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15 Minute History is a history podcast designed for historians, enthusiasts, and newbies alike.

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Denise A. Spellberg

Denise A Spellberg

Denise A. Spellberg is Professor in the Department of History at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research interests include medieval Islamic history and religion; Ottoman Turkish and Byzantine cultures; pre-Islamic religions of Iran; Islam in Europe and America; Gender, and social attitudes toward women in each of these historical contexts. Her latest book, Thomas Jefferson’s Qur’an: Islam and the Founders, was published in 2013, and was awarded the Hamilton Award by the University of Texas Cooperative Society in 2014.

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