John Tolan
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John V. Tolan is a historian of religious and cultural relations between the Arab and Latin worlds in the Middle Ages.
He was born in Milwaukee and received a BA in Classics from Yale (1981), an MA (1986) and a PhD (1990) in History from the University of Chicago, and an Habilitation à diriger des recherches from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales
in Paris (2001).
He has taught and lectured in universities in North America, Europe, Africa and the Middle East and is currently Professor of History at the University of Nantes
(France) and director of a major European research program, "RELMIN:
The legal status of religious minorities in the Euro-Mediterranean world (5th-15th centuries)".
He works on the history of the rich web of relations in the medieval Mediterranean world, between Jews, Christians and Muslims.
He was born in Milwaukee and received a BA in Classics from Yale (1981), an MA (1986) and a PhD (1990) in History from the University of Chicago, and an Habilitation à diriger des recherches from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales
École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales
The École des hautes études en sciences sociales is a leading French institution for research and higher education, a Grand Établissement. Its mission is research and research training in the social sciences, including the relationship these latter maintain with the natural and life sciences...
in Paris (2001).
He has taught and lectured in universities in North America, Europe, Africa and the Middle East and is currently Professor of History at the University of Nantes
University of Nantes
The University of Nantes is a well-known French university, located in the city of Nantes. Currently, it is attended by approximately 34,000 students. 10% of them are international students coming from 110 countries.-History:...
(France) and director of a major European research program, "RELMIN:
The legal status of religious minorities in the Euro-Mediterranean world (5th-15th centuries)".
He works on the history of the rich web of relations in the medieval Mediterranean world, between Jews, Christians and Muslims.
Published works
- Petrus Alfonsi and his Medieval Readers (Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1993)
- Les Relations entre les pays d'Islam et le monde latin du milieu du Xème siècle au milieu du XIIIème siècle (Paris: Bréal, 2000)
- Saracens: Islam in the Medieval European Imagination (New York: Columbia University Press, 2002)
- Sons of Ishmael: Muslims through European Eyes in the Middle Ages (Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2008)
- Saint Francis and the Sultan: The Curious History of a Christian-Muslim Encounter (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009; French edition published in Paris: Seuil, 2007).
Links
- John Tolan's web page : http://www.univ-nantes.fr/tolan-j/0/fiche___annuaireksup/&RH=INSTITUTIONNEL
- His Amazon author's page : http://www.amazon.com/John-Victor-Tolan/e/B001HPIC34/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_T1_0