By Şevket Pamuk * This is a summary of an article co-authored by Şevket Pamuk & Maya Shatzmiller, Plagues, Wages and Economic Change in the Islamic Middle East, 700-1500, 74 The Journal … Continue reading Economic Impact and Consequences of the Plagues on the Medieval Middle East
:: Pandemic Roundtable :: Introduction
In the age of COVID-2019, we at the Islamic Law Blog have curated a set of essays on the theme of pandemics in Islamic history and thought. Leading scholars and … Continue reading :: Pandemic Roundtable :: Introduction
The Bazaar in the History of Global Capitalism
By Fahad Bishara Those of us working in the humanities and social sciences may have noticed that discussions of the history of capitalism have experienced something of a renaissance over … Continue reading The Bazaar in the History of Global Capitalism
The Persianate Bazaar
By Fahad Bishara I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t know much about the Persianate world. I only came across the term something like six years ago, when … Continue reading The Persianate Bazaar
The Maritime Bazaar
By Fahad Bishara In my first blog post, I introduced the idea of the bazaar as a site for thinking about the intertwined histories of law and economic life in … Continue reading The Maritime Bazaar
Into the Bazaar
By Fahad Bishara There’s nothing like a global pandemic to get us to appreciate how far we’ve come in thinking about the history of law and economic life in the … Continue reading Into the Bazaar
Law and Economic Life in the Islamic World: A Teaching Post
By Fahad Ahmad Bishara. Reposted from the Legal History Blog with permission from the author. For this post, instead of giving reflections on research or on writing in Indian Ocean legal history, … Continue reading Law and Economic Life in the Islamic World: A Teaching Post