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Samer Akkach

Professor Samer Akkach

  • Post Nominals: FAHA
  • Fellow Type: Fellow
  • Elected to the Academy: 2020
  • Section(s): Asian Studies

Biography

Professor Samer Akkach is an architectural and intellectual historian, internationally recognised for his research on Islamic intellectual, scientific and cultural history. His analysis of the rise of Islamic science, the symbolism of its cosmological structure, and its application from the 16th century has been particularly influential for its revisionary insights based on his close analysis of medieval Arabic sources. His book Cosmology and Architecture in Pre-Modern Islam (2005) and the works that flowed from it are major contributions to cross-cultural research on the Middle East, Asia and Europe.
He is also recognised for his work on Islam and the European Enlightenment; the socio-urban and cultural history of the Levant, and on the influential Damascene Sufi scholar, ‘Abd al-Ghanī al-Nābulusī (1641–1731).

 

Acknowledgement of Country

The Australian Academy of the Humanities recognises Australia’s First Nations Peoples as the traditional owners and custodians of this land, and their continuous connection to country, community and culture.

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Acknowledgement of Country

The Australian Academy of the Humanities recognises Australia’s First Nations Peoples as the traditional owners and custodians of this land, and their continuous connection to country, community and culture.