Dr. Maya Shatzmiller
Fellow
Current Employer
Western University
Election Year
2003
Academy
Academy of the Arts and Humanities
Discipline
History
Department
Department of History
Keywords
middle east, economics, medieval
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A leading scholar of the medieval Islamic Middle East and North Africa, Professor Maya Shatzmiller has revolutionized our understanding of the social, economic, and legal foundations of Islamic societies. Internationally recognized as overturning received notions of monolithic rigidities, Shatzmiller has broken significant new ground in the history of work, women's involvement in economic affairs, and in Islamic legal and political practice. In numerous books and articles in English, French and Arabic, in scholarly presentations, and in teaching, Shatzmiller has conveyed the complexity of Islamic inheritances and their role in shaping modern multicultural societies.
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A leading scholar of the medieval Islamic Middle East and North Africa, Maya Shatzmiller has revolutionized our understanding of the social, economic, and legal foundations of Islamic societies. She has broken significant new ground in the history of work, women's involvement in economic affairs, and in Islamic legal and political practice.
A leading scholar of the medieval Islamic Middle East and North Africa, Professor Maya Shatzmiller has revolutionized our understanding of the social, economic, and legal foundations of Islamic societies. Internationally recognized as overturning received notions of monolithic rigidities, Shatzmiller has broken significant new ground in the history of work, women's involvement in economic affairs, and in Islamic legal and political practice. In numerous books and articles in English, French and Arabic, in scholarly presentations, and in teaching, Shatzmiller has conveyed the complexity of Islamic inheritances and their role in shaping modern multicultural societies.
SHORT
A leading scholar of the medieval Islamic Middle East and North Africa, Maya Shatzmiller has revolutionized our understanding of the social, economic, and legal foundations of Islamic societies. She has broken significant new ground in the history of work, women's involvement in economic affairs, and in Islamic legal and political practice.