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Workshop: “Professional Mobility in the Islamic Lands (900-1600): ʿulamāʾ, udabāʾ, and Administrators”

21. March 2019 - 22. March 2019

This workshop is interested in papers that consider the following questions:

  • How and when did the madrasas start producing bureaucrats?
  • What did getting close to political authority entail for the ʿulamāʾ?
  • How did offers for higher appointments travel in Islamic lands?
  • How did the competition between ruling elites and households impact this professional mobility?
  • Etc.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 September 2018 (300 words or less)

Contact: SOASconference@gmail.com

Information: https://iismm.hypotheses.org/30535

Find the full call for papers here.

 

 

 

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Start:
21. March 2019
End:
22. March 2019
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Website:
https://iismm.hypotheses.org/30535

Venue

SOAS, University of London
Thornhaugh Street Russell Square
London, London WC1H 0XG United Kingdom
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Phone:
+44 (0)20 7637 2388
Website:
https://www.soas.ac.uk/

Organizers

SOAS, University of London
Pantheon-Sorbonne University