| Matthee publishes book on the history of alcohol in the Islamic world | Matthee publishes book on the history of alcohol in the Islamic world | ;matthee; | 4/21/2023 4:00:00 AM | | <p><strong>Rudi Matthee</strong>, John and Dorothy Munroe Distinguished Professor of History, published <em>Angels Tapping at the Wine-shop’s Door: A History of Alcohol in the Islamic World</em> (Hurst/Oxford
University Press, 2023). Islam is the only major world religion that
resists the juggernaut of alcohol consumption. In many Islamic
countries, alcohol is banned; in others, it plays little role in social
life. Yet, Muslims throughout history did drink, often to excess ―
whether sultans and shahs in their palaces or commoners in taverns run
by Jews or Christians. This evocative study delves into drinking’s many
historic, literary and social manifestations in Islam, going beyond
references to ‘hypocrisy’ or the temptations of ‘forbidden fruit.’ This
book argues that alcohol, through its ‘absence’ as much as its presence,
takes us to the heart of Islam. Exploring the long history of this
faith ― from the eight-century Umayyad dynasty to Erdoğan’s Turkey, and
from Islamic Spain to modern Pakistan ― Matthee unearths a tradition of
diversity and multiplicity in which Muslims drank and found myriad
excuses to do so. They celebrated wine and used it as a poetic metaphor,
even viewing alcohol as a gift from God ― the key to unlocking eternal
truth. Drawing on a plethora of sources in multiple languages, this
study presents Islam not as an austere and uncompromising faith, but as a
set of beliefs and practices that embrace ambivalence, allowing for
ambiguity and even contradiction.<br></p> | | Uncropped Vertical | | GP0|#e59b718f-f2f3-4654-8986-5eea60d4f90b;L0|#0e59b718f-f2f3-4654-8986-5eea60d4f90b|Publications;GTSet|#0a3b6244-764a-4413-b2f1-4b4c15da868c | 2023.00000000000 | https://www.cas.udel.edu/Lists/ForTheRecord/DispForm.aspx?ID=302 | |
| Mattee speaks about upcoming book | Mattee speaks about upcoming book | ;matthee; | 3/24/2023 4:00:00 AM | | <p><strong>Rudi Matthee</strong>, John and Dorothy Munroe Distinguished Professor of History, gave a book talk about his forthcoming study, <em>Angels Tapping at the Wine-shop’s Door: A History of Alcohol in the Islamic World</em>, at the University of Pennsylvania, March 15, 2023. <br></p> | | Uncropped Vertical | | GP0|#d586cffd-ad4b-45b9-8581-f6a2bbf70d87;L0|#0d586cffd-ad4b-45b9-8581-f6a2bbf70d87|Presentations;GTSet|#0a3b6244-764a-4413-b2f1-4b4c15da868c | 2023.00000000000 | https://www.cas.udel.edu/Lists/ForTheRecord/DispForm.aspx?ID=294 | |
| Poole heads online Renaissance resource | Poole heads online Renaissance resource | ;kpoole;mkray;monicadt;jyates; | 3/17/2023 4:00:00 AM | | <p><strong>Kristen Poole</strong>, Ned B. Allen Professor of English, is the general editor of <a href="https://www.taylorfrancis.com/rrorw/?context=rrorw" title="https://www.taylorfrancis.com/rrorw/?context=rrorw">Routledge Resources Online - The Renaissance World</a> currently
available to the public, with a full launch schedule for summer 2023.
Poole began working with Routledge in 2017 to create this large-scale
digital platform that includes essays on the global Renaissance from
scholars across the disciplinary spectrum, including UD faculty <strong>Meredith K. Ray</strong>, Elias Ahuja Professor of Italian; <strong>Mónica Domínguez Torres</strong>, professor of art history with a joint appointment in Latin American and Iberian studies; and <strong>Julian Yates</strong>,
H. Fletcher Brown Professor of English, among experts drawn from other
institutions. “‘Renaissance’ is itself a fraught term, as is the very
question of how, or even whether, to divide the past into discrete eras.
