Dr Konrad Hirschler
Konrad Hirschler studied History and Islamic Studies in Hamburg, Bir-Zeit (Palestinian Territories) and London where he also completed his PhD. After fours years at the University of Kiel (Germany) he joined the History Department of the School of Oriental and African Studies in 2007 and is currently Senior Lecturer. His research focuses on Egypt and Syria in the medieval period with a special interest in social history, intellectual history and the Crusades. He is the author of Medieval Arabic Historiography: Authors as Actors (RoutledgeCurzon, 2006) and is completing a book on reading practices in the medieval Arabic lands. He has worked as academic consultant for media programs on topics such as the Crusades.