A blog about language, history, literature, and philology.
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What use is philology in a time of war?
I have felt paralyzed as a scholar since the US and Israel launched their assault on Iran at the end of February. The war robbed me of my focus and concentration, divided my attention between refreshing the news and trying to reach family a...
No more slop: a manifesto
I have trained myself to recognize AI-generated writing. It didn’t take much effort; even the first cases I encountered, submitted by my undergraduate students in the fall of 2023, were easy to spot. I’m a philologist, accustomed to the art...
The Making of Persianate Modernity now out in paperback
My book The Making of Persianate Modernity: Language and Literary History between Iran and India is finally out in paperback! A 20% discount is available with the code HIST1225. I’ve written a summary of some of the book’s main arguments in...
What happened to the Persianate in the age of nationalism?
My book The Making of Persianate Modernity: Language and Literary History between Iran and India was recently published with Cambridge University Press’s Global Middle East series. Please ask your library to order a copy! A 20% discount is...
Notes on Haketia or Moroccan Judeo-Spanish
Haketia is the variety of Spanish historically spoken by the Jews of Morocco. It is similar to Ladino (another variety of “Judeo-Spanish”), but with a more significant component borrowed from Arabic. This is reflected in the name ‘Haketia’...
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Professor of sundry Persianate things. Writing about philology (Persian, Urdu, Semitic), language, literature, history, Muslim and Jewish stuff, politics.
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