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We want to bring to your attention a great new resource for architecture carried out under the rule of the Almohads!  The project “Atlas of Almohad Architecture (ATARAL)” was realized by the financing of the Ministry of Science and Innovation of Spain. The duration of the program is scheduled to last until June 2023. At the time...

Date: 30th June  – 2nd July 2022 Place: Córdoba (Spain) The mosque, in its diverse architectural and visual expressions and as an institution, is considered one of the most significant manifestations of Islamic cultures. While the basic liturgical concept as a place of prayer is universal, a mosque can acquire further functions, and its form has proven extraordinarily...

This new book is the most extensive collective volume on ‘Otherness’ in the Middle Ages so far.  The methodological introduction and the 18 contributions of this volume demonstrate the great diversity of the theme and its different manifestations and perspectives. They tackle the problem from distinct angles and disciplines (history, art history, archaeology, literary history,...

Date: 13th – 17th June 2022 Venue: Nantes, Maison des Sciences de l’Homme Ange Guépin 5 allée Jacques Berque, 44021 Nantes Cedex 1Simone Veil Amphitheatre How have Christian authors in Europe used and appropriated the Qur’an?   We are interested in how the Qur’an was used as a historical and linguistic archive, as a mine of heretical ideas and...

The exhibition “Arts de l’Islam” in France is now open! Objects from the Louvre Museum, from the Department of Islamic Art are now being exhibited all over France until 27th March 2022. To now more about this great initiative, please visit https://expo-arts-islam.fr/en

Editors:François-Xavier Fauvelle, Collège de FranceNahir Otaño Gracia, University of New MexicoCord J. Whitaker, Wellesley College IS-LE would like to call your attention for the following Open Call for Papers: For far too long, scholarly consensus held that race and racism were mainly Enlightenment innovations, datable to no earlier than the seventeenth century. As long ago...

IS-LE is very excited to share that the ERC Synergy Project ‘The European Qur’an. Islamic Scripture in European Culture and Religion 1150-1850 (EuQu)’ is launching their first EuQu Book Collection next 25th October! To know more on this, please visit the website: https://www.degruyter.com/document/isbn/9783110702743/html

IS-LE calls you attention to an open call for the Seventh Biennial Conference of the Society for the Medieval Mediterranean (SMM) entitled “Interruptions and Disruptions in the Medieval Mediterranean, 400-1500”. The conference will take place in the University of Crete, Rethymnon, 11-15 July 2022. Deadline for Panel and Paper Proposals is the 30th November of...

IS-LE would like to call your attention for the following call for papers for the panel entitled “Travelling in the Eastern Mediterranean, ca. 1300-1500: Politics, Agency and Production of Historical Knowledge and Space” being organised within the International Conference “Interruptions and disruptions in the medieval Mediterranean, 400-1500”. This Panel Session is being organised by Dr. Eleni Tounta (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)...

A Nazarí textile was found in 2002 under the mantle of the Virgin of Pajares de Peñafiel in Valladolid, Spain. This amazing textile is currently being exhibited for the first time. To know more about this discovery please visit the link: https://arsmagazine.com/un-tejido-nazari-bajo-las-enaguas-de-la-virgen-de-pajares/

Four family libraries in Jerusalem partnered with HMML (Hill Museum & Manuscript Library, USA) to digitize and catalogue their collections of Islamic manuscripts, now fully available online.´ To know more about this initiative please visit the link: https://hmml.org/stories/four-family-libraries-in-jerusalem/ Please find the manuscripts on the following link: http://vhmml.org/readingRoom

IS-LE would like to call attention to the Exhibition “Ksar Seghir: a Moroccan-Portuguese archaeological heritage in the Strait of Gibraltar”, by André Teixeira (COST IS-LE participant), Abdelatif El-Boudjay and Joana Bento Torres (COST IS-LE participant). The exhibition can be visited online in the following link: https://bit.ly/3yiieBg

IS-LE would like to call the attention to the following open position for Tenure-track assistant professorship in Modern Turkish history, society, and culture, University of Copenhagen. To know more about this position and how to apply please visit the website here below

The journal postmedieval is entering a new phase and the new editorial team, along with a new editorial board, is working to expand the scope of the journal to all geographies, language traditions, disciplines in medieval studies. We’re currently open for submissions for both open topic articles and also special issue proposals. More information can be found here....

IS-LE would like to call the attention to the following online conference “Derecho canónico y sociedades cristianas, entre la cristiandad y el Islam” Dates: 24, 25 y 26 de febrero de 2021. Scope: Congreso acerca de la relación entre la comunidad cristiana y su ley, los marcos de negociación de dicha ley con la comunidad islámica, y...

IS-LE would like to call the attention to the following open call: Medworlds Workshop – Coexistence in Practice: Politics, Trade and Culture in the Late Medieval Anatolia and Iberia Deadline: 28 February 2021 Venue: Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakif University, Valide-i Atik Mh., Eski Toptaşı Cd. No: 91, Uskudar, Istanbul / Turkey Scope: Stretching along continents, the Mediterranean Sea has played an important role...

