Dr J.M.C. (Josephine) van den Bent
Medieval History
Faculty of Humanities
Geschiedenis
Visiting address
- Kloveniersburgwal 48
Postal address
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Postbus 1610
1000 BP Amsterdam
Contact details
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Profile
Josephine van den Bent is assistant professor in medieval history. She received her PhD in history from the UvA (2020), with a dissertation entitled 'The Mongols in Mamluk Eyes: Representing Ethnic Others in the Medieval Middle East'.
Research
My dissertation analysed the representation of the Mongols in the Mamluk sultanate of Egypt and Syria, and the ways in which contemporary scholars were involved in processes of ethnic identification, categorisation and othering and the ways in which such representations of the Mongols were used for various purposes in response to, and in interaction with, the sultanate’s complex ethnic and political contexts. My current research builds on that, focusing on the construction of ethnicity in the medieval Middle East. I am also a postdoctoral researcher in a project on water management in the medieval Middle East, where I focus on the cities of Baghdad, Basra and Mosul.
Teaching- Verdiepingsvak II
- Middeleeuwse geschiedenis
- De wereld op straat
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Publications
- refereed (7)
- academic (6)
- professional (3)
- popular scientific (8)
- recognitions (3)
- doctoral thesis (1)
2022
- van den Bent, J. M. C. (2022). Mongols in the Mamluk Sultanate. In M. Hope, & T. May (Eds.), The Mongol World (pp. 855-871). Routledge.
2021
- van den Bent, J. M. C. (2021). Mongol Origins in Mamluk Texts: An Origo Gentis in Ibn al-Dawādārī’s Durar al-Tījān and Kanz al-Durar. Mamlūk Studies Review, 24, 37-67. https://repository.ubn.ru.nl/handle/2066/246770
- van den Bent, J. M. C., van den Eijnde, F., & Weststeijn, J. K. (2021). Late Antique Responses to the Arab Conquests. Brill Nijhoff.
2020
Baars, R., & van den Bent, J. (2020). Discrediting the Dutch: A French Account of the Year of Disaster for Arab Audiences. Early Modern Low Countries , 4(2), 181-204. https://doi.org/10.18352/emlc.145 [details]
2018
- van den Bent, J. (2018). Vrouwen op muren: Diversiteit in (post-)revolutionaire Egyptische graffiti. Tijdschrift voor Geschiedenis, 131(1), 119-141. https://doi.org/10.5117/TVGESCH2018.1.BENT [details]
- van den Bent, J., Woltering, R., & Van de Wijngaert, L. (2018). Representations of the West in Post-Mubarak Egypt. In M. Del Fiol, & C. C. Mitatre (Eds.), Les Occidents des mondes arabes et musulmans: Afrique du nord. XIXe-XXIe siècles (pp. 225-237). Geuthner. [details]
2016
- van den Bent, J. (2016). “None of the kings on earth is their equal in ʿaṣabiyya”. The Mongols in Ibn Khaldūn’s Works. Al-Masāq. Journal of the Medieval Mediterranean, 28(2), 171-186. https://doi.org/10.1080/09503110.2016.1198535 [details]
2022
- Baars, R. M., & van den Bent, J. M. C. (2022). 1672. Het Rampjaar in Aleppo. In L. Heerma van Voss, & N. Bouras (Eds.), Nog meer wereldgeschiedenis van Nederland (pp. 265-270). Amsterdam.
- van den Bent, J. M. C. (2022). Recreating the Medieval Globe. Acts of Recycling, Revision and Relocation. Medieval Encounters, 28(1), 113-119.
