@rebellionuhh.bsky.social
Emmy Noether research group, 'Social Contexts of Rebellion in the Early Islamic Period (SCORE)', Hamburg. https://www.aai.uni-hamburg.de/voror/forschung/score.html. "Rebels and Rulers in the Early Islamicate World" (EUP, Dec 2024, OA!). Shared account.
Interested in Assyrian rebels and state building? Join us on Tues, 9 Dec, 4:00 pm CET, on Zoom for a talk by Alexander Edmonds (MΓΌnster): 'The King is Dead! New, Rebellious Insights into the Rise of the Assyrian Empire'!
Register by emailing our team account score.aai@uni-hamburg.de. π
Interested in Assyrian rebels and state building? Join us on Tues, 9 Dec, 4:00 pm CET, on Zoom for a talk by Alexander Edmonds (MΓΌnster): 'The King is Dead! New, Rebellious Insights into the Rise of the Assyrian Empire'!
Register by emailing our team account score.aai@uni-hamburg.de. π
Great opportunity to work with our brilliant colleagues of the Caliphal Finances team at Edinburgh! Research Fellow in Coptic and Greek papyrology OR Abbasid History and Historiography, full time, fixed-term until 31 Dec 2027! π
24.11.2025 14:49 β π 1 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0At the Centre for Near and Middle Eastern Studies, Department of Islamic Studies, University of Marburg, a full-time postdoc position in research and teaching is to be filled for a fixed term of four years starting on 1 March 2026, with the option of extension for a further two years
19.11.2025 23:14 β π 1 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0An important 'time out' by a very clear thinker. Much of what Shoemaker claims about the Hijaz on the eve of Islam is conclusively disproved by material evidence, which grows by the year. I have a surprise, too, from my last survey mission (May 2025) between Taif-Mecca and Medina
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Today!
Massimiliano Borroni (Venice), 'Late Frost and Fiscal Timetables: The Mosul Revolt of 259 AH', 4:00 pm CET on Zoom.
Register by emailing score.aai@uni-hamburg.de.
Our lecture series on rebellion continues tomorrow, Tues, 18 Nov, 4:00 pm CET, on Zoom! Massimiliano Borroni will discuss his work on climate, revolt, and fiscality in a talk on 'Late Frost and Fiscal Timetables: The Mosul Revolt of 259 AH'!
Register by emailing score.aai@uni-hamburg.de! π
Today! Nargiz Mammadli, 'The Political Background of Heresy Executions in Medieval Islam: The Case of Imadaddin Nasimi (d. 1417)'! 21 Oct, 4:00 pm CEST, on Zoom.
Email score.aai@uni-hamburg.de to join!
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Our lecture series resumes tomorrow, Tues, 21 Oct, 4:00 pm CEST on Zoom, with a talk by Nargiz Mammadli on 'The Political Background of Heresy Executions in Medieval Islam: The Case of Imadaddin Nasimi (d. 1417)'!
Register by emailing score.aai@uni-hamburg.de! π
Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
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Excited to share that our doctoral researcher Natalie @kontny-wendt.bsky.social will present her research on the proposgraphy of Zaydi rebellion in the inaugural session of the @shiistudiesnet.bsky.social seminar series! Get in touch with the Network to listen to her talk on 20 Oct! π
15.09.2025 13:56 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0A reminder that the upcoming @imc-leeds.bsky.social (July 2026) submission deadline is on 30 September (only for pre-organized panels!). IMCβs 2026 theme is βTemporalitiesβ (www.imc.leeds.ac.uk/imc-2026/).
MEM sponsors IMC panels in the field of medieval Islamic history/studies.
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#OpenAccess on
#MENAdoc:
"The Greek orthodox waqf in Lebanon during the Ottoman period" by Souad Abou el-Rousse Slim
Beiruter Texte und Studien 113
[WΓΌrzburg : Ergon, 2007]
dx.doi.org/10.25673/112...
