RomanIslam

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Welcome to the RomanIslam - Center

The Center for Advanced Study “RomanIslam – Center for Comparative Empire and Transcultural Studies”, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), brings together scholars from a wide range of disciplines working on Romanization and Islamication in Late Antiquity with a focus, though not exclusive, on the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa during the first millennium CE. The overall purpose of the Center is to explore new approaches to Romanization and Islamication in this period and set the scholarly debate on a new footing.

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RomanIslam Center Directors

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RomanIslam Center Director

Prof. Dr. Stefan Heidemann (Islamic Studies)

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RomanIslam Center Director

Prof. Dr. Sabine Panzram (Ancient History)

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Job Opportunity - Research Associate

Prof. Dr. Stefan Heidemann (director of the RomanIslam Center - Early Islam and professor at the departement of Islamic Studies at the Asien Afrika Institute, University of Hamburg) offers a position as a Research Associate (PhD Position) for the history, economy and law of the early islamic empire, in association with the “Romanislam Center for Comparative Empire and Transcultural Studies.”

Salary Level 13 TV-L

In accordance with § 28 Subsection 3 HmbHG.

The successful applicant will concentrated on the political, economic, or cultural history of the early Islamic empire and the period of the regional states. A successful PhD-thesis is expected in the field of administrative divisions, political structures, imperial religions versus local believes, economy, the transformation of cities, etc.

We are looking forward to interesting applications.

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News

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7 February 2026|Event

The Archeology of the Early Islamic Period in Maghrib al-Awsat / Algeria (1st - 4th / 7th- 10th century) - Cross Readings

Find below the programm of the conference organized by our colleague Prof. Dr. Rezki Chergui ( Dep. of Archeology, Abou Bekr al-Belkaid-Tlemcen University) in collaboration with the Laoratory of Archeological Heritage and its Valorisation.

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Ankündigung Managing Territory in Roman Times

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29 January 2026|Event

Managing Territory in Roman Times

We would like to invite you to the International Workshop "Managing Territory in Roman Times: Road Networks, Fortifications and Territorial Control", January 29-30, 2026, Warburg-Haus, Heilwigstr. 116, 20249 Hamburg.

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27 January 2026|News

How to Adapt to the Conquering Colonizer? Differences and Similarities Between Early Islamic al-Andalus and North Africa

We cordially invite you to our round table discussion How to Adapt to the Conquering Colonizer? Differences and Similarities Between Early Islamic al-Andalus and North Africa on Tuesday Jan. 27, 2026, 4-6 pm (online).

We bring together experts (Maribel Fierro, Eduardo Manzano Moreno, Janina Safran, Cyrille Aillet and Anis...

21 January 2026|Online Lecture

Nomads and Nomad Polities

We cordially invite you to our guest lecture “Nomads and Nomad Polities" on Wed. Jan. 21, 2026, 5 -7 pm (German time) on Zoom. For registration please contact romanislam@uni-hamburg.de by Jan. 18, 2025.

The format comprises the lectures "Nomads, Empires and the (Non-)Formation of Nomadic „States“ in Roman and Byzantine...

Colloque International La Maurétanie tingitane dans l’Antiquité tardive

4 December 2025|News

La Maurétanie tingitane dans l’Antiquité tardive (IIIe-VIIIe siècles)

For the International Workshop "La Maurétanie tingitane dans l’Antiquité tardive (IIIe-VIIIe siècles) : Nouveautés et défis" at Tétouan, researchers active in this field will present some of the projects currently underway in Morocco in order to share information, exchange ideas, discuss issues and present new results and...