2018
- van den Bent, J., van den Eijnde, F., & Weststeijn, J. (2018). Inleiding. In J. van den Bent, F. van den Eijnde, & J. Weststeijn (Eds.), Mohammed en de Late Oudheid (pp. 9-24). (Zenobiareeks; Vol. 6). Verloren. [details]
- van den Bent, J., van den Eijnde, F., & Weststeijn, J. (Eds.) (2018). Mohammed en de Late Oudheid. (Zenobiareeks; Vol. 6). Hilversum: Verloren. [details]
2015
- Van den Bent, J. (2015). Fighting for Female Voices in a Patriarchal Society: Women's Activism in (Post-)revolutionary Egypt. Yearbook for Women’s History , 35, 57-67. [details]
2014
- Woltering, R., van den Bent, J., & van de Wijngaert, L. (2014). Beeldvormingen over het Westen in post-Mubarak Egypte. Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam Centre for Middle Eastern Studies. http://www.wodc.nl/onderzoeksdatabase/onderzoek-naar-wijziging-van-islamitisch-vijandsbeeld-van-het-westen.aspx [details]
2022
- van den Bent, J. M. C. (Author). (2022). Source. The Baptistère de Saint Louis. Web publication or website, Teaching Medieval Slavery and Captivity website, run by Hannah Barker. https://medievalslavery.org/middle-east-and-north-africa/source-the-baptistere-de-saint-louis/
2020
- van den Bent, J., & Hart, T. (Eds.) (2020). Jeruzalem, Jeroesjalajiem, Al-Quds: De heilige stad door de eeuwen heen. (Zenobiareeks; Vol. 7). Verloren. [details]
2016
- van den Bent, J., van den Eijnde, F., & Weststeijn, J. (2016). Mohammed en de late oudheid. ZemZem, 12(2), 91-107. [details]
2022
- van den Bent, J. M. C. (2022). De gulden middenweg tussen hitte en kou. Klimaattheorie in de Middeleeuwen. Madoc. Tijdschrift over de Middeleeuwen , 36(4), 211-220.
2021
- Voorhoeve, M., & van den Bent, J. M. C. (2021). Klimaatcrisis. In M. Voorhoeve, & J. van den Bent (Eds.), ZemZem: Tijdschrift over het Midden-Oosten, Noord-Afrika en islam (1 ed., Vol. 17, pp. 3-4). Stichting Soera.
2020
- Voorhoeve, M., & van den Bent, J. M. C. (2020). Het veelkleurige mozaïek van gender en seksualiteit. In M. Voorhoeve, & J. van den Bent (Eds.), ZemZem: Tijdschrift over het Midden-Oosten, Noord-Afrika en islam (1 ed., Vol. 16, pp. 3-4).
- Voorhoeve, M., & van den Bent, J. M. C. (2020). We zijn 10 jaar verder... ZemZem, 16(2), 3-4.
- van den Bent, J. M. C. (2020). Shajar al-Durr. De slavin die sultana van Egypte werd. Groniek : Historisch Tijdschrift, 52(224), 359-369.
2017
- van den Bent, J. M. C. (2017). Heldin of ordinaire del? De levendige beelden van Aysha, vrouw van Mohammed. Kleio. Tijdschrift van de Vereniging van Docenten in Geschiedenis en Staatsinrichting in Nederland, 58(6), 16-17.
2016
- van den Bent, J. M. C. (2016). Djenghis Khan: van outcast tot keizer. Geschiedenis Magazine.
2014
- van den Bent, J. M. C., & Flinterman, W. A. (2014). Bidden, vechten, drinken en dichten. De vrije zeden van het oude kalifaat. Week.
Talk / presentation
- van den Bent, J. (speaker) (8-2-2022). Joseph vs. Yusuf. What the Reuse of a Biblical Narrative tells us about the Quran, GHD Ubbo Emmius (Groningen).
Others
- van den Bent, J. (participant) (21-8-2023 - 25-8-2023). The Tenth European Conference of Iranian Studies, Leiden. Paper title: “Ilkhanids in Mamluk Eyes” (participating in a conference, workshop, ...).
- van den Bent, J. (participant) (19-9-2022). Workshop at the Netherlands Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh (participating in a conference, workshop, ...).
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Ancillary activities
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Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
Postdoctoraal onderzoeker en docent -
Radboud Universiteit
postdoc
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Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
Baars, R., & van den Bent, J. (2020). Discrediting the Dutch: A French Account of the Year of Disaster for Arab Audiences. Early Modern Low Countries , 4(2), 181-204.