Pernilla Myrne

Pernilla Myrne

University of Gothenburg

The Early Medieval Islamic World

pmyrne@ias.edu

Research Statement: Pernilla Myrne prepares a critical edition of the tenth-century erotic compendium Jawāmiʿ al-Ladhdha and examines its reception. The book, which relies on numerous earlier sources and was quoted for centuries, informs us about the circulation and development of ideas on sexuality in Late Antiquity and the medieval Islamic world.

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