Institute for Medieval Studies
IMC 2015 Session
| Session | 233 |
| Title | The Early Islamic World, II: Provinces and Frontiers - Syria and the West |
| Date/Time | Monday 6 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 | Andrew Marsham, Faculty of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge |
| Paper 233-a | Berbers and Borderlands: Frontier Society in North Africa (Language: English) Corisande Fenwick, School of Archaeology & Ancient History, University of Leicester Index Terms: Archaeology - General; Islamic and Arabic Studies; Social History |
| Paper 233-b | Elites in the Countryside: Recent Research on the Umayyad 'Desert Castles' (Language: English) Denis Genequand, Unité d'Anthropologie, Université de Genève Index Terms: Architecture - Secular; Islamic and Arabic Studies; Social History |
| Abstract | The second session of the 'Early Islamic World' Research Network will consider economic, political, and social changes in the Mediterranean and North Africa in the periods before and during the establishment of the Umayyad empire. |