Department of History of Art and Archaeology
Emeritus Professor
Centre for Ottoman Studies
Advisory Board Member
Member
Food Studies Centre
Member, SOAS Food Studies Centre
Centre for Iranian Studies
Associate Member
Academic Advisory Board
From 2000-2014: Nasser D Khalili Chair of Islamic Art and Archaeology at SOAS,
Member of the Academia Europaea.
Her list of publications covers a wide range of subjects from the early period to the 19th century with focus on Egypt and Syria: The history of Islamic architecture and decorative arts, urbanism, waqf (pious endowments), Islamic cultural history, concepts of aesthetics and Orientalism. She is currently working on a book about Mamluk libraries, scribes and book markets.
Among her books:
- Egypt’s Adjustment to Ottoman Rule, Leiden/ New York/Köln 1994
- Beauty in Arabic Culture, Princeton 1999.
- Cairo of the Mamluks, London/Cairo 2007
- The Minarets of Cairo, London/Cairo 2010
- Practicing Diplomacy in the Mamluk Sultanate:Gifts and Material Culture in the Medieval Islamic World, London 2014
Publications
Practising Diplomacy in the Mamluk Sultanate: Gifts and Material Culture in the Medieval Islamic World
Between Quarry and Magic: The Selective Approach to Spolia in the Islamic Monuments of Egypt
Behrens-Abouseif, Doris (2014). In: Payne, Alina, (ed.), Dalmatia and the Mediterranean. Portable Archaeology and the Poetics of Influence. Leiden: Brill, pp 402-425
Behrens-Abouseif, Doris (2012). In: Behrens-Abouseif, Doris, (ed.), The Arts of the Mamluks in Egypt and Syria Evolution and Impact. Göttingen: Bonn University Press
Behrens-Abouseif, Doris (2012). In: Porter, Venetia, (eds.) and Ross-Owen, Mariam, (eds.), Metalwork and Material Culture in the Islamic World. Art, Craft and Text. London: I.B.Tauris
Views of Egypt and Turkey by the Hungarian Arts Lajos (Ludwig) Libay
Behrens-Abouseif, Doris (2009). In: Dávid, Géza, (eds.) and Gerelyes, Ibolya, (eds.), Thirteenth International Congress of Turkish Art. Proceedings. Budapest: Hungarian National Museum, pp 103-112
Behrens-Abouseif, Doris (2009). In: Meier, Astrid, (eds.), Pahlitzsch, Johannes, (eds.) and Reinfandt, Lucian, (eds.), Gottes Eigentum für alle Zeiten? Islamische Stiftungen von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart. Berlin: Akademie-Verlag
Behrens-Abouseif, Doris (2008). In: Jayyusi, Salma K., (eds.), Holod, Renate, (eds.), Petruccioli, Antillio, (eds.) and Raymond, André, (eds.), The City in the Islamic World,. Leiden; Boston: Brill, pp 295-316
Multifunction and Diversity in the Medieval Mosque: The case of Cairo
Behrens-Abouseif, Doris (2008). In: Rau, Susanne, (eds.) and Schwerhoff, Gerd, (eds.), Topographien des Sakralen : Religion und Raumordnung in der Vormoderne. Hamburg: Dölling und Galitz, pp 104-115
Multifunction and Diversity in the Medieval Mosque: The case of Cairo
Behrens-Abouseif, Doris (2008). In: Rau, Susanne, (eds.) and Schwerhoff, Gerd, (eds.), Topographien des Sakralen. Religion und Raumordnung in der Vormoderne. Berlin: Dölling und Galitz Verlag, pp 104-115
Beyond the secular and the sacred: Qur'anic inscriptions in medieval Islamic art and material culture
Behrens-Abouseif, Doris (2007). In: Suleman, Fahmida, (ed.), Word of God, Art of Man: The Qur'an and its Creative Expressions. Selected Proceedings from the International Colloquium, London, 18-21 October 2003. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp 41-49
