Julia Bray
Julia Bray | |
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| Born | 28 September 1952 Cambridge, England |
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| Education | Collège Sévigné |
| Alma mater | St Hilda's College, Oxford St Cross College, Oxford |
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| Discipline | Oriental studies |
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Julia Margaret Bray (born 28 September 1952) is a British scholar of
Paris 8 University
from 2003 to 2012.
Early life and education
Bray was born on 28 September 1952 in Cambridge, England. She was educated at the Collège Sévigné, an all-girls private school in Paris, France. She read Oriental Studies at St Hilda's College, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1974. After working as an archivist, she studied for a Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degree at St Cross College, Oxford. She completed her DPhil in 1984.[3]
Academic career
In 1983, Bray joined the
University of Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis from 2003 to 2012.[3]
Since September 2012, she has been the
Fellow of St John's College, Oxford.[3] She co-edits (with Wen-chin Ouyang) the Edinburgh Studies in Classical Arabic Literature monograph series, published by Edinburgh University Press.[5] The chair was renamed the Abdulaziz Saud AlBabtain Laudian Professorship of Arabic in after a re-endowment in 2016.[6] Bray retired from the position in 2023, and was replaced by Tahera Qutbuddin.[7]
Bray's research covers
Selected works
- Ashtiany, Julia (1982). The Arabic documents in the archives of the British Political Agency, Kuwait, 1904-1949. London: India Office Library and Records.
- Ashtiany, J.; Johnstone, T; Latham, J.; Serjeant, R., eds. (1990). Abbasid Belles Lettres. The Cambridge History of Arabic Literature. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Ashtiany, Julia (1993). Media Arabic. The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
- Bray, Julia, ed. (2006). Writing and representation in medieval Islam: Muslim horizons. New York, NY: ISBN 9781134171545.
References
- ^ "Julia Bray". Faculty of Oriental Studies. University of Oxford. Archived from the original on 13 July 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
- ^ "Editors". People. Library of Arabic Literature. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
- ^ . Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ "Laudian Professorship of Arabic". Notices. University of Oxford. 31 May 2012. Archived from the original on 3 December 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
- ^ "Professor Julia Bray". Fellows & Staff. University of Oxford. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
- ^ "Professorship in Arabic (Abdulaziz Saud AlBabtain Laudian Professorship) job with University of Oxford | 339973". The Chronicle of Higher Education Jobs. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
The University intends to appoint to the Abdulaziz Saud AlBabtain Laudian Professorship in Arabic with effect from 1st October 2022 or as soon as possible thereafter. The Laudian Chair in Arabic, established in 1636, is one of the oldest professorships of Arabic in Europe. The Professorship was generously re-endowed in 2016 by Mr Abdulaziz Saud AlBabtain.
- ^ "Departmental Lecturer, Classical Arabic Literature, University of Oxford". MEMOs. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ a b "Julia Bray". Faculty of Oriental Studies. University of Oxford. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ a b c "Professor Julia Bray". St John's College. University of Oxford. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
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