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Record for: VAN GELDER, Professor Geert Jan
Post: Laudian Professor of Arabic Emeritus, University of Oxford
Specialisms: Middle East; Middle Eastern and African Languages and Literatures
Appointments:
Laudian Professor of Arabic Emeritus, University of Oxford University of Oxford (1995-)
Lecturer in Arabic University of Groningen, Netherlands (1975-1998)
Principal publications:
Close Relationships: Incest and Inbreeding in Classical Arabic Literature, 2005
The Bad and the Ugly: Attitudes towards Invective Poetry (Hija) in Classical Arabic Literature, 1988
Beyond the Line: Classical Arabic Literary Critics on the Coherence and Unity of the Poem, 1982
Elected to the Fellowship: 2005 § H3