Dr. María José Parra Pérez
Former Researcher
Short Curriculum Vitae
•Ph.D., History of Science: Astronomy, mathematics and astrology in the Middle Ages. University of Barcelona (2013). Dissertation: "Edition and Study of the Arabic Translations of Abraham Zacut´s Almanach Perpetuum".
•Research and teaching fellowship at the Department of Semitic Philology (Area of Arabic and Islamic Studies). University of Barcelona (2009-2013).
•M.A., History of Science: Astronomy, mathematics and astrology in the Middle Ages. University of Barcelona (2007).
•B.A. Arabic Philology. University of Granada, Spain, and Ain Shams University, Cairo (2005).
Selected Publications
- “La tabla de estrellas de Ibn al-Raqqām en una versión árabe del Almanach Perpetuum de Abraham Zacuto” in Archives internationales d’histoire des sciences, vol. 62, nº 168 (2012), pp. 27-41.
- ‘Uṭārid b. Muḥammad al-Ḥāsib’s Sirr al-asrār and his Aphorisms” in Anaquel de Estudios Árabes, vol. 20 (2009), pp. 165-186.