with Richard Bulliet, Bobby Ghosh, Vali Nasr and more on Feb 22, 2007
with Bernard Haykel and Richard Bulliet on Jul 18, 2006
Richard Bulliet is a professor of history at Columbia University who specializes in the history of Islamic society and institutions, the history of technology, and the history of the role of animals in human society.
Several of his books focus on Iran but deal also with the larger Muslim world, including “The Patricians of Nishapur: a Study in Medieval Islamic History” (1972), “Conversion to Islam in the Medieval Period: An Essay in Quantitative History” (1979), and “Islam: the View from the Edge” (1994). His books on a broader view of Islamic history and society include “Under Siege: Islam and Democracy” (1994) and ‘The Case for Islamo-Christian Civilization’ (2004). He also returns to the history of animal domestication with his book “Hunters, Herders, and Hamburgers: The Past and Future of Human-Animal Relationships” (2005).
He is the writer and editor of books of more general interest as well, including “The Columbia History of the Twentieth Century” (editor, 1998), “The Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East” (co-editor, 1996), and The Earth and Its Peoples: A Global History (co-author, 1997). He has also written several novels which draw on his knowledge of international politics and the Middle East, and is a promoter of the validity of comics as an art form.
