The Medieval Mediterranean: Local and Global Perspectives 7th June Archives and record-keeping in the medieval Eastern Mediterranean

This is a reminder of today’s webinar – the last one for this second multidisciplinary series The Medieval Mediterranean: Local and Global Perspectives (Series 2), co-organised by the Medieval Studies Research Group at the University of Lincoln in collaboration with the Society for the Medieval Mediterranean, the Woolf Institute (Cambridge), the Institució Milà i Fontanals CSIC (Barcelona) and the Universities of Ghent, Munich and Leicester:

Tuesday 7th June 2022, 5.00-6.00PM

Archives and record-keeping in the medieval Eastern Mediterranean

Speakers:

Prof Marina Rustow (Princeton University)
Dr Benedikt Reier (University of Berlin)
Dr Daisy Livingston (University of Hamburg)
The session will be chaired by Dr Alessandro Silvestri (CSIC)

Abstract:

It is well known that writing was important in medieval Muslim societies and research is increasingly showing there to have also been considerable energy invested in the production and preservation of written documents. In a region whose history has been written disproportionately using narrative texts rather than original documents, the recognition of its archival history has major potential to reshape our understanding of this period and region. In this webinar we discuss archiving in the medieval Arabic-speaking Eastern Mediterranean, covering an extended period from the time of the Fatimid caliphs to the demise of the Mamluk sultans (10th to 16th centuries CE). We present three case-studies which showcase a diverse range of historical actors, exploring state record-keeping, the archival practices of religious scholars, and the preservation of legal documents, to illustrate the rich and complex archival history of this region.

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We look forward to seeing you all there!

Story submitted by Antonella Liuzzo Scorpo
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