The Heritage of Arabo-Islamic Learning ― Studies Presented to Wadad Kadi

In The Heritage of Arabo-Islamic Learning leading scholars around the world, present twenty-five studies explore diverse areas of Arabo-Islamic tradition in honor of a leading scholar and teacher, Dr. Wadad A. Kadi (Prof. Emerita, University of Chicago).

Maurice A . Pomerantz, Ph.D. (2010), University of Chicago, is Assistant Professor of Literature at New York University Abu Dhabi. He has published on Abbasid literature and literary culture of the fourth/tenth century. He is currently writing on the Maqamat of Badi? al-Zaman al-Hamadhani and the history and circulation of the maqama genre. Aram A. Shahin, Ph. D. (2009), University of Chicago, is Assistant Professor of Arabic at James Madison University. He has published on Islamic political thought and Arabic literature. He is currently working on articles on the development of the institution of the caliphate and of concepts of political legitimacy.