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Mahmoud Hawari

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Mahmoud Hawari

Position:

Research Associate

Faculty / College Address:

Oriental Institute

Email:

mahmoud.hawari@orinst.ox.ac.uk

Research interests:

My research interests lie in the study of the art, architecture and the archaeology of the Islamic world. I am particularly interested in Ayyubid, Mamluk and Ottoman architecture, medieval Islamic military architecture in the Levant, the transition from late Byzantine to early Islamic material culture in the Levant, Islamic ceramics and Arabic epigraphy.

Current Projects:

  • The Citadel of Jerusalem: a Comprehensive Archaeological and Architectural Study' (forthcoming monograph)
  •  “C N Johns’ Excavations at the Citadel of Jerusalem 1934-1947: Final Report” (monograph)
  • Archaeological excavations at the Umayyad Hisham’s Palace (Khirbet al-Mafjar), Palestine

Courses Taught:

  • (with Prof Jeremy Johns) “Islamic art and architecture in the Mediterranean and Bilad al-Sham”
  • “Islamic art and architecture (650-1250) – ARTH/340”, Centre for Medieval & Renaissance Studies

Recent publications:

  • Ayyubid Monuments”, chapter in: Hillenbrand, R. & Auld, S. (eds.), Ayyubid Jerusalem, The Holy City in Context 1187-1250, al-Tajir World of Islam, London (forthcoming) 
  • “The Ceramic Oil Lamps” chapter in: W. Aylward (ed.) The 2000 Rescue Archaeological Excavations at Zeugma, Turkey., Packard Humanities Institute, Los Angeles (forthcoming)
  • ‘The Excavation of a Post-Medieval Mill Race at Greenham Mill, Newbury, Berkshire, Newbury, Berkshire’, The Berkshire Archaeological Journal, Vol. 77 (2004-2008), 47-54
  • Ayyubid Jerusalem (1187-1250): an Architectural and Archaeological Study, (BAR International Series 1628, Archaeopress), Oxford 2007. ISBN 978-1407300429. Purchase via www.archaeopress.com
  • (with Michael Burgoyne) Bayt al-Hawwari, a hawsh House in Sabastia, Levant 37 (2005), 57-80
  • (Co-author, co-editor) Pilgrimage, Sciences and Sufism, Islamic Art in the West Bank and Gaza (Palestinian Authority, Museum With No Frontiers), Vienna and Amman 2004. ISBN 1-874044-42-2. Purchase via www.discoverislamicart.org/book_home_php
  • Bait ‘Ur al-Fauqa: A Medieval and Ottoman Village on the Ancient Road between Jerusalem and the Coastal Plain, Levant 36 (2004), 251-270
  • Khan al-Lubban, a Caravansarai on the Damascus-Jerusalem Road, Levant 33 (2001), 7-20
  • The Citadel (Qal’a) in the Ottoman Period: An Overview, in: Hillenbrand, R. & Auld, S. (eds.), Ottoman Jerusalem, the Living City 1517-1917, Chapter 32, al-Tajir World of Islam Trust, London 2000
  •  (Co-author) Qal’at al-Burak: A Fort of the Ottoman Period South of Bethlehem, Levant 32 (2000), 101-119
  • An Arabic Inscription From Tanturah (Dor), Levant 31(1999), 112-114

Translated Publications (English to Arabic):

  • The Timeline History of Islamic Art and Architecture, by Nasser D. Khalili, London, 2007. ISBN 1874780897
  • Silk, 13th to 18th Centuries, Treasures from the Museum of Islamic Art, Qatar, by J. Thompson, London, 2004
  • Ivory, 8th to 17th Centuries, Treasures from the Museum of Islamic Art, Qatar, by M. Rosser-Owen, London, 2004