Glaire Anderson

I'm an award-winning author and historian of Islamic architecture, art, and history in the age of the caliphs (c. 650-1250 CE).
As founding leader of the Digital Lab for Islamic Visual Culture & Collections I work with industry, academic, and GLAM partners to make Islamic art and history visible and accessible to all. I provided historical expertise on the new Assassin's Creed Mirage
video game, forthcoming from Ubisoft. I've published two books, co-edited volumes, and numerous essays on the art, architecture, and social history of the medieval Islamic lands with a focus on Córdoba. Currently I'm Senior Lecturer in Islamic Art in the School of History of Art at the University of Edinburgh. I earned my PhD at MIT in the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture.