Alessandro Gori

Short presentation

Associate professor of Arabic literature. Main field of research: the literary tradition of the Muslims of the Horn of Africa.

Short presentation

Associate professor of Arabic language and literature.

Main research areas

Islamic literary traditions in the Horn of Africa; modern and classical Arabic literature; Islamic manuscripts; Islamic heritage in Africa

Teaching

Classical Arabic Literature; Modern Arabic Literature; Arabic Linguistics.

Present research project

Principal Investigator Islam in the Horn of Africa: A Comparative Literary Approach (European Research Council, Advanced Grant no. 322849 for the period 2013-2018; http://www.islhornafr.eu).

COST Action 18129 (until March 2023) - Islamic Legacy: Narratives East, West, South, North of the Mediterranean (1350-1750); 

https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA18129/#tabs|Name:overview

 Selected Publications

Seven Gravestones at the Muslim Tana Baru Cemetery in Cape Town : A Descriptive Note. / Gori, Alessandro.

The Arts and Crafts of Literacy. : Islamic Manuscript Cultures in Sub-Saharan Africa. red. / Andrea Brigaglia; Mauro Nobili. Bind Studies in Manuscript Cultures 12 Walter de Gruyter, 2017. s. 313-330.

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Some Observations on the Text of šayḫ Hāšim’s Fatḥ al-raḥmānī. / Gori, Alessandro.

I: Aethiopica, Bind 19, Nr. 2016, 2017, s. 135-148.

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Some Observations on Composite and Multiple-Text Manuscripts in the Islamic Tradition of the Horn of Africa. / Gori, Alessandro.

One-Volume Libraries: Composite and Multiple-Text Manuscripts. red. / Michael Friedrich; Cosima Schwarke. Bind 9 Berlin-Boston : Walter de Gruyter, 2016. s. 155-169.

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