IMC 2023: Sessions
Session 311: Medieval African Entanglements, III: Reconstructing Islamicate Entanglements
Monday 3 July 2023, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | 2022 Dan David Prize Funding |
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| Organiser: | Abidemi Babatunde Babalola, British Museum, London |
| Moderator/Chair: | Solomon Gebreyes Beyene, Hiob Ludolf Centre for Ethiopian Studies, Universität Hamburg |
| Paper 311-a | Reconstructing Adal: The Archaeology of the Medieval Muslim Sultanates in the Horn of Africa (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - General, Archaeology - Sites, Islamic and Arabic Studies, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 311-b | The Battle of Ksar El-Kebîr, before and after: The Ottoman Empire and Portugal's Presence in Morocco (Language: English) Index terms: Islamic and Arabic Studies, Maritime and Naval Studies, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Abstract | The study of European-Asian interactions or the medieval Mediterranean has long been established within the field of Medieval Studies; in more recent years, the Indian Ocean has also become the subject of increasing scholarly attention. The integration of the role of networks, realms, and agents from the extensive continent of Africa into the concept of the 'Global Medieval', however, remains an ongoing challenge for the field. This series of sessions brings together scholars from all career stages and diverse backgrounds to address the topic and question of 'African Networks and Entanglements in the ‘Medieval World’' on a micro-, meso-, and macro level. The sessions centre the role of African realms, political entities, or agents as well as the economic, religious, cultural, intellectual, artistic, or diplomatic networks from West Africa to the Maghreb and the Horn to the Western Indian Ocean region. |