Dr. Shamma Boyarin
Assistant professor
English
- Contact:
- Office: CLE C352 sboyarin@uvic.ca
- Credentials:
- BA (Berkeley), PhD (Berkeley)
- Area(s) of expertise:
- Medieval Hebrew and Arabic literature, the Bible and literature, religion and popular culture
Dr. Boyarin received their doctorate in Comparative Literature (Arabic, Hebrew, English) from the University of California, Berkeley in 2008.
Their research and teaching interests span a wide variety of fields and topics including comparative literature (particularly medieval Hebrew and Arabic), literature and liberation, Jewish Studies, antisemitism, medieval and popular culture, heavy metal and religion. They have organized and co-organized several conferences on Metal Studies at UVic.
“The New Metal Medievalism: Alexander the Great, Islamic historiography and Nile's ‘Iskander Dhul Kharnon’" Medievalism and Metal Music Studies: Throwing Down the Gauntlet, Ruth Barratt-Peacock and Ross Hagen eds., Emerald Press, 81-92, 2019.
“’The Threefold Cord’: On Hebrew and Arabic in the Work and Identity of Judah al-Harizi,” The Study of al-Andalus The Scholarship and Legacy of James T. Monroe, Michelle M. Hamilton David A. Wacks eds., Harvard UP, 140-159, 2018.
“‘Changing the Order of Creation’: The Toldot Ben Sira Disrupts the Medieval Hebrew Canon,” Talmudic Transgressions: Engaging the Work of Daniel Boyarin, ed. Charlotte E. Fronrobert, et al. Brill, 336-349, 2017.
“Hebrew Alexander Romances and Astrological Questions: Alexander, Aristotle, and the Medieval Jewish Audience,” Alexander the Great in the Middle Ages: Transcultural Perspectives, ed. Markus Stock, Toronto University Press, 88-103, 2016.
“The Contexts of the Hebrew Secret of Secrets,” Volume Collectif Sur Le Secret Des Secrets : Réceptions européennes du Secret des secrets (XIIIe-XVIe siècles), eds. M. Bridges, C. Gaullier-Bougassas and J.-Y. Tilliette, Brepols, 451-472, 2015.