@jonbrack.bsky.social
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"Black Knights compellingly re-frames Arabic epic within a broader global history of race, thus prompting medievalists [...] to reconsider how racial formations, heroic imaginaries, and epic narrative structures intersect across time and space."
Sah-weet.
www.middleeastmedievalists.com/book-prize/
Sah-weet.
www.middleeastmedievalists.com/book-prize/
MEM Book Prize
www.middleeastmedievalists.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:04 PM
"Black Knights compellingly re-frames Arabic epic within a broader global history of race, thus prompting medievalists [...] to reconsider how racial formations, heroic imaginaries, and epic narrative structures intersect across time and space."
Sah-weet.
www.middleeastmedievalists.com/book-prize/
Sah-weet.
www.middleeastmedievalists.com/book-prize/
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Are you attending the International Medieval Congress in Leeds (@imc-leeds.bsky.social) next month?
We've compiled a handy list of all the panels addressing key themes in the medieval Islamic world including the panels we are sponsoring.
www.middleeastmedievalists.com/mem-at-the-i...
We've compiled a handy list of all the panels addressing key themes in the medieval Islamic world including the panels we are sponsoring.
www.middleeastmedievalists.com/mem-at-the-i...
MEM at the International Medieval Congress
www.middleeastmedievalists.com
June 26, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Are you attending the International Medieval Congress in Leeds (@imc-leeds.bsky.social) next month?
We've compiled a handy list of all the panels addressing key themes in the medieval Islamic world including the panels we are sponsoring.
www.middleeastmedievalists.com/mem-at-the-i...
We've compiled a handy list of all the panels addressing key themes in the medieval Islamic world including the panels we are sponsoring.
www.middleeastmedievalists.com/mem-at-the-i...
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The Great Lakes Adiban Society (GLAS) Ninth Annual Workshop will be held Friday–Sunday, October 10–12, 2025, at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. GLAS welcomes works in progress that would benefit from extensive discussion and feedback, especially for graduate students and early career.
May 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
The Great Lakes Adiban Society (GLAS) Ninth Annual Workshop will be held Friday–Sunday, October 10–12, 2025, at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. GLAS welcomes works in progress that would benefit from extensive discussion and feedback, especially for graduate students and early career.
The Zoominar is back: "Mongol History as a Political Question in the Qing Empire" with
Matthew Mosca (University of Washington)
Friday, May 2nd, 17:00-18:30 IST; 16:00-17:30 CET: 10:00-11:30 ET
#mongolsky, #tengri, #mongolempire or #innerasia
Matthew Mosca (University of Washington)
Friday, May 2nd, 17:00-18:30 IST; 16:00-17:30 CET: 10:00-11:30 ET
#mongolsky, #tengri, #mongolempire or #innerasia
April 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The Zoominar is back: "Mongol History as a Political Question in the Qing Empire" with
Matthew Mosca (University of Washington)
Friday, May 2nd, 17:00-18:30 IST; 16:00-17:30 CET: 10:00-11:30 ET
#mongolsky, #tengri, #mongolempire or #innerasia
Matthew Mosca (University of Washington)
Friday, May 2nd, 17:00-18:30 IST; 16:00-17:30 CET: 10:00-11:30 ET
#mongolsky, #tengri, #mongolempire or #innerasia
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The Board of Directors of Middle East Medievalists (MEM) is pleased to request submissions for its biennial prize for best book on the medieval Middle East (ca. 500-1500 CE). The prize will be awarded at the 2025 annual meeting. Books published between April 1, 2023 and March 31, 2025 are eligible.
April 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
The Board of Directors of Middle East Medievalists (MEM) is pleased to request submissions for its biennial prize for best book on the medieval Middle East (ca. 500-1500 CE). The prize will be awarded at the 2025 annual meeting. Books published between April 1, 2023 and March 31, 2025 are eligible.
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Post-Doc in Medieval and Modern Numismatics, four years, full time. The deadline for applications is 20 April 2025. See details here:
jobs.univie.ac.at
University Assistant Post-Doc at the Department of Numismatics and Montary History
jobs.univie.ac.at
University Assistant Post-Doc at the Department of Numismatics and Montary History
Jobs@Universität Wien
jobs.univie.ac.at
March 28, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Post-Doc in Medieval and Modern Numismatics, four years, full time. The deadline for applications is 20 April 2025. See details here:
jobs.univie.ac.at
University Assistant Post-Doc at the Department of Numismatics and Montary History
jobs.univie.ac.at
University Assistant Post-Doc at the Department of Numismatics and Montary History
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We close out the 2024 issue with a thousand and one thanks to our authors, reviewers, & readers! 618 pages of research articles, thought pieces, pedagogy file, conference reports & book reviews. here is a master thread that describes them all! 🧵⬇️
Share & follow because 2025 is going to bring more!
