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Maribel Fierro

Affiliation

Historical Studies

Field of Study

Intellectual History
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Maribel Fierro's research focuses on the intellectual history of the Islamic West (eighth—fifteenth centuries), with special attention to law, religion, historiography, and political thought. She is also interested in political history, representation of violence, forgeries and gender studies.

Dates at IAS

Visitor
School of Historical Studies
Other
Member
School of Historical Studies

Degrees

Universiadad Complutense Madrid
Ph.D.
1985

Honors

2015
Honorary Member Institututo Estudios Medievales y Renacentistas Universidad de Salamanca
2014
R. Stephen Humphreys Distinguished Scholar University of California Santa Barbara
2014
Anneliese Maier Award Humboldt Foundation

Appointments

Harvard Law School Islamic Legal Studies Programme
2017
Visiting scholar
École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales
2012
Directeur d’études associé
University of Chicago Divinity School
2011
Visiting scholar
Institute for Advanced Studies of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
1999–2000
Fellow
École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales
1998
Directeur d,études associé
Union Europeenne des Arabisants et Islamisants
1996–1998
Spanish Representative
Department of Near Eastern Studies Princeton University
1990
Visiting Fellow