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Personal bio
Alexander Key is a scholar of Classical Arabic literature whose interests range across the intellectual history of the Arabic and Persian-speaking worlds from the seventh century onwards. His 2018 book, Language Between God and the Poets (Berkeley: 2018), explains Classical Arabic theories about poetry and philosophy to all who are interested in how language produces affect and reflects the world. Currently teaching
COMPLIT 347P: Palestine in Literature and Film
(Autumn)
COMPLIT 147P: Palestine in Literature and Film (Autumn, Summer) CSRE 147P: Palestine in Literature and Film (Autumn) COMPLIT 243B: Arabic Poetry (Autumn) HUMCORE 121: Ancient Knowledge, New Frontiers: How the Greek Legacy Became Islamic Science (Winter) COMPLIT 346: Comparative Literature Pro-seminar (Winter) COMPLIT 107A: Ancient Knowledge, New Frontiers: How the Greek Legacy Became Islamic Science (Winter) CLASSICS 47: Ancient Knowledge, New Frontiers: How the Greek Legacy Became Islamic Science (Winter) COMPLIT 399: Individual Work (Autumn, Winter, Spring) COMPLIT 194: Independent Research (Autumn, Spring) |

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