Niall Christie

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Title: 
Faculty
Email: 
nchristie@corpuschristi.ca
Discipline: 
History
Discipline: 
Religion

Niall Christie teaches history and religious studies, and is the college's expert on Islam and the Middle East.

Niall Christie received his PhD in Islamic History from the University of St Andrews, Scotland, in 2000. He then held post-doctoral positions at the University of Toronto and Cornell University before moving to Vancouver, where he taught history, religious studies, and art history at the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University and Langara College, before joining the faculty of Corpus Christi College in January 2005. Niall's research deals with the Muslim response to the crusades, with a particular focus on the development of jihad ideology in the early 12th century. He teaches a wide range of courses in history and religious studies at CCC, covering topics as diverse as Classical civilisation, near eastern myths and scriptures, European and Middle Eastern history, and Islamic art.

Degrees: 
PhD in Islamic History (Awarded 1999, graduated 2000), University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Scotland
MLitt in Islamic History (Distinction, awarded 1996, graduated 1997), University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Scotland
MA Hons Arabic (1st Class, awarded and graduated 1995), University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Scotland
Recent Publications: 
Monograph in press: The Book of the Jihad of 'Ali ibn Tahir al-Sulami (d. 1106): Text, Translation and Commentary (Ashgate Press)
Article in press: "Noble Betrayers of their Faith, Families and Folk: Some Non-Muslim Women in Mediaeval Arabic Popular Literature," Folklore
Article in press: "Paradise and Hell in the Kitab al-Jihad of 'Ali b. Tahir al-Sulami (d. 500/1106)," Roads to Paradise: Eschatology and Concepts of the Hereafter in Islam, ed. Sebastian Günther and Todd Lawson (Brill)
Article: "'Curses, Foiled Again!' Further Research on Early Use of the 'Hadalahum Allah' Invocation during the Crusading Period," Arabica, Vol. 58 (2011), pp. 561-70
Article: "The Great Mice at Cordoba: De-Mythologising and Re-Mythologising Religious Imagery in David Petersen's Mouse Guard," Journal of Religion and Popular Culture, Vol. 23 (2011), pp. 289-310: <http://digital.utpjournals.com/issue/48939/29>
Links: 
Niall's personal web page
Niall's course syllabi
Niall's research

Office Hours

Office Number (Location): 
2
Monday 12:30 - 13:00
Monday 15:00 - 15:30