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Meeting in the Middle AgesAuthor: Meeting in the Middle Ages
Meeting in the Middle Ages is the Medieval Institute of Notre Dame's podcast. Our goal is to answer the questions "what do medievalists do, and how do they do it?" Episodesa new one each monthare built around informal conversations between our hosts, Ben and Will, and medievalist scholars and graduate students. We discuss how they became medievalists, what led them to their current research, the resources they use, and how they use them. Language: en Genres: History Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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30: Preaching without Permission?: Women Preachers in Medieval Islam with Dr. Linda G. Jones
Episode 30
Tuesday, 23 December, 2025
In this episode, we talk with Dr. Linda G. Jones of Pompeu Fabra University about Muslim women as preachers and religious authorities in the medieval Islamic world. Drawing on biographical dictionaries and hagiographic sources, she explains how informal homiletic traditions, especially within Sufism, created space for female leadership beyond official religious institutions. We also discuss working with Arabic manuscripts, the challenges of archival research, teaching medieval history in Spain and the U.S., and why the humanities still matter.https://www.upf.edu/web/ecerm/linda-gale-joneshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrARUBVDN_E