Our authors do not hold a monolithic notion of ‘Renaissance’ as a
clearly defined time or movement. This resource invites a fresh take on
the period by emphasizing its movement and intersection—the travel of
people, ideas and objects,” Poole says.</p> | | Uncropped Vertical | | GP0|#e59b718f-f2f3-4654-8986-5eea60d4f90b;L0|#0e59b718f-f2f3-4654-8986-5eea60d4f90b|Publications;GTSet|#0a3b6244-764a-4413-b2f1-4b4c15da868c | 2023.00000000000 | https://www.cas.udel.edu/Lists/ForTheRecord/DispForm.aspx?ID=293 | |
| Norwood awarded fellowship | Norwood awarded fellowship | ;dnorwood; | 3/10/2023 5:00:00 AM | | <p><strong>Dael Norwood</strong>, assistant professor of history, was recently
awarded a George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
Fellowship for 2023-24. The fellowship will support work on his new book
project, <em>The Beginnings of the Businessman</em>, a study of how and why the “businessman” emerged as a potent political and cultural identity in modern America.<br></p> | | Uncropped Vertical | | GP0|#99d961eb-8936-415c-9024-28a13cec289a;L0|#099d961eb-8936-415c-9024-28a13cec289a|Awards and Honors;GTSet|#0a3b6244-764a-4413-b2f1-4b4c15da868c | 2023.00000000000 | https://www.cas.udel.edu/Lists/ForTheRecord/DispForm.aspx?ID=292 | |
| Matthee presents at The Hali Colloquium | Matthee presents at The Hali Colloquium | ;matthee; | 2/17/2023 5:00:00 AM | | <p><strong>Rudi Matthee</strong>, John and Dorothy Munroe Distinguished Professor of
History, presented “Wool Trade, Kerman as an Economic Nexus,” as part
of The Hali Colloquium in Italy 2023: Kerman Carpets of the Safavid
Period (1501-1736), on Jan. 10, 2023, by Zoom. <br></p> | | Uncropped Vertical | | GP0|#d586cffd-ad4b-45b9-8581-f6a2bbf70d87;L0|#0d586cffd-ad4b-45b9-8581-f6a2bbf70d87|Presentations;GTSet|#0a3b6244-764a-4413-b2f1-4b4c15da868c | 2023.00000000000 | https://www.cas.udel.edu/Lists/ForTheRecord/DispForm.aspx?ID=284 | |
| Virdi researches the history of pelvic health | Virdi researches the history of pelvic health | ; jvirdi; | 2/17/2023 5:00:00 AM | | <p><strong><a href="https://www.history.udel.edu/people/faculty/jvirdi" title="https://www.history.udel.edu/people/faculty/jvirdi">Jaipreet Virdi</a>,</strong>
associate professor of history, is part of a research team based at
Vancouver Island University that was awarded more than $500,000 from
the <a href="https://cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/193.html" title="https://cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/193.html" target="_blank">Canadian Institutes on Health Research</a> (CIHR) for a project examining the history of pelvic health and public health in Canada. The <a href="https://webapps.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/decisions/p/project_details.html?applId=470017&lang=en" target="_blank">five-year project</a> explores
how pelvic health issues, their associated treatments and shortcomings
in care became a public health concern in the late-1960’s and 2000, a
time when feminist activists brought attention to women's health. Virdi
joins with co-investigators to create 10-15 historical case studies of
underexplored pelvic health issues and partner with Indigenous
communities in British Columbia and Alberta, as well as local
communities. Virdi plans to work with local South Asian communities to
write a study on the history of endometriosis. Additional outcomes
include graphic history and film, digital archives and oral histories of
key figures in the feminist health movement and the experiences of
pelvic healthcare providers and service users. The project will provide
researchers and practitioners across the country with essential
historical context to inform contemporary health policy and efforts to
address inequities in women’s health. Only 20% of the proposals
submitted to the CIHR for awards in 2023 were funded.<br></p> | | Uncropped Vertical | | GP0|#6db99fdb-00c1-4351-83a6-46de89e19c2d;L0|#06db99fdb-00c1-4351-83a6-46de89e19c2d|Research;GTSet|#0a3b6244-764a-4413-b2f1-4b4c15da868c | 2023.00000000000 | https://www.cas.udel.edu/Lists/ForTheRecord/DispForm.aspx?ID=285 | |
| Matthee publishes on social and economic issues | Matthee publishes on social and economic issues | ;matthee; | 2/3/2023 5:00:00 AM | | <p><strong>Rudi Matthee</strong>, John and Dorothy Munroe Distinguished Professor of