Deadline: 15th September 2020 Scope: In cooperation with: The EU Research Infrastructures: DARIAH-EU (www.dariah-eu) European Research Infrastructure on e-Humanities and Art, CLARIN-ERIC (www.clarin.eu) European Research Infrastructure for Language Resources and Technology, the H2020 ViMM-Plus project, the H2020 MSCA ITN CHANGE project (https://change-itn.eu/), the H2020 Impactour project (https://www.impactour.eu/), the EU OPHERA project (https://ophera.beniculturali.it/en/1/home), the Europeana Archaeology (https://europeanaarchaeology.carare.eu/), the Europeana...

IS-LE would like to call the attention to the following open call within the Renaissance Society of America 67th Annual Meeting, in Dublin, Ireland  (7–10 April 2021):  Deadline: 8 August 2020Scientific Responsible: Mònica Colominas Aparicio (m.colominas.aparicio@rug.nl)Title: Between Nasrid Granada and Christian Iberia: Minorities, Group ​Boundaries and Political Dominance in the Mediterranean Scope: This panel proposes to take an international perspective on the actual treatment...

IS-LE would like to call your attention to this article “Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages: What, Where, When”: https://www.medievalists.net/2020/05/eastern-europe-middle-ages/Throughout the medieval period, Eastern Europe stood at the crossroads of different traditions—among them Latin, Greek, Slavic, and Islamic—which informed local political, military, economic, cultural, and artistic developments. Whereas the medieval West has established its footing in scholarship...

IS-LE would like to call your attention to this book “Catalan Maps and Jewish BooksThe Intellectual Profile of Elisha ben Abraham Cresques (1325-1387)” that describes the life of Elisa ben Abraham Cresques, known to many as the author of the Catalan Atlas, and focuses on the Jewish aspects of his fascinating career, his professional profile, and his scholarship.

IS-LE would like to call attention to the Special Exhibition “Arab Weavers – Christian Kings. Medieval Textiles from Spain” at The Abegg-Stiftung, Postfach, CH-3132 Riggisberg, Switzerland. This Exhibition will be on display from the 11th of May to the 8th of November 2020. 

IS-LE would like to call attention to the Workshop “The Latin Qur’an, 1143-1500: Translation, Transition, Interpretation”, within the ERC Synergy Project ’The European Qur’an’ EuQu. For more information please download the brochure here.

IS-LE would like to call the attention to the following open call within the XXIII International Congress of Historical Sciences in Poznan (23-29 August 2020): Deadline: 31 January 2020Scientific Responsible: Ferenc Tóth (Toth.Ferenc@btk.mta.hu)Title: “Specialized theme: Shared spaces, conflicting memories? Interreligious lieux de mémoire” Scope: Contemporary discourse colonizes the past, projecting onto it our own worries,...

IS-LE would like to call the attention to the following Post-doc fellowship opportunity: Post-doctoral researchers on the “European Qur’an”. The Université de Nantes, the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Università di Napoli l’Orientale, and the University of Kent are hiring post-doctoral researchers to join our project “The European Qur’an: Islamic Scripture in European Culture and...

IS-LE would like to call the attention to the following book launch: “A Península Ibérica e o Norte de África (séculos XV a XVII): História e Património / The Iberian Peninsula and North Africa (15th to 17th centuries). History and Heritage”, on the 9th of December, at FCSH NOVA. This book that was coordinated by...

IS-LE would like to call the attention to the following Exhibition: «Azemmour: sept siècles entre le fleuve et la mer», currently in Marrakesh, Morocco. Located near the mouth of the Morbeia River, the city of Azamor has always played a role in linking the interior of the territory and the ocean, connecting Morocco with the...

IS-LE would like to call the attention to the following open call for the conference “Crusade”: a word in history, from Medieval to Present Times, held in Stockholm in 2020.  The conference organized by the Centre for Medieval Studies in Stockholm University on September 14th and 15th 2020 aims at a global comprehension of the...

IS-LE would like to call the attention to the following open call 5 postdoctoral fellowships for the academic year 2020/21 in the research program europe in the middle east—the middle east in europe (eume). For more detailed information, please visit: www.eume-berlin.de

Call for Papers: Session organized within the IMC (International Medieval Conference) in Leeds
Topic: "Borders"
Place: Leeds
Date: 6th to the 9th of July 2020.

The launch event for the ERC Synergy project “The European Qur’an”, held in Naples (Italy) on October 16-18, 2019, brought together an international team of researchers working on the European Qur’an and related topics. The four principal investigators presented their program to the members of the EuQu advisory board and other invited scholars. Next meeting:...

IS-LE would like to call the attention to the exhibition: “El Mancebo de Arévalo. Vida y Obra.” At the Museo de Ávila, Spain This exhibition aims to raise awareness of the figure of Mancebo de Arévalo, one of the most representative and original authors of the Moorish and crypto-Islamic culture and Castilian literature, who wrote...

The IS-LE calls the attention to the following opportunity for short-term research grants: Funded by the Anneliese Maier Research Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and with support from Yale University, the Humboldt Yale History Network aims to assemble and sustain a global research network of historians. To that end, the network is pleased...