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Lawrence Irvin Conrad (born 1949) is a British historian and scholar of Oriental studies, specializing in Near Eastern studies and the history of medicine. He currently serves as historian for the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine in London.

Education and career

Conrad received his Ph.D. from Princeton University, completing his dissertation on The Plague in the Early Medieval Near East in 1981. After a brief period working at the American University of Beirut, he moved in 1985 to the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine at University College, London. In 2001, he moved to the University of Hamburg, where he remained until his retirement in 2008. Conrad is known for his work on medieval Near Eastern social history, Arabic and Islamic medicine, and Arabic, Greek, and Syriac historiography.

Selected publications

Authored books

• Conrad, Lawrence I.; Neve, Michael; Nutton, Vivian; Porter, Roy; Wear, Andrew (1995). The Western Medical Tradition: 800 BC to AD 1800. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-47564-8.
• Noth, Albrecht; et al. (Conrad, Lawrence I.) (1994). The early Arabic historical tradition: a source-critical study. Translated by Bonner, Michael. Princeton, N.J: Darwin Press. ISBN 0-87850-082-0. OCLC 29953544.

Edited books

• Conrad, Lawrence I., ed. (1996). The World of Ibn Ṭufayl: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Ḥayy Ibn Yaqẓān. Brill. ISBN 90-04-10135-7.

Translated books

• Duri, Abd Al-Aziz (1983). The Rise of Historical Writing Among the Arabs. Translated by Conrad, Lawrence I. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1-4008-5388-5.

References

1. Conrad, Lawrence I. (1981). The Plague in the Early Medieval Near East (PhD thesis). Princeton University. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
2. "U.K." (PDF). IASTAM Newsletter (6). International Association for the Study of Traditional Asian Medicine. 1985. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
3. "Lawrence Conrad". Hamburger Professorinnen- und Professorenkatalog. Universität Hamburg. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
4. Reviews of The Western Medical Tradition
   • Cook, Harold John (1997). "Book review: The Western Medical Tradition, 800 B.C. to A.D. 1800". Bulletin of the History of Medicine. 71 (2). Johns Hopkins University Press: 328–329. doi:10.1353/bhm.1997.0065. ISSN 1086-3176. S2CID 70760013.
   • Carmichael, Ann G. (1999). "The Western Medical Tradition: 800 B.C. to A.D. 1800 by Lawrence I. Conrad, Michael Neve, Vivian Nutton, Roy Porter, Andrew Wear (book review)". The Historian. 61 (3). Taylor & Francis, Ltd.: 728–729.
   • Ferngren, Gary B. (29 February 1996). "Book Review | The Western Medical Tradition, 800 B.C. to A.D. 1800 By Lawrence I. Conrad, Michael Neve, Vivian Nutton, Roy Porter, and Andrew Wear". New England Journal of Medicine. 334 (9). Massachusetts Medical Society: 608–609. doi:10.1056/nejm199602293340919. ISSN 0028-4793.
5. Zaman, Muhammad Qasim (1995). "The Early Arabic Historical Tradition: A Source-Critical Study, by Albrecht Noth. Second edition, in collaboration with Lawrence I. Conrad. (book review)". Middle East Studies Association Bulletin. 29 (1). Cambridge University Press: 80. doi:10.1017/s0026318400030881. ISSN 0026-3184. S2CID 164784076.
6. Strohmaier, Gotthard (1997). "Lawrence I Conrad (ed.), The world of Ibn Tufayl: interdisciplinary perspectives on Hayy ibn Yaqzān (book review)". Medical History. 41 (4). Cambridge University Press: 505–507. doi:10.1017/s0025727300063146. ISSN 0025-7273.
7. Hillenbrand, Carole (1986). "The Rise of Historical Writing Among the Arabs by A. A. Duri (book review)". Bulletin (British Society for Middle Eastern Studies). 13 (1). Taylor & Francis, Ltd: 74–76.

• 1949 births
• Academics of University College London
• British Arabists
• British literary historians
• British medical historians
• British Islamic studies scholars
• British male non-fiction writers
• British orientalists
• Living people
• British scholars of Islam
• History of Quran scholars
• Princeton University alumni
• Academic staff of the University of Hamburg