scholars whose first language is not English.
👇 find all the details here 👇
sites.google.com/view/postmed...
👇 find all the details here 👇
sites.google.com/view/postmed...
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I wrote the entry on Sayyid Sharif-i Jurjani for EI3 Online and it has just been published. I am very grateful to the editors of EI3 at Brill. The article was supposed to be just 1000 words, but they accepted a significantly longer piece.
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referenceworks.brill.com/display/entr...
January 29, 2025 at 8:42 AM
I wrote the entry on Sayyid Sharif-i Jurjani for EI3 Online and it has just been published. I am very grateful to the editors of EI3 at Brill. The article was supposed to be just 1000 words, but they accepted a significantly longer piece.
referenceworks.brill.com/display/entr...
referenceworks.brill.com/display/entr...
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And so we begin 2025! Check out our new article abt how Ibn Khaldun uses al-Idrisi's maps!
New article alert!
Ibn Khaldūn’s Muqaddima offers the most extended reading of a series of maps known from medieval literature. In this article, Alfred Hiatt parses Ibn Khaldūn’s text alongside manuscripts of al-Idrīsī’s 12th-cent. geography, prompting questions about Ibn Khaldūn’s art of history
Ibn Khaldūn’s Muqaddima offers the most extended reading of a series of maps known from medieval literature. In this article, Alfred Hiatt parses Ibn Khaldūn’s text alongside manuscripts of al-Idrīsī’s 12th-cent. geography, prompting questions about Ibn Khaldūn’s art of history
January 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM
And so we begin 2025! Check out our new article abt how Ibn Khaldun uses al-Idrisi's maps!
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Here is a thread of California animal welfare orgs who need donations to help deal with the wildfire crisis (but they VERY DESPERATELY need adopters and foster homes too if you live close enough to help in that way):
1. Los Angeles County Animal Care: ambvzmmw.donorsupport.co/page/FUNAFLE...
1. Los Angeles County Animal Care: ambvzmmw.donorsupport.co/page/FUNAFLE...
Help Stop Animal Suffering
Your gift to the Los Angeles County Animal Care Foundation will help sustain programs that benefit animals in so many ways. From emergency rescue to life-saving medical care and adoption programs, you...
ambvzmmw.donorsupport.co
January 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Here is a thread of California animal welfare orgs who need donations to help deal with the wildfire crisis (but they VERY DESPERATELY need adopters and foster homes too if you live close enough to help in that way):
1. Los Angeles County Animal Care: ambvzmmw.donorsupport.co/page/FUNAFLE...
1. Los Angeles County Animal Care: ambvzmmw.donorsupport.co/page/FUNAFLE...
A timely and important Lecture by Dr. Yasmin Amin in Arabic.
ماذا حدث لنصف البشريَّة؟
هل تمَّ اسْتِبعاد النِّساء من أنْ يُصبِحن "إنسانً كاملاً"؟
المحاضرة باللغة العربيّة عبر الزوم والتسجيل على الرابط التالي
www.iis.ac.uk/events/what-...
ماذا حدث لنصف البشريَّة؟
هل تمَّ اسْتِبعاد النِّساء من أنْ يُصبِحن "إنسانً كاملاً"؟
المحاضرة باللغة العربيّة عبر الزوم والتسجيل على الرابط التالي
www.iis.ac.uk/events/what-...
What happened to half of humanity?
Yasmin Amin explores the Qur'anic term al-insān al-kāmil and its application to both men and women in an Arabic-language lecture on 9 January at 16:30pm BST.
www.iis.ac.uk
January 5, 2025 at 12:48 PM
A timely and important Lecture by Dr. Yasmin Amin in Arabic.
ماذا حدث لنصف البشريَّة؟
هل تمَّ اسْتِبعاد النِّساء من أنْ يُصبِحن "إنسانً كاملاً"؟
المحاضرة باللغة العربيّة عبر الزوم والتسجيل على الرابط التالي
www.iis.ac.uk/events/what-...
ماذا حدث لنصف البشريَّة؟
هل تمَّ اسْتِبعاد النِّساء من أنْ يُصبِحن "إنسانً كاملاً"؟
المحاضرة باللغة العربيّة عبر الزوم والتسجيل على الرابط التالي
www.iis.ac.uk/events/what-...
Taste the Differance
Derrida’s rushing around Sainsbury’s to get his last few bits. He always gets stuff from the Taste the Differance range.
December 25, 2024 at 11:13 AM
Taste the Differance
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Discipline and Nourish.
December 25, 2024 at 12:25 AM
Discipline and Nourish.
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My regular suggestion: At the end of the semester why not reach out to someone whose work you taught and let them know? These days we have very little idea who teaches our stuff and in what contexts. It takes almost no time and can really make their day.
December 14, 2024 at 5:16 PM
My regular suggestion: At the end of the semester why not reach out to someone whose work you taught and let them know? These days we have very little idea who teaches our stuff and in what contexts. It takes almost no time and can really make their day.
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more specifics to come, but for now: 618 pages, hot off the press!! check out the new issue of @alusuralwusta.bsky.social
I'd go take a nap to recover, but we already have three articles in production and some more in the pipeline. 2025 is going to be fun!
I'd go take a nap to recover, but we already have three articles in production and some more in the pipeline. 2025 is going to be fun!
Al-ʿUsur al-Wusta
Middle East Medievalists (MEM) is an international professional non-profit association of scholars interested in the study of the Islamic lands of the Middle East during the medieval period (defined r...
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December 13, 2024 at 4:32 PM
more specifics to come, but for now: 618 pages, hot off the press!! check out the new issue of @alusuralwusta.bsky.social
I'd go take a nap to recover, but we already have three articles in production and some more in the pipeline. 2025 is going to be fun!
I'd go take a nap to recover, but we already have three articles in production and some more in the pipeline. 2025 is going to be fun!
"Another benefit, Stahuljak said, is that the platform can help professors ensure consistent delivery of course material. Now that her teaching materials are organized into a coherent text, another instructor could lead the course..."
newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/comp...
newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/comp...
Comparative lit class will be first in Humanities Division to use UCLA-developed AI system
The textbook for Zrinka Stahuljak’s winter 2025 course is generated by the Kudu platform.
newsroom.ucla.edu
December 8, 2024 at 11:50 PM
"Another benefit, Stahuljak said, is that the platform can help professors ensure consistent delivery of course material. Now that her teaching materials are organized into a coherent text, another instructor could lead the course..."
newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/comp...
newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/comp...
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I’ve made a starter pack for people interested in literature and theology/religion - please share and let me know if you would like to be added!
I’ve made a starter pack for people interested in literature and theology/religion - please share and let me know if you would like to be added!
November 16, 2024 at 3:45 PM
go.bsky.app/PGTCboR
I’ve made a starter pack for people interested in literature and theology/religion - please share and let me know if you would like to be added!
I’ve made a starter pack for people interested in literature and theology/religion - please share and let me know if you would like to be added!
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Great interview from LARB with our contributor Jokha Alharthi! Check out her work on our site:
wordswithoutborders.org/contributors...
wordswithoutborders.org/contributors...
December 6, 2024 at 3:14 PM
Great interview from LARB with our contributor Jokha Alharthi! Check out her work on our site:
wordswithoutborders.org/contributors...
wordswithoutborders.org/contributors...