Hugh N. Kennedy
| Hugh N. Kennedy | |
|---|---|
| Born |
22 October 1947 Hythe, Kent, England |
| Citizenship | British |
| Institutions |
University of St Andrews School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London |
| Alma mater | Pembroke College, Cambridge |
| Thesis | Politics and the political élite in the early Abbasid Caliphate (1978) |
| Notable awards |
FRSE (2000) FBA (2012) |
| Spouse | Hilary Wybar (m. 1970) |
Hugh Nigel Kennedy, FRSE, FRAS, FBA (born 22 October 1947) is a British medieval historian and academic. He specialises in the history of the early Islamic Middle East, Muslim Spain and the Crusades. From 1997 to 2007, he was Professor of Middle Eastern History at the University of St Andrews. Since 2007, he has been Professor of Arabic at SOAS, University of London.
Kennedy was born on 22 October 1947 in Hythe, Kent, England. He spent a year 1965-6 studying at the Middle East Centre for Arab Studies at Shemlan in Lebanon; he had received a scholarship from the British Foreign Office. From 1966 to 1969, he studied at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He studied Arabic and Persian for Part 1 of the Tripos (achieving a 2:1), and history for Part II (achieving a first). He graduated from the University of Cambridge with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1969. From 1969 to 1972, he was a postgraduate student within the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Cambridge. He completed his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 1978 with a doctoral thesis titled Politics and the political élite in the early Abbasid Caliphate.
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