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Lecture

William Tyler
The Christian and Muslim Enlightenment

Monday 20.05.2024

Summary

Since the Renaissance, the Christian West, including its Jewish citizens, tended to view the Muslim East as backward. Contemporary historians have challenged this perception in favour of a more nuanced understanding of how the Renaissance and the Enlightenment impacted the Ottoman Empire and its Arab subjects.

William Tyler

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William Tyler has spent his entire professional life in adult education, beginning at Kingsgate College in 1969. He has lectured widely for many public bodies, including the University of Cambridge and the WEA, in addition to speaking to many clubs and societies. In 2009, William was awarded the MBE for services to adult education, and he has previously been a scholar in residence at the London Jewish Cultural Centre.