History, had nine of his articles dealing with social and economic
issues in the Safavid period translated into Persian:<em> Halqa’ha-ye gomshoda. Barg’ha-i az tarikh-e eqtesadi va ejtema‘i-ye Iran-e ‘asr-e Safavi (Majmu‘eh-ye maqalat</em>, trans. Somiyeh Khanipur (Tehran: Nashr-e Tarikh-e Iran, 1341/2023).</p> | | Uncropped Vertical | | GP0|#e59b718f-f2f3-4654-8986-5eea60d4f90b;L0|#0e59b718f-f2f3-4654-8986-5eea60d4f90b|Publications;GTSet|#0a3b6244-764a-4413-b2f1-4b4c15da868c | 2023.00000000000 | https://www.cas.udel.edu/Lists/ForTheRecord/DispForm.aspx?ID=281 | |
| Cohen authors essay on history of a baby cradle | Cohen authors essay on history of a baby cradle | | 10/21/2022 4:00:00 AM | | <p><strong>Ken Cohen</strong>, associate professor of history and director of Museum
Studies and Public Engagement, is the author of a new peer-reviewed
essay about the history of a baby cradle that has been erroneously
associated with enslaved labor but actually was produced by 19th-century
incarcerated labor. The article, "Cradling the Past: Labor and Memory
in American Furniture History," is published in <a href="https://chipstone.org/issue.php/50/American-Furniture-2022" title="https://chipstone.org/issue.php/50/American-Furniture-2022"><em>American Furniture</em> 29</a> (2021/22):
1-27. He is also lead editor of the Smithsonian's first catalog of its
iconic pop culture collections, which will serve
as the catalog for the first major long-term exhibition on the same
subject, opening in December. The book, <em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Entertainment-Nation-Television-Sports-Theater/dp/1588347249">Entertainment Nation: How Music, Television, Film, Sports and Theater Shaped theUnited States </a></em>(Smithsonian
Books), is co-edited with John W. Troutman and features a foreword by
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, along with essays by Billie Jean King, John Legend,
Jill Lepore, Aasif Mandvi and others.</p> | | Uncropped Vertical | | GP0|#e59b718f-f2f3-4654-8986-5eea60d4f90b;L0|#0e59b718f-f2f3-4654-8986-5eea60d4f90b|Publications;GTSet|#0a3b6244-764a-4413-b2f1-4b4c15da868c | 2022.00000000000 | https://www.cas.udel.edu/Lists/ForTheRecord/DispForm.aspx?ID=244 | |
| Trembanis and Ryan speak on Historic Sussex County | Trembanis and Ryan speak on Historic Sussex County | | 10/14/2022 4:00:00 AM | | <p>On Oct. 6, 2022, <strong>Sarah Trembanis</strong>, Associate in Arts Program professor of history, along with AAP graduate and current UD junior <strong>Haley Ryan</strong> presented
a talk at the Bethany Beach Fire Hall, entitled "Cat Hill Cemetery: An
Investigation in Historic Sussex County." Their talk was based on
research undertaken through a 2022 Community Engagement Initiative
summer fellows grant and in partnership with the South Bethany
Historical Society. Ryan is majoring in history and minoring in both
women and gender studies and domestic violence prevention and
services. The project was the subject of a recent article in the <a href="https://www.coastalpoint.com/news/communities/southbethany/south-bethany-cemetery-set-to-reveal-secrets/article_8609c394-f890-11ec-b908-636d7e933e25.html">Coastal Point</a> newspaper.</p> | | Uncropped Vertical | | GP0|#d586cffd-ad4b-45b9-8581-f6a2bbf70d87;L0|#0d586cffd-ad4b-45b9-8581-f6a2bbf70d87|Presentations;GTSet|#0a3b6244-764a-4413-b2f1-4b4c15da868c | 2022.00000000000 | https://www.cas.udel.edu/Lists/ForTheRecord/DispForm.aspx?ID=235 | |
| Matthee publishes book in Persian | Matthee publishes book in Persian | | 9/30/2022 4:00:00 AM | | <p><strong>Rudi Matthee</strong>, John and Dorothy Munroe Distinguished Professor of History, had his <em>The Politics of Trade in Safavid iran: Silk for Silver, 1600-1730 </em>(1999) translated into Persian as <em>Siyasat-e tejarat dar Iran-e Safavi. Abrisham dar barabar-e noqreh 1600-1730</em>, transl. Mani Salehi 'Allameh (Tehran: Farhang-e Javid, 1401/2022).</p> | | Uncropped Vertical | | GP0|#e59b718f-f2f3-4654-8986-5eea60d4f90b;L0|#0e59b718f-f2f3-4654-8986-5eea60d4f90b|Publications;GTSet|#0a3b6244-764a-4413-b2f1-4b4c15da868c | 2022.00000000000 | https://www.cas.udel.edu/Lists/ForTheRecord/DispForm.aspx?ID=217 | |
