Iām at the beginning of a new project on āPopular Healing: Christian and Islamic Practices and the Roman Inquisition in Early Modern Maltaā (not medieval, but you canāt have everything), funded by a British Academy Small Grant.Ā Itās a joint project, conducted by me and Dionisius Agius, in the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies […]
Commenting on the inability of human societies to predict forthcoming calamities, the Los Angeles Times recently ran a comment piece headed āNo-one expects the Spanish Inquisition ā or Donald Trumpā. There have been some dire predictions about the baleful impact that the new President might have not only in the US, but across the world. […]
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