Share & follow because 2025 is going to bring more!
December 20, 2024 at 5:31 PM
We close out the 2024 issue with a thousand and one thanks to our authors, reviewers, & readers! 618 pages of research articles, thought pieces, pedagogy file, conference reports & book reviews. here is a master thread that describes them all! 🧵⬇️
Share & follow because 2025 is going to bring more!
Share & follow because 2025 is going to bring more!
our conference "Ancestor Veneration, Religious Encounters, and the State in the Mongol Empire and Africa" this Friday-Sat
March 30, 2025 at 9:18 PM
our conference "Ancestor Veneration, Religious Encounters, and the State in the Mongol Empire and Africa" this Friday-Sat
Double panel at AAS on Friday alert: Relics, Pilgrimage, and Spectacles: Charismatic Geopolitics and Sacred Kingship in Post-Mongol Eurasia. With the amazing: Azfar Moin, Matt Melvin-Koushki, Mustafa Banister, Gottfried Hagen, Ayşe Baltacıoğlu-Brammer, Aditi Jain, and Mohsin Rao
March 12, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Double panel at AAS on Friday alert: Relics, Pilgrimage, and Spectacles: Charismatic Geopolitics and Sacred Kingship in Post-Mongol Eurasia. With the amazing: Azfar Moin, Matt Melvin-Koushki, Mustafa Banister, Gottfried Hagen, Ayşe Baltacıoğlu-Brammer, Aditi Jain, and Mohsin Rao
Another Brilliant talk: Next Thursday in Evanston :
Microhistories of Reading: Anthologies before Print Culture
Kathryn Babayan (Department of History, University of Michigan Ann)
Thursday March 6, 5pm
University Hall 201
Microhistories of Reading: Anthologies before Print Culture
Kathryn Babayan (Department of History, University of Michigan Ann)
Thursday March 6, 5pm
University Hall 201
February 25, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Another Brilliant talk: Next Thursday in Evanston :
Microhistories of Reading: Anthologies before Print Culture
Kathryn Babayan (Department of History, University of Michigan Ann)
Thursday March 6, 5pm
University Hall 201
Microhistories of Reading: Anthologies before Print Culture
Kathryn Babayan (Department of History, University of Michigan Ann)
Thursday March 6, 5pm
University Hall 201
Another Brilliant talk next Thursday in Evanston, Northwestern U:
Microhistories of Reading: Anthologies before Print Culture
Kathryn Babayan (Department of History, University of Michigan Ann)
Thursday March 6, 5pm
University Hall 201
Microhistories of Reading: Anthologies before Print Culture
Kathryn Babayan (Department of History, University of Michigan Ann)
Thursday March 6, 5pm
University Hall 201
February 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Another Brilliant talk next Thursday in Evanston, Northwestern U:
Microhistories of Reading: Anthologies before Print Culture
Kathryn Babayan (Department of History, University of Michigan Ann)
Thursday March 6, 5pm
University Hall 201
Microhistories of Reading: Anthologies before Print Culture
Kathryn Babayan (Department of History, University of Michigan Ann)
Thursday March 6, 5pm
University Hall 201
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🎉 #meettheteam who have been reading, transcribing and translating documents written in #Persian! We took a moment today to celebrate their incredible achievements 💪
📅 Tomorrow sees the third release of 270 more #documents on our #digitalcorpus.
🔍 Explore now at www.invisible-east.org
#skystorians
📅 Tomorrow sees the third release of 270 more #documents on our #digitalcorpus.
🔍 Explore now at www.invisible-east.org
#skystorians
February 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
🎉 #meettheteam who have been reading, transcribing and translating documents written in #Persian! We took a moment today to celebrate their incredible achievements 💪
📅 Tomorrow sees the third release of 270 more #documents on our #digitalcorpus.
🔍 Explore now at www.invisible-east.org
#skystorians
📅 Tomorrow sees the third release of 270 more #documents on our #digitalcorpus.
🔍 Explore now at www.invisible-east.org
#skystorians
Join is this Wed for this amazing talk about “Vernacular Encyclopedism in the Mediterranean: The Case of Meir Aldabi’s Sh’vile Emunah”
Uri Zvi Shachar, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Uri Zvi Shachar, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
February 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Join is this Wed for this amazing talk about “Vernacular Encyclopedism in the Mediterranean: The Case of Meir Aldabi’s Sh’vile Emunah”
Uri Zvi Shachar, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Uri Zvi Shachar, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
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The special issue we (Michal Biran, Or Amir, and myself) edited in honor of the Khaqan Reuven Amitai’s retirement, with Mamluk Studies Review:
mamluk.uchicago.edu/browse-downl...
