News30 January 2024|EventRound table on „Between Sahara and Sea. Africa in the Roman Empire“ (with Touatia Amraoui, Stefan Ardeleanu, Sami Ben Tahar, David J. Mattingly, Sabine Panzram and David L. Stone)Photo: © Michigan PressIn collaboration with the University of Michigan Press, the Center for Advanced Study “RomanIslam – Center for Comparative Empire and Transcultural...29 January 2024|EventMilitary Foundations, Ribāṭs, and UrbanizationPhoto: © J. F. Esteban BarahonaRegistration until January 29, 2024 Kindly register for the the workshop "Military Foundations, Ribāts, and Urbanization" February 1–2, 2024...17 January 2024|Online LectureLuxury CeramicsPhoto: © Gómez MartínezWe cordially invite you to our interdisciplinary guest lecture “Luxury Ceramics" on Wed. Jan. 17, 2024, 5 -7 pm (German time) on Zoom. For...2 January 2024|Call for PaperCfP Military Foundations, Ribāṭs, and UrbanizationPhoto: © J. F. Esteban BarahonaThe RomanIslam Center (Early Islam) invites abstracts for the workshop "Military Foundations, Ribāts, and Urbanization" February 1–2, 2024, organized...14 December 2023|Online LectureEmpowering the Sacred SpacesPhoto: © KHM-MuseumsverbandWe cordially invite you to our interdisciplinary guest lecture “Empowering the Sacred Spacesr" on Thurs. December 14, 2023, 5 -7 pm (German time) on...7 December 2023|EventAnthropology of the ObjectPhoto: © METUniversität Hamburg, Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, AS-Saal, 20146 Hamburg. How can objects reveal processes of cultural and social change in the Early...21 November 2023|EventRound table on „Late Roman Italy. Imperium to Regnum“ (with Jeroen Wijnendaele, Fabrizio Oppedisano, Sabine Panzram and Rocco Selvaggi)Photo: © Edinburgh University PressWe cordially invite you to our event "Round table on „Late Roman Italy. Imperium to Regnum“ (with Jeroen Wijnendaele, Fabrizio Oppedisano and Rocco...15 November 2023|Online LectureIvories in Roman and Islamic ContextsPhoto: © The MetWe cordially invite you to our interdisciplinary guest lecture “Ivories in Roