The Seljuqs: Islam revitalized?
International symposium - Programme
13-14 September 2008
University of Edinburgh
Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies
19 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9LD
A symposium aiming to assess the state of Seljuq Studies, advance knowledge in the field and discuss future avenues of research
13 September 2008
| 9.00 - 9.20 | REGISTRATION/ Coffee and Tea |
| 9.20 - 9.30 | WELCOME: Professor Carole Hillenbrand |
Panel 1: Dynastic history and ideology of the Seljuqs Chair: Dr C. Lange | |
| 9.30 - 10.00 | Prof Dr C.E. Bosworth (Professor Emeritus University of Manchester) The Central Asian background of the Seljuqs |
| 10.00 - 10.30 | Prof Dr C. Hillenbrand (University of Edinburgh) Revisionist views of the Great Seljuqs? |
| 10.30 - 11.00 | S. Mecit (University of Edinburgh) Kingship and ideology under the Rum Seljuqs |
| 11.00 - 11.30 | COFFEE BREAK/ IMES |
Panel 2: The Seljuq city and nomads Chair: Prof Dr C. Hillenbrand | |
| 11.30 - 12.00 | Prof Dr S. Heidemann (University of Jena) Financing the Seljuq Power in Syria and Northern Mesopotamia (1060-1150s) |
| 12.00 - 12.30 | Prof Dr J. Paul (Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg) Arslan Arguun - nomadic revival? |
| 12.30 - 13.00 | Dr D. Durand-Guédy (Institut Fran�ais de Recherche en Iran/ Tehran) Tents, palaces and cities in Saljuq court poetry |
| 13.00 - 14.30 | LUNCH/ IMES |
Panel 3: Law and legal institutions under the Seljuqs Chair: Prof Dr R. Hillenbrand | |
| 14.30 - 15.00 | Dr C. Lange (University of Edinburgh) Changes in the office of Hisba under the Seljuqs |
| 15.00 - 15.30 | Prof Dr R. Gleave (University of Exeter) Shii Legal thought under the Seljuqs |
| 15.30 - 16.00 | Dr D. Ephrat (Open University of Israel) The Seljuqs and the public sphere in the period of Sunni revivalism |
| 16.00 - 16.30 | COFFEE BREAK/ IMES |
| 17.30 - 19.00 | RECEPTION/ Senate Room New College School of Divinity University of Edinburgh |
| 19.30 | DINNER |
14 September 2008
| Panel 4: Religious unity and diversity under the Seljuqs Chair: Prof Dr C.E. Bosworth (tbc) | |
| 9.30 - 10.00 | COFFEE TEA/ IMES Department lobby |
| 10.00 - 10.30 | Prof Dr M. Campanini (University of Naples) In defence of Sunnism:Al-Ghazali and the Seljuqs |
| 10.30 - 11.00 | Dr D. Tor (Bar Ilan University Ramat Gan) The Seljuq Sultans and Personal Piety: Religion and Politics in the Seljuq Era |
| 11.00 - 11.30 | COFFEE BREAK/ IMES |
Panel 5: Art, archeology and literature Chair: Dr A. George | |
| 11.30 - 12.00 | Prof Dr R. Hillenbrand (University of Edinburgh) A Seljuq capital in Central Asia: Merv and its architecture |
| 12.00 - 12.30 | Prof Dr S. Redford (Georgetown University) City building in Seljuq Rum |
| 12.30 - 13.00 | Prof Dr V. Behmardi (Lebanese American University) Arabic and Persian intertextuality in the Seljuq period |
| 13.00 - 13.20 | CONCLUDING REMARKS: evaluation and prospects Professor Robert Hillenbrand |
| 13.20 - 14.30 | LUNCH/ IMES |