Lawrence Conrad
Lawrence Irvin Conrad(born 1949) is a British historian and scholar ofOriental studies,specializing inNear Eastern studiesand thehistory of medicine.He currently serves as historian for theWellcome Institute for the History of Medicinein London.
Education and career[edit]
Conrad received hisPh.D.fromPrinceton University,completing his dissertation onThe Plague in the Early Medieval Near Eastin 1981.[1]After a brief period working at theAmerican University of Beirut,he moved in 1985 to theWellcome Institute for the History of MedicineatUniversity College, London.[2]In 2001, he moved to theUniversity of Hamburg,where he remained until his retirement in 2008.[3]Conrad is known for his work on medieval Near Eastern social history,ArabicandIslamic medicine,and Arabic, Greek, and Syriac historiography.[citation needed]
Selected publications[edit]
Authored books
- Conrad, Lawrence I.; Neve, Michael;Nutton, Vivian;Porter, Roy;Wear, Andrew (1995).The Western Medical Tradition: 800 BC to AD 1800.Cambridge University Press.ISBN978-0-521-47564-8.[4]
- Noth, Albrecht;et al. (Conrad, Lawrence I.) (1994).The early Arabic historical tradition: a source-critical study.Translated by Bonner, Michael. Princeton, N.J: Darwin Press.ISBN0-87850-082-0.OCLC29953544.[5]
Edited books
- Conrad, Lawrence I., ed. (1996).The World of Ibn Ṭufayl: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Ḥayy Ibn Yaqẓān.Brill.ISBN90-04-10135-7.[6]
Translated books
- Duri, Abd Al-Aziz (1983).The Rise of Historical Writing Among the Arabs.Translated by Conrad, Lawrence I. Princeton University Press.ISBN978-1-4008-5388-5.[7]
References[edit]
- ^Conrad, Lawrence I. (1981).The Plague in the Early Medieval Near East(PhD thesis). Princeton University.Retrieved27 May2020.
- ^"U.K."(PDF).IASTAM Newsletter(6). International Association for the Study of Traditional Asian Medicine. 1985.Retrieved27 May2020.
- ^"Lawrence Conrad".Hamburger Professorinnen- und Professorenkatalog.Universität Hamburg.Retrieved27 May2020.
- ^Reviews ofThe Western Medical Tradition
- Cook, Harold John (1997). "Book review:The Western Medical Tradition, 800 B.C. to A.D. 1800".Bulletin of the History of Medicine.71(2). Johns Hopkins University Press: 328–329.doi:10.1353/bhm.1997.0065.ISSN1086-3176.S2CID70760013.
- Carmichael, Ann G. (1999). "The Western Medical Tradition: 800 B.C. to A.D. 1800by Lawrence I. Conrad, Michael Neve, Vivian Nutton, Roy Porter, Andrew Wear (book review) ".The Historian.61(3). Taylor & Francis, Ltd.: 728–729.
- Ferngren, Gary B. (29 February 1996). "Book Review | The Western Medical Tradition, 800 B.C. to A.D. 1800 By Lawrence I. Conrad, Michael Neve, Vivian Nutton, Roy Porter, and Andrew Wear".New England Journal of Medicine.334(9). Massachusetts Medical Society: 608–609.doi:10.1056/nejm199602293340919.ISSN0028-4793.
- ^Zaman, Muhammad Qasim (1995). "The Early Arabic Historical Tradition: A Source-Critical Study, by Albrecht Noth. Second edition, in collaboration with Lawrence I. Conrad. (book review)".Middle East Studies Association Bulletin.29(1). Cambridge University Press: 80.doi:10.1017/s0026318400030881.ISSN0026-3184.S2CID164784076.
- ^Strohmaier, Gotthard (1997)."Lawrence I Conrad (ed.), The world of Ibn Tufayl: interdisciplinary perspectives on Hayy ibn Yaqzān (book review)".Medical History.41(4). Cambridge University Press: 505–507.doi:10.1017/s0025727300063146.ISSN0025-7273.
- ^Hillenbrand, Carole (1986). "The Rise of Historical Writing Among the Arabsby A. A. Duri (book review) ".Bulletin (British Society for Middle Eastern Studies).13(1). Taylor & Francis, Ltd: 74–76.
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- 1949 births
- Academics of University College London
- British Arabists
- British literary historians
- British medical historians
- British Islamic studies scholars
- British male non-fiction writers
- British orientalists
- Living people
- British scholars of Islam
- History of Quran scholars
- Princeton University alumni
- Academic staff of the University of Hamburg