Mohamed-Salah Omri is Professor of Arabic and Comparative Literature, University of Oxford, UK, and Fellow of St. John´s College, UK. His main research interests are in Arabic literature, both classical and modern; Tunisian literature written in diverse languages; comparative literature and the relationships between literature, society and history. He has published extensively on Tunisian literatures, including the monograph Nationalism, Islam and World Literature: Sites of Confluence in the Writings of Mahmud Al-Mas?adi (2006). His publications include co-edited volumes and special issues including Literature, democracy and transitional justice: Comparative World Perspectives (2022); Minding Borders: Resilient Divisions in Literature, the Body and the Academy (2017); Comparative Criticism and Methods (2015) and The Novelization of Islamic Literatures (2007); as well as peer-reviewed journal articles and chapters on Tunisian literature, the Arabic novel, and the Maghreb.