Musheղ Asatryan
@as-mush.bsky.social
Historian | Islam, Late Antiquity, sectarianism, heresy and stuff | Assoc. Prof. at UCalgary
https://ucalgary.academia.edu/MusheghAsatryan
https://ucalgary.academia.edu/MusheghAsatryan
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first article of 2026! and this one comes with a sound file to imagine the chatter & noises that filled the air of a Sasanian city.
Have you ever wondered what a Sasanian city sounded like? We can imagine the sounds of the past if we pay close attention to material, historical, & archaeological sources. Check out this new article on the soundscapes of Eranshahr-- & be sure to download the sound file for an immersive experience
January 28, 2026 at 9:47 PM
first article of 2026! and this one comes with a sound file to imagine the chatter & noises that filled the air of a Sasanian city.
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🎉 publication day! 🎉
editions & translations of the correspondence btw Umar b. Abd al-Aziz and Leo the Isaurian in medieval Latin, Christian Arabic, Muslim Arabic, Aljamiado, Armenian & early modern Latin. plus the intro to explain how they're all related!
open access & available here:
editions & translations of the correspondence btw Umar b. Abd al-Aziz and Leo the Isaurian in medieval Latin, Christian Arabic, Muslim Arabic, Aljamiado, Armenian & early modern Latin. plus the intro to explain how they're all related!
open access & available here:
January 23, 2026 at 8:37 PM
🎉 publication day! 🎉
editions & translations of the correspondence btw Umar b. Abd al-Aziz and Leo the Isaurian in medieval Latin, Christian Arabic, Muslim Arabic, Aljamiado, Armenian & early modern Latin. plus the intro to explain how they're all related!
open access & available here:
editions & translations of the correspondence btw Umar b. Abd al-Aziz and Leo the Isaurian in medieval Latin, Christian Arabic, Muslim Arabic, Aljamiado, Armenian & early modern Latin. plus the intro to explain how they're all related!
open access & available here:
Join us on March 11 for my colleague Dr. Kazemzadeh's talk on "Circassian Culture and Linguistic Identity".
January 19, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Join us on March 11 for my colleague Dr. Kazemzadeh's talk on "Circassian Culture and Linguistic Identity".
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Thanks to all authors, reviewers, & readers as we close out issue 33!
We published 550 pages in 2025: 7 articles; a thematic dossier w/ 4 more articles; a roundtable; an Arabic edition; a pedagogy file; 7 book reviews; & some short communications.
Here’s a thread to gather some highlights! 🧵
We published 550 pages in 2025: 7 articles; a thematic dossier w/ 4 more articles; a roundtable; an Arabic edition; a pedagogy file; 7 book reviews; & some short communications.
Here’s a thread to gather some highlights! 🧵
Al-ʿUsur al-Wusta
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December 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Thanks to all authors, reviewers, & readers as we close out issue 33!
We published 550 pages in 2025: 7 articles; a thematic dossier w/ 4 more articles; a roundtable; an Arabic edition; a pedagogy file; 7 book reviews; & some short communications.
Here’s a thread to gather some highlights! 🧵
We published 550 pages in 2025: 7 articles; a thematic dossier w/ 4 more articles; a roundtable; an Arabic edition; a pedagogy file; 7 book reviews; & some short communications.
Here’s a thread to gather some highlights! 🧵