Robert Graham Irwin
Senior Research Associate of the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London
2 episodes
Covers topics in categories such as:
PhilosophyCulturePhilosophers of historyPhilosophers of economicsIslamic philosophersTheoretical historiansWriters about globalizationFrame storiesAutobiographersMuslim critics of atheism, AsharisUniversity of al-Qarawiyyin alumniEconomists of the medieval Islamic world, MujaddidBooks illustrated by John TennielMedieval Arabic literatureWorks subject to expurgationPersian mythology
Ibn Khaldun
Melvyn Bragg and guests Robert Hoyland, Robert Irwin and Hugh Kennedy discuss the life and ideas of the 14th-century Arab philosopher of history Ibn Khaldun.
4 February 2010
Also featuring: Robert Hoyland, Hugh N. Kennedy
The Arabian Nights
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Arabian Nights - an ever shifting sea of stories across Asia and Europe.
18 October 2007
Also featuring: Marina Warner, Gerard van Gelder