March 12-13, 2020, at Leiden University As part of the ERC-funded project, “Embedding Conquest, Naturalising Muslim Rule (600-1000)”, at Leiden University, this conference aims to bring together both senior and junior scholars to present research which illuminates the dynamics implicit in the act of excommunication and associated practices: ostracism, anathema, and other forms of religio-social … Continue reading Call for Papers: “Acts of Excommunication” in the Late Antique and Early Islamicate Middle East

Criminal activity and its investigation hold a special value to historians. They bring to the forefront debates on important issues such as race, gender and class, and expose moral assumptions. They also allow historians to follow general patterns of crime investigation and examine global interactions. Crime and its investigation should therefore be examined not only … Continue reading Call for Papers: Criminal Activity and its Investigation in Africa and the Middle East (1-2 Jun 2020 | Ben-Gurion University)