In May-July 2025, the Musée du Louvre in Paris held the first ever major museum exhibition in Europe devoted to the Mamluk Sultanate, the polity that ruled Egypt, Syria, and parts of the Arabian Peninsula from 1250-1517 C.E., a crucial period in Islamic and Middle Eastern history. Professor Noah Gardiner was commissioned to contribute two essays to the exhibition catalog, as well as to join his colleagues in Paris for the opening this past summer (made possible by funding from the Peter and Bonnie McCausland Fellowship)!