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Dr Harry Munt is a Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of York, specializing in the Islamic world (600–1500 CE), with particular focus on the Arabian Peninsula, holy cities, pilgrimage practices, and Arabic historiography.
- BA (Cambridge), DPhil (Oxford)
- Joined York in 2014 after British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship at Oxford
Research Interests
- Early Islamic Arabian Peninsula
- Origins of Arabic local history-writing
- Hajj pilgrimage development
- Economic history of Islamic Middle East
- Interfaith relations in medieval urban centers
- Contested processes of sacred space creation
Recent Publications examine:
- Caliphal authority in ḥijāz economy
- Medieval Meccan historiography
- Hajj ritual evolution
- Local vs. universal historical narratives
Awards
- British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship
Current Projects include a book on medieval Islamic local history-writing and its implications for understanding urban concepts and interfaith dynamics.
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