About
What intrigues me, as a philosopher of the social and historical sciences, are questions about how inquiry succeeds when evidence is sparse and uncertain. My work is case-based; I focus on archaeological research, in particular, questions about evidential reasoning, ideals of objectivity, and how we make research accountable to the diverse communities it affects. I’m currently exploring new lines of inquiry inspired by standpoint theory as a framework for making sense of how our understanding of the world can be enhanced by a diversity of situated experience, knowledge, and interests.
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Research topics
- Computer Science
- Political Science
- Geography
- Mechanical engineering
- Economic growth
- Mathematics
- Ancient history
- Engineering
- Archaeology
- History
- Thermodynamics
- Physics
- Meteorology
- Quantum mechanics
- Development economics
- Economics
- Environmental science
- Economy
Selected publications
PSA volume 89 issue 2 Cover and Front matter
Philosophy of Science · 2022
- Computer Science
- Computer Science
- Physics
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PSA volume 88 issue 4 Cover and Front matter
Philosophy of Science · 2021
- Computer Science
- Computer Science
- Environmental science
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Early Islamic North Africa a new perspective
2020 · 39 citations
- Political Science
- Geography
- Ancient history
This volume proposes a new approach to the Arab conquests and the spread of Islam in North Africa. In recent years, those studying the Islamic world have shown that the coming of Islam was not marked by devastation or decline, but rather by considerable cultural and economic continuity. In North Africa, with continuity came significant change. Corisande Fenwick argues that the establishment of Muslim rule also coincided with a phase of intense urbanization, the appearance of new architectural forms (mosques, housing, hammams), the spread of Muslim social and cultural practices, the introduction of new crops and manufacturing techniques and the establishment of new trading links with sub-Saharan Africa, Europe and the Middle East. \n \nThis concise and accessible book offers the first assessment of the archaeology of early Islamic North Africa (7th–9th centuries), drawing on a wide range of new evidence from Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya. It lays out current debates about its interpretation and suggests new ways of thinking about this crucial period in world history. Essential reading for those interested in understanding the impact of the Arab conquests and the spread of Islam on daily life, it will also challenge students of archaeology and history to think in new ways about North Africa, the earliest Islamic empires and states and the transition from the Roman to the medieval Mediterranean.
2020 · 20 citations
- Political Science
- Geography
- Economy
This volume proposes a new approach to the Arab conquests and the spread of Islam in North Africa. In recent years, those studying the Islamic world have shown that the coming of Islam was not marked by devastation or decline, but rather by considerable cultural and economic continuity. In North Africa, with continuity came significant change. Corisande Fenwick argues that the establishment of Muslim rule also coincided with a phase of intense urbanization, the appearance of new architectural forms (mosques, housing, hammams), the spread of Muslim social and cultural practices, the introduction of new crops and manufacturing techniques and the establishment of new trading links with sub-Saharan Africa, Europe and the Middle East. This concise and accessible book offers the first assessment of the archaeology of early Islamic North Africa (7th–9th centuries), drawing on a wide range of new evidence from Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya. It lays out current
Frequent coauthors
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John Dupré
University of Exeter
- 92 shared
Michela Massimi
- 88 shared
Richard Bradley
- 88 shared
Lindley Darden
University of Edinburgh
- 87 shared
James Owen Weatherall
University of Edinburgh
- 87 shared
Angela Potochnik
- 87 shared
Jutta Schickore
Indiana University
- 87 shared
Uffink David
University of Edinburgh
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Awards & honors
- Canada Research Chair (Tier I)
- Honorary doctorate from Erasmus University
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