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Nahyan Fancy
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Professor; University of Exeter; Historian of Science and Medicine in Premodern Islamic Societies; Love Urdu poetry
I couldn't believe #1 (not because I am his fan, but just felt that would be a very poor thing even for him to do), so I looked up. He didn't name him (general comment for all democrat winners), but the media as always spun it this way: news.abplive.com/news/world/b...
Obama, Bill Ackman Congratulate Zohran Mamdani After Historic NYC Mayor Poll Win
Barack Obama congratulated Zohran Mamdani and other Democratic candidates on their victories, calling the results a testament to the power of unity and forward-thinking leadership.
news.abplive.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:19 PM
And trust me to have clicked the wrong CCEH on Bsky. I meant @ccehexeter.bsky.social is where it will be based. Thanks to @monicamedhist.bsky.social for pointing out the error.
November 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This is great. We should definitely stay in touch. And we would love to hear which unstudied sources you are hoping to draw material from, since we are also pulling together a list of such sources. One part of the project is to create a sourcebook.
November 21, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I have only read Homo Deus and it is absolutely appalling. Of course, I haven't read the others so would probably have the same thoughts about their work. I think at least in the case of Harrari's Homo Deus it was also the arrogance in the writing and then his interviews that really rub me that way.
November 21, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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This has been quite a long route from marginal text missing from a photograph to connections to the "slow pandemic" that was leprosy in the Middle Ages (constantinusafricanus.com/2025/01/26/l...). But that's how #histmed works in an interdisciplinary mode. Thanks to all who have contributed!
Leprosy in the Global Middle Ages: A Slow Pandemic
In August 2024, Jordan became the first country to officially eliminate leprosy.1 Countries participating in the World Health Organization (WHO)2 have committed not simply to bringing percentages o…
constantinusafricanus.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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We are pleased to announce that Dr. Lee's monograph has been published open-access with @archumanities.bsky.social. Read The Medieval Womb: Hildegard of Bingen’s Views on the Female Reproductive Body now! www.arc-humanities.org/978180270039... [3/4] #medievalsky #histmed
November 19, 2025 at 2:32 PM
...the amazing Rebecca Flemming, and included in the team are myself and Siam Bhayro from the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, and David Leith and Dan King from Classics and Ancient History. Stay tuned for announcements concerning post-docs and PhDs. 2/2
November 19, 2025 at 12:54 PM