Behrens-Abouseif, Doris (2004). In: Behrens-Abouseif, Doris, (eds.) and Contadini, Anna, (eds.), Essays in Honor of J. M. Rogers. Leiden: Brill, pp 45-54
Behrens-Abouseif, Doris (2002). In: Panzac, Daniel, (eds.) and Raymond, André, (eds.), La France et l'Egypte à l'époque des vice-rois, 1805-1882. Cairo: Institut Francais d'Archeologie Orientale, pp 101-110
Une Polémique Anti-Ottomane par un Artisan au Caire du XVIIe Siècle
Behrens-Abouseif, Doris (2001). In: Marino, Brigitte, (ed.), Etudes sur les villes du Proche-Orient : XVIe-XIXe siècle : hommage à André Raymond. Damas: Institut français d'études arabes de Damas, pp 45-53
La conception de la ville dans la pensée arabe du Moyen-Âge
Behrens-Abouseif, Doris (2000). In: Nicolet, C., (eds.), Ilbert, R., (eds.) and Depaule, J.-C., (eds.), Mégapoles méditerranéennes: géographie urbaine rétrospective : actes du colloque organisé par l'Ecole française de Rome et la Maison méditerranéenne des sciences de l'homme, Rome, 8-11 mai 1996. Paris: Maison méditerranéenne des sciences de l'homme, pp 32-40
Waqf as Remuneration and the Family Affairs of Al-Nasir Mohammad and Baktimur al-Saqi
Behrens-Abouseif, Doris (2000). In: Behrens-Abouseif, Doris, (ed.), The Cairo heritage: essays in honor of Laila Ali Ibrahim. Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press, pp 55-68
Behrens-Abouseif, Doris, Denoix, S. and Garcin, J.-C. (2000). In: Jean-Claude, Garcin, (ed.), Grandes Villes méditerranéennes du monde musulman médiéval. Rome: Ecole Française de Rome, pp 177-203
Patterns of urban patronage in Cairo: a comparison between the Mamluk and the Ottoman periods
Behrens-Abouseif, Doris (1998). In: Philipp, T., (eds.) and Haarmann, U., (eds.), The Mamluks in Egyptian politics and society. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp 224-234
Behrens-Abouseif, Doris (1997). In: Necipoğlu, Gülru, (ed.), Muqarnas XIV: an Annual on the Visual Culture of the Islamic World. Leiden: Brill, pp 11-18
Sicily, the Missing Link in the Evolution of Cairene Architecture
Behrens-Abouseif, Doris (1995). In: Vermeulen, U., (eds.) and De Smet, Daniel, (eds.), Egypt and Syria in the Fatimid, Ayyubid and Mamluk eras. Leuven: Peeters, pp 275-301
The Waqf of a Cairene Notable in early Ottoman Cairo—Muhibb al-Din Abu al-Tayyib, Son of a Physician
Behrens-Abouseif, Doris (1995). In: Deguilhem, Randi, (ed.), Le waqf dans l'espace islamique : outil de pouvoir socio-politique. Damas: Institut français de Damas, pp 123-132
Al-Nasir Muhammad and al-Ashraf Qaytbay—Patrons of Urbanism
Behrens-Abouseif, Doris (1995). In: Vermeulen, U., (eds.) and De Smet, Daniel, (eds.), Egypt and Syria in the Fatimid, Ayyubid and Mamluk eras. Leuven: Peeters, pp 257-274
Note sur la Fonction de la Cour dans la Maison Moyenne du Caire Ottoman
Behrens-Abouseif, Doris (1990). L'Habitat traditionnel dans les pays musulmans autour de la Méditerranée: rencontre d'Aix-en-Provence, 6-8 juin 1984. Tome II. L'histoire et le milieu. Le Caire: Institut français d'archéologie orientale, pp 411-418
Quelques Traits de l’Habitation Traditionnelle dans la Ville du Caire
Behrens-Abouseif, Doris (1982). In: Bouhdiba, A., (eds.) and Chevallier, D., (eds.), La Ville arabe dans l'Islam : histoire et mutations. Tunis: Impr. Al Asria, pp 447-459
Behrens-Abouseif, Doris (1982). In: Braude, Benjamin, (eds.) and Lewis, Bernard, (eds.), Book Title: Christians and Jews in the Ottoman Empire. volume 2. New York: Homes and Meier, pp 185-205
