Anas Taleb
First Name:
Anas
Last Name:
Taleb
Email :
anas.taleb@mail.utoronto.ca
Title:
MA Student
Biography :
Anas Taleb is an MA student at the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (IHPST) at the University of Toronto. Before joining the IHPST, he completed a joint honours B.A. in History and Middle Eastern Studies at McGill University.
Anas’s research examines the history of medicine and biology in the late Ottoman and early post-Ottoman Middle East, focusing on how scientific ideas intersected with intellectual and political debates in the region. His MA thesis investigates early twentieth-century discussions of rejuvenation, exploring how notions of bodily renewal reflected broader anxieties about national and civilizational revival and decline.