Youssef Ben Ismail

@youssefbens.bsky.social

history, law, and middle east studies at Amherst College. www.amherst.edu/people/facstaff/ybenismail

Carlo Ginzburg est mort cette nuit. Son intelligence, sa virtuosité historienne, son inventivité, son regard sur le monde, les mots et les anomalies vont beaucoup nous manquer. Des loups garous aux Caffres, de la microstoria à Piero Della Francesca, son œuvre est immense.

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‘That slavery persisted in Muslim societies well into the 20th century is undeniable. More questions need to be asked about the extent of its connection with the Atlantic trade and the forms of racialisation that underpinned it.’ Youssef Ben Ismail: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Youssef Ben Ismail · His Favourite Camel: Slavery in the Islamic World

That slavery persisted in Muslim societies well into the 20th century is undeniable. More questions need to be asked...

lrb.co.uk