Yuriko YAMANAKA's "ALLEGORESIS..."

PHOTOS: 3 SIGNS OF 'MINPAKU' The National
Museum of Ethnology, in OSAKA, Japan
Page from the book ALLEGORESIS OF ALEXANDER
THE GREAT, by Yuriko YAMANAKA
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YAMANAKA Yuriko, is the author of
"ALLEGORESIS OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT"

( A Comparative study of traditions on
Alesander the great)
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Department of Cultural Research,
Associate Professor


Yuriko YAMANAKA's Academic Qualifications:
B.A. Kalamazoo College 1988
M.A. Univ. of Tokyo 1991
Ph.D. Univ. of Tokyo 2007

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Recent Research Interests:

Yuriko Yamanaka’s research interests lie in the field of comparative literature.
Her main focus has been the transmission of pre-Islamic traditions concerning Alexander the Great into the mediaeval Islamic world.

She has recently published, The Allegoresis of Alexander the Great: From Antiquity to Medieval Islam (2009, in Japanese).

In this book she examines texts in Arabic and Persian, from the beginnings of Islam in the 7th century to the Mongol invasion in the middle of the 13th century, with the aim of understanding the formation and transformation of the image of Alexander, and its place in the faith, political ideas, and historical consciousness of medieval Muslims.







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