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SUMMARY:Fellow Presentations
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DESCRIPTION:Presentation:\nThomas Hauschild: "Origins and Functions: Saint
  Nicholas and Santa Claus as Gods of old Chinese and Mongolian Culture"\nA
 nna Akasoy: "Iskandar the Prophet"Alexander the Great appears in a number 
 of contexts in the cultures of the medieval Islamic world\, including the 
 Qur’an and its exegesis\, historiography\, literary traditions (notably 
 the Alexander Romance) and philosophy. In my presentation I will begin wit
 h a survey of Alexander’s contested role as a prophet in medieval Islam 
 and then focus on political notions of prophecy in that context.
URL:https://ceres.rub.de/en/events/FP_040612_eng/
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