The Early Science in the Islamic World reading group meets monthly to discuss primary sources and scholarship related to various relevant themes. Readings are chosen based on participants’ own research activities in order to illuminate methodological and theoretical challenges and issues and based on the group’s ongoing discussions. Topics are varied and explore different aspects of the Islamic sciences broadly, across regions and time periods. In particular the reading group has a focus on material culture and practices, as well as exploring new approaches in the field.

In this meeting, we will read and discuss the following recent publications:
 
Chapter 4: "Magic and Medicine in Medieval Mesopotamia,” in Finbarr Barry Flood, Beate Fricke, Tales Things Tell: Material Histories of Early Globalisms, Princeton University Press, 2024.
“Part 3: "Resources," in Marcus Milwright, Islamic Arts and Crafts: An Anthology, Edinburgh University Press, 2017.