Akbari, Suzanne - English

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Personal Information
First Name: 
Suzanne
Last Name: 
Akbari
Department / Program: 
OTHER
Other: 
English and Medieval Studies
University Affiliation: 
University of Toronto
Phone: 
4169786271
Email Address: 
s.akbari@utoronto.ca
Area of Research
Discipline: 
English
Subject: 
Biology
Medicine
Geographical Region: 
England
Europe
Time Period: 
15th Century
Medieval
Specific Area of Research: 
Optics, geography/cartography, medicine, mathematics, astronomy/astrology history of biology (climate theory), history of medicine (astrology), history of technology (optics), history of mathematics (mechanistic and calculators)
Academics
PHD Program: 
English and Comparative Literature
PHD University: 
Columbia University
PHD Date: 
1995
Major Publications: 
The Ends of the Body: Identity and Community in Medieval Culture. Co-ed. with Jill Ross. (University of Toronto Press, 2012); Seeing through the Veil: Optical Theory and Medieval Allegory (U of Toronto P, 2004); Idols in the East: European Representations of Islam and the Orient, 1100-1450 (Cornell UP, 2009) ; "The Diversity of Mankind in the Book of John Mandeville" 2004; "Orientation and Nation in the Canturbury Tales" 2002.
Membership in Academic Societies: 
Medieval Academy of America; Canadian Society of Medievalists; Modern Language Association
Courses Taught: 
Origins of Orientalism; Body and Identity in Moiddle Englis Literature; Constructions of the Other in Medieval Literature.