Craig Perry
@caperry.bsky.social
Teacher-scholar at the intersection of World History, Jewish Studies, and Islamic Civilizations Studies. New book in 2026: https://bit.ly/PerrySlavery. Co-editor: The Cambridge World History of Slavery vol. 2: https://bit.ly/CWHS2
My book will be published on January 20, 2026! The paper brings together bits from various chapters and especially the book's conclusion for its meditation on the entanglement of Jewish and Nubian history. Thanks for your interest! press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt
A new global history of the slave trade, the lives of enslaved people, and the role of slavery in the formation of Jewish and Arab-Islamic culture in the medieval Middle East
press.princeton.edu
November 21, 2025 at 2:43 PM
My book will be published on January 20, 2026! The paper brings together bits from various chapters and especially the book's conclusion for its meditation on the entanglement of Jewish and Nubian history. Thanks for your interest! press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
In my paper for MESA this year, I will discuss why I think foregrounding the more intensive exploitation of Nubia matters for both medieval history and in the writings of the modern Nubian novelist Idris ʿAli. 3/3
November 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
In my paper for MESA this year, I will discuss why I think foregrounding the more intensive exploitation of Nubia matters for both medieval history and in the writings of the modern Nubian novelist Idris ʿAli. 3/3
a near hemispheric story to tell as enslaved people were trafficked to Egypt who were from the lands of the Franks, India, the Byzantine realm and beyond. But Nubians and other peoples from northeast Africa were the most exploited by enslavers in Egypt. 2/3...
November 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
a near hemispheric story to tell as enslaved people were trafficked to Egypt who were from the lands of the Franks, India, the Byzantine realm and beyond. But Nubians and other peoples from northeast Africa were the most exploited by enslavers in Egypt. 2/3...
the Egyptian-Nubian oud player Hamza el-Din, who played with the Grateful Dead, and one of my favorite Philip Glass pieces from his opera Akhenaten.
Link in the comments to a performance of Hamza with the Grateful Dead: youtu.be/zgvSP1wr6Wc?...
Link in the comments to a performance of Hamza with the Grateful Dead: youtu.be/zgvSP1wr6Wc?...
drums with Hamza El Din - Grateful Dead - 11-24-1978 Passaic, NJ set2-6 (NEW)
YouTube video by LoloYodel
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November 21, 2025 at 2:31 PM
the Egyptian-Nubian oud player Hamza el-Din, who played with the Grateful Dead, and one of my favorite Philip Glass pieces from his opera Akhenaten.
Link in the comments to a performance of Hamza with the Grateful Dead: youtu.be/zgvSP1wr6Wc?...
Link in the comments to a performance of Hamza with the Grateful Dead: youtu.be/zgvSP1wr6Wc?...
Hi Johnny. Alas, these panels are not streamed. I do have a feeling that you could find something by one or more of the people on this particular panel on YouTube, Vimeo or elsewhere from other talks they've given and perhaps on similar topics.
November 21, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Hi Johnny. Alas, these panels are not streamed. I do have a feeling that you could find something by one or more of the people on this particular panel on YouTube, Vimeo or elsewhere from other talks they've given and perhaps on similar topics.
!!! Sunday morning?
November 17, 2025 at 10:22 PM
!!! Sunday morning?
[Dances jig.] Congratulations!!
November 14, 2025 at 8:27 PM
[Dances jig.] Congratulations!!
Thanks for mentioning Hartman. I didn’t know about the book. Sounds great. Love Heresy.
November 8, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Thanks for mentioning Hartman. I didn’t know about the book. Sounds great. Love Heresy.
Thank you, Michael.
November 8, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Thank you, Michael.