#ottomanempire #greeks #lebanon
Weβve crossed the halfway point on this fundraiser for a Syrian PhD student! π₯³ So excited!
Just 4 donations of $75 and heβll have money needed to submit an open-access article: a requirement for graduation in his program. Whoβs got $75 out there today? It might be you!
We are delighted to announce the autumn program of our online lecture series Material Culture, Art, and Architecture of Pre-Safavid ShΔ«ΚΏism. The series brings together scholars of early ShΔ«ΚΏism with specialists in Islamic material culture, art, architecture, and archaeology.
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βοΈ Our online lecture series on rebellion in the pre-modern Islamicate world resumes next month (21 Oct)! Tuesdays, 4-5:30 pm CET, on Zoom. Check out the new programme here: www.aai.uni-hamburg.de/voror/forsch....
To attend, simply email us at score.aai@uni-hamburg.de! π
Daisy Livingston delves into the archival history of one of the most powerful polities in Cairo: the βMamlukβ sultanate of Cairo.Β
π§ Dive into her insights during an interview with Jen Hoyer: https://edin.ac/4n7lsRzΒ
π Explore Daisyβs book:
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28.08.2025 13:10 β π 7 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0Over at @invisibleeast.bsky.social our member Teresa Bernheimer contributed a "Document of the Month" with her piece on "Scribal Building Blocks and Funerary Inscriptions in 9th-Century Egypt". Check it out:
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πΊ Job alert! πΊ
Durham University is advertising for an Assistant Professor in Histories of the Islamicate World (Medieval/Early Modern), permanent and full-time!
Great department, lovely colleagues, beautiful historic city! Deadline for applications is 28/09/25!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOJ050/a...
We are so excited to announce the launch of the Shii Studies Network, a space for PhD students researching Shiism to forge personal and professional connections, share their research with and learn from each other, and push the field forward.
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πΊ Job alert! πΊ
Durham University is advertising for an Assistant Professor in Histories of the Islamicate World (Medieval/Early Modern), permanent and full-time!
Great department, lovely colleagues, beautiful historic city! Deadline for applications is 28/09/25!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOJ050/a...
Come join our brilliant colleagues @csmc-hamburg.bsky.social and apply for a PhD in Manuscript Cultures with a fully funded 3-year scholarship! Deadline for applications: 30 September! π
18.08.2025 14:26 β π 0 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Come join our brilliant colleagues @csmc-hamburg.bsky.social and apply for a PhD in Manuscript Cultures with a fully funded 3-year scholarship! Deadline for applications: 30 September! π
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#CfP Conference: "The Materiality of Jewish-Arabic Relations" (BMFTR-project "Beyond Conflict and Coexistence: An Entangled History of Jewish-Arab Relations) - deadline: 15 September 2025.
11.08.2025 14:46 β π 6 π 8 π¬ 0 π 0Job alert! π―
4 days until the deadline: research fellow in North African medieval history, full-time, based at UCL's Institute of Archaeology. π
8 days to go until the application deadline! Research fellow in North African medieval history, based at UCL and working on an ERC project studying the 'medieval green revolution'. π
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Great job opportunity: full-time research fellow in North African medieval history, fixed-term (10/25-07/28), UCL Institute of Archaeology, ERC Synergy project "MEDGREENREV" (medgreenrev.com). Excellent Arabic + background in medieval Islamic history. Apply by 29/07/25.
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
Great job opportunity: full-time research fellow in North African medieval history, fixed-term (10/25-07/28), UCL Institute of Archaeology, ERC Synergy project "MEDGREENREV" (medgreenrev.com). Excellent Arabic + background in medieval Islamic history. Apply by 29/07/25.
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
Today at 4pm CEST on Zoom: Salah Bahmani on Ibadi rebellion in medieval North Africa! βοΈ
Email us at score.aai@uni-hamburg.de for access details! π
