Fernando Rodríguez Mediano - Father Tomás de León: A Spanish Orientalist in Seventeenth Century Granada
Wednesday 26 February (Week 6), 4:30pm
Rector's Drawing Room, Exeter College, Turl Street
Fernando Rodríguez Mediano is a Research Scientist at the CSIC (Spanish National Research Council), Madrid. His areas of expertise are the history of Islamic culture and Arabic language in early modern Spain, the history of Orientalism, and the history of cultural exchange between North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula. His many publications include the book The Orient in Spain: Converted Muslims, the Forged Lead Books of Granada, and the Rise of Orientalism (Brill, 2013), co-authored with Mercedes García-Arenal.
