Department of History
School of History, Religions and Philosophies
School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics
Professor of Arabic
Centre for Iranian Studies
Member
Early Islamic History from 600 to1100, Arabic historiography, Islamic archaeology, historical geography of the Middle East, castle building in the Middle East, history of al-Andalus (Muslim Spain and Portugal)
The Emergence of New Polities in the Breakup of the Abbasid Caliphate
Kennedy, Hugh (2021). In: Pohl, Walter, (ed.), Empires and Communities in the Post-Roman and Islamic World, C. 400-1000 CE. Oxford: Oxford University Press
From Polis to Madina: some reflections thirty years on
Kennedy, Hugh (2018). In: Panzram, Sabine, (eds.) and Callegarin, Laurent, (eds.), Entre Civitas y Madina : el mundo de las ciudades en la Península ibérica y en el Norte de África (siglos IV-IX). Madrid: Casa de Velazquez, pp 13-22
Frontiers of Islam: an essay on the Varieties of Frontier Interactions
Kennedy, Hugh (2018). In: Wolf, Kordula, (eds.) and Herbers, Klaus, (eds.), Southern Italy as a Contact Area and Border Region during the Early Middle Ages : Religious-cultural heterogeneity and competing powers in local, transregional, and universal dimensions. Koeln: Böhlau, pp 51-64
Kennedy, Hugh (2018). In: Höfert, Almut, (eds.), Mesley, Matthew M., (eds.) and Tolino, Serena, (eds.), Celibate and Childless Men in Power Ruling Eunuchs and Bishops in the Pre-Modern World. Abingdon; New York: Routledge, pp 79-91
Kennedy, Hugh (2017). In: Anderson, Glaire D., (eds.), Fenwick, Corisande, (eds.) and Rosser-Owen, Mariam, (eds.), The aghlabids and their Neighbors. Leiden: Brill, pp 33-48
Baghdad as a Center of Learning and Book Production
Kennedy, Hugh (2017). In: Blair, Sheila, (eds.) and Bloom, Jonathan, (eds.), By the Pen and What They Write: Writing in Islamic Art and Culture. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, pp 91-103
Landed Property and Government Finance in the Early Abbasid Caliphate
Kennedy, Hugh (2016). In: Hudson, John, (eds.) and Crumplin, Sally, (eds.), "The Making of Europe" Essays in Honour of Robert Bartlett. Leiden: Brill, pp 264-276
Kennedy, Hugh (2010). In: Suleiman, Yasir, (ed.), Living Islamic History: Studies in Honour of Professor Carole Hillenbrand. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, pp 77-91
Kennedy, Hugh (2010). In: Goodson, C., (eds.), Lester, A. E., (eds.) and Symes, C., (eds.), Cities, Texts and Social Networks 400-1500. Aldershot: Ashgate, pp 45-63
