Prof. Alexandre Roberts

Profile

Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsIslamic Studies, Arabian Studies, Semitic Studies,History of Science
Keywordsalchemy, intellectual history, Arabic Studies, history of religion, Byzantine Studies

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityLos Angeles
InstitutionUniversity of Southern California
InstituteDepartment of Classics

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Beatrice GründlerSeminar für Semitistik und Arabistik, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin
Start of initial sponsorship01/07/2020

Programme(s)

2019Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2023Alexandre M. Roberts: Thinking about Chemistry in Byzantium and the Islamic World. In: Journal of the History of Ideas, 84, 2023, 595-619
2022Roberts, Alexandre M.: Byzantine Engagement with Islamicate Alchemy. In: Isis, 113, 2022, 559-580
2022Roberts, Alexandre M.: Heretics, Dissidents, and Society: Narrating the Trial of John bar ʿAbdun. In: Dumbarton Oaks Papers, 76, 2022, 117-144