IMC 2018: Sessions
Session 1052: Medieval Ethiopia, I: Muslims and Jews
Wednesday 4 July 2018, 09.00-10.30
| Sponsor: | Fakultät für Geschichtswissenschaft, Ruhr-Universität Bochum |
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| Organisers: | Vincent van Gerven Oei, punctum books, Tirana Verena Krebs, Historisches Institut, Ruhr-Universität Bochum |
| Moderator/Chair: | Verena Krebs, Historisches Institut, Ruhr-Universität Bochum |
| Paper 1052-a | The Ethiopian Sultanate of Awfāt, Its Capital, and the Walasma' Necropolis, 14th Century (Language: English) Index terms: Archives and Sources, Islamic and Arabic Studies, Language and Literature - Other, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
| Paper 1052-b | Mamluk Models in the Qur'ans of Harar as Evidence of a Longue Durée Red Sea Manuscript Culture (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Islamic and Arabic Studies, Language and Literature - Other |
| Paper 1052-c | A Historical Look at the Presence and Influence of Jews in Ethiopia: Aksumite to 'Solomonic' Dynasties, 6th-14th Centuries (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Language and Literature - Other |
| Abstract | Africa has always been a nexus of trade routes, its history entangled with the continents that surround it: Europe, Asia, and America. These connections and interactions, whether productive or brutal, have been reasonably well documented for the classical period as well as from the onset of modern colonialism, but a chronological blank spot lingers on our historical memory. The papers in these sessions aim to recover parts of our collective memory loss, covering topics such as the Byzantine influence on Nubia, Ethiopian Jews, and the golden age of scholarship in Timbuktu. |