El Shamsy received his Ph.D. in 2009 from
Harvard University. His works examine the historical development of classical Islamic disciplines and academic culture. His studies focus on orality and literacy, the history of the book, and the theory and practice of Islamic law. He has been at the
University of Chicago since 2010.[1]
Works
Rediscovering the Islamic Classics: How Editors and Print Culture Transformed an Intellectual Tradition[2]
The Canonization of Islamic Law: A Social and Intellectual History[3]
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ab"Ahmed El Shamsy". Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. 2011-10-03. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
^Reviews of Rediscovering the Islamic Classics: How Editors and Print Culture Transformed an Intellectual Tradition:
Pink, Johanna (2021-06-14). "Ahmed El Shamsy, Rediscovering the Islamic Classics. How Editors and Print Culture Transformed an Intellectual Tradition". Die Welt des Islams. 61 (2). Brill: 247–253.
doi:
10.1163/15700607-61020013.
ISSN0043-2539.
S2CID237898797.
ReOrient, Vol. 6, No. 2 (Spring 2021), pp. 240-244
Razzaque, A.A., 2021. El Shamsy, Ahmed: Rediscovering the Islamic Classics: How Editors and Print Culture Transformed an Intellectual Tradition. Asiatische Studien-Études Asiatiques.
Başaran, A. "Ahmed El Shamsy. Rediscovering the Islamic Classics: How Editors and Print Culture Transformed an Intellectual Tradition.". Divan: Disiplinlerarası Çalışmalar Dergisi 25 (2020): 195-199
Eighteenth-Century Studies, Johns Hopkins University Press, Volume 54, Number 3, Spring 2021, pp. 713-717
Soler, Renaud (2021-07-26). "Rediscovering the Islamic Classics: How Editors and Print Culture Transformed an Intellectual Tradition". Arabica. 68 (2–3). Brill: 304–310.
doi:
10.1163/15700585-12341594.
ISSN0570-5398.
S2CID240611392.
^Reviews of The Canonization of Islamic Law: A Social and Intellectual History:
Vishanoff, David R. (2014-11-21). "The Canonization of Islamic Law: A Social and Intellectual History". Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations. 26 (2). Informa UK Limited: 256–258.
doi:
10.1080/09596410.2014.979575.
ISSN0959-6410.
S2CID147645835.
Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 135, No. 4 (October–December 2015), pp. 843-846
Lucas, Scott C. (2015-10-06). "Ahmed El Shamsy: The Canonization of Islamic Law: A Social and Intellectual History". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 79 (1). Cambridge University Press (CUP): 176–178.
doi:
10.1017/s0041977x15000944.
ISSN0041-977X.
S2CID164106976.