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Persis Dorothy Berlekamp

Funding provided by The Hetty Goldman Membership Fund

Affiliation

Historical Studies

Field of Study

Islamic Studies, History of Art
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Persis Berlekamp is analyzing actual talismans within the medieval Islamic cosmological frameworks that were historically understood to govern their conditional efficacy. She intends to further the understanding of these talismans and contribute to the methodological challenge of interpreting premodern objects.

Dates at IAS

Member
School of Historical Studies