Institute for Medieval Studies

Session	733
Title	The Early Islamic World, VI: Iberia
Date/Time	Tuesday 7 July 2015: 14.15-15.45
Sponsor	Centre for Advanced Study of the Arab World (CASAW) / 'Early Islamic World' Research Network, University of Edinburgh
Organiser	Ann R. Christys, Independent Scholar, Leeds
	Andrew Marsham, Faculty of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge
Moderator/Chair	Ann R. Christys, Independent Scholar, Leeds
Paper 733-a	Law, Families, and the Frontier in Umayyad Iberia (Language: English) Nicola Clarke, School of History, Classics & Archaeology, Newcastle University Index Terms: Genealogy and Prosopography; Islamic and Arabic Studies; Law; Social History
Paper 733-b	Power, Law, and Ideology in Umayyad Spain (Language: English) Mateusz Wilk, Institute of History, Uniwersytet Warszawski Index Terms: Historiography - Medieval; Islamic and Arabic Studies; Law; Politics and Diplomacy
Paper 733-c	Conquest and Settlement: What al-Andalus Can Tell Us About the Arab Expansion at the Time of the Umayyad Caliphate (Language: English) Eduardo Manzano Moreno, Instituto de Historia, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Madrid / St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies, University of St Andrews Index Terms: Historiography - Medieval; Islamic and Arabic Studies
Abstract	The sixth session of the 'Early Islamic World' Research Network shows to what extent the establishment of the Umayyads in Iberia in the 8th century and later resembled earlier developments in the first Umayyad empire.