Edible Lecture: Haisah and Medieval Cooking

Prof. Daniel Newman holds the Chair of Arabic Studies at the University of Durham (UK). His research interests include Arabic travel literature, 19th-century Arab reform movements, Islamic medicine, and medieval Arab culinary history. He is the author of the best-selling "An Imam in Paris: Account of a Stay in France by an Egyptian Cleric" (1826-1831) and was the co-recipient of the World Award of the President of the Republic of Tunisia for Islamic Studies for the book entitled "Muslim Women in Law and Society". His book "The Sultan’s Feast", "A Fifteenth-century Cookbook" (2020) was longlisted for the Peter Mackenzie Smith
Book Prize 2021 and received the Gourmand World Cookbook Award 2021. His most recent book is The Exile's Cookbook: Medieval Gastronomic Treasures from Al-Andalus and North Africa. His research was showcased in a six-part Aljazeera series on the history of medieval
Arab food. He maintains a blog and an Instagram account (@medieval_arab_cooking) where he shares his passion for bringing medieval Arab dishes to life by recreating recipes.