Doris Behrens-Abouseif

Doris Behrens-Abouseif (born 1946, Alexandria, Egypt ^[1] ) is a scholar of Islamic art and architecture. She is professor emerita at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. ^[2]

She obtained her master's degree at the American University in Cairo and then her doctorate at the University of Hamburg in 1972. ^{[2] [3]} She subsequently held academic positions at the American University in Cairo and the University of Munich. ^[4] From 2000 to 2014, she was the Nasser D. Khalili Chair of Islamic Art and Archaeology at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. ^[2] Her research interests are largely focused on the arts and culture of Egypt and Syria in the Islamic period. ^{[2] [5]}

Selected works

• Behrens-Abouseif, Doris (1989). Islamic Architecture in Cairo: An Introduction. Leiden, the Netherlands: E.J. Brill. ISBN   9789004096264.
• Behrens-Abouseif, Doris (1994). Egypt's Adjustment to Ottoman Rule: Institutions, Waqf and Architecture in Cairo (16th & 17th Centuries). Brill. ISBN   978-90-04-49311-7.
• Behrens-Abouseif, Doris (2007). Cairo of the Mamluks: A History of Architecture and its Culture. The American University in Cairo Press. ISBN   9789774160776.
• Behrens-Abouseif, Doris (2010). The Minarets of Cairo: Islamic Architecture from the Arab Conquest to the End of the Ottoman Period. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN   978-1-84885-539-7.
• Behrens-Abouseif, Doris (2019). The Book in Mamluk Egypt and Syria (1250-1517): Scribes, Libraries and Market. Brill. ISBN   978-90-04-38700-3.

References

1. "Doris Behrens-Abouseif". archINFORM. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
2. "Professor Doris Behrens-Abouseif". SOAS. Retrieved 2025-02-13.
3. "Specialist in Islamic Architecture and Culture to Lecture at U.Va. School of Architecture | UVA Today". news.virginia.edu. 2012-02-15. Retrieved 2025-02-13.
4. "Behrens-Abouseif, Doris". Academy of Europe. Retrieved 2025-02-13.
5. "Doris Behrens-Abouseif". Thames and Hudson. Retrieved 2025-02-13.