Astrologers in 15th-century Cairo with Fien de Block

Episode 57 March 28, 2023 00:50:52
Astrologers in 15th-century Cairo with Fien de Block
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Astrologers in 15th-century Cairo with Fien de Block

Mar 28 2023 | 00:50:52

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Show Notes

In this episode, I talk with Fien de Block about her research on astrologers and astrological practices in the fifteenth-century Sultanate of Cairo. This was the subject of her PhD thesis titled "(Re)drawing the lines: the science of the stars in the late fifteenth century Sultanate of Cairo" (2020). Fien de Block is currently a guest professor and a researcher at the University of Gent.

Her publications and works can be found here: https://research.flw.ugent.be/en/fdblock.deblock

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