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

Name: Workshop: “Professional Mobility in the Islamic Lands (900-1600): ʿulamāʾ, udabāʾ, and Administrators”
Start: 2019-03-21T00:00:00+01:00
End: 2019-03-22T23:59:59+01:00
Location: SOAS, University of London

21. March 2019 - 22. March 2019

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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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Details

Start:: 21. March 2019
End:: 22. March 2019
Event Category:: Workshop
Event Tags:: Islamic Culture, Islamic Law, Islamic Studies
Website:: https://iismm.hypotheses.org/30535

Venue

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

Organizers

: SOAS, University of London
: Pantheon-Sorbonne University