My own contribution on Muslim-Jewish polemics at the Ilkhanid court: “Ibn Kammūnah Is Going to Hell!” is available here
mamluk.uchicago.edu/browse-downl...
My own contribution on Muslim-Jewish polemics at the Ilkhanid court: “Ibn Kammūnah Is Going to Hell!” is available here
February 21, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The special issue we (Michal Biran, Or Amir, and myself) edited in honor of the Khaqan Reuven Amitai’s retirement, with Mamluk Studies Review:
mamluk.uchicago.edu/browse-downl...
My own contribution on Muslim-Jewish polemics at the Ilkhanid court: “Ibn Kammūnah Is Going to Hell!” is available here
mamluk.uchicago.edu/browse-downl...
My own contribution on Muslim-Jewish polemics at the Ilkhanid court: “Ibn Kammūnah Is Going to Hell!” is available here
join us this Friday for a zoom talk with the excellent James Pickett (12:00 Chicago time!)
February 20, 2025 at 3:25 AM
join us this Friday for a zoom talk with the excellent James Pickett (12:00 Chicago time!)
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Organizing a medievalist panel for MESA 2025 (DC, Nov 22-25)? MEM board of directors is now inviting submissions for MEM sponsored panels at MESA. Submit panel abstracts with individual paper abstracts by Feb 5 to Jonathan.brack@northwestern.edu
MESA submission deadline is Feb 13th!
MESA submission deadline is Feb 13th!
January 4, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Organizing a medievalist panel for MESA 2025 (DC, Nov 22-25)? MEM board of directors is now inviting submissions for MEM sponsored panels at MESA. Submit panel abstracts with individual paper abstracts by Feb 5 to Jonathan.brack@northwestern.edu
MESA submission deadline is Feb 13th!
MESA submission deadline is Feb 13th!
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It took the Nazis one month, three weeks, two days, eight hours, and 40 minutes to dismantle a constitutional republic.
When the fire starts to burn, every good person better be ready to man a post with a bucket of water if you want to stop it from raging out of control.
When the fire starts to burn, every good person better be ready to man a post with a bucket of water if you want to stop it from raging out of control.
February 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
It took the Nazis one month, three weeks, two days, eight hours, and 40 minutes to dismantle a constitutional republic.
When the fire starts to burn, every good person better be ready to man a post with a bucket of water if you want to stop it from raging out of control.
When the fire starts to burn, every good person better be ready to man a post with a bucket of water if you want to stop it from raging out of control.
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Étienne de la Vaissière et moi-même organisons conjointement le séminaire de l'EHESS : "Institutions et pratiques politiques des nomades de la grande steppe", dont vous trouverez le programme ci-dessous. 👇
#mongolsky #tengri #mongolempire #innerasia #medievalsky
#mongolsky #tengri #mongolempire #innerasia #medievalsky
February 19, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Étienne de la Vaissière et moi-même organisons conjointement le séminaire de l'EHESS : "Institutions et pratiques politiques des nomades de la grande steppe", dont vous trouverez le programme ci-dessous. 👇
#mongolsky #tengri #mongolempire #innerasia #medievalsky
#mongolsky #tengri #mongolempire #innerasia #medievalsky
(1)Green and Fancy’s (2025 Medical History) response to our response to their 2021 article in Medical History on Plague and the Mongol conquest of Baghdad is misleading and misrepresents both our argument about the lack of convincing historical textual evidence
February 19, 2025 at 8:26 PM
(1)Green and Fancy’s (2025 Medical History) response to our response to their 2021 article in Medical History on Plague and the Mongol conquest of Baghdad is misleading and misrepresents both our argument about the lack of convincing historical textual evidence
The Mongol Zoominar returns Friday Jan 17 (14:30 CET) with our first meeting for 2025: “Plague and Famine: Global and Local Perspectives” with Philip Slavin and Chun Xu
Check out the invitation and link in the poster
Check out the invitation and link in the poster
January 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The Mongol Zoominar returns Friday Jan 17 (14:30 CET) with our first meeting for 2025: “Plague and Famine: Global and Local Perspectives” with Philip Slavin and Chun Xu
Check out the invitation and link in the poster
Check out the invitation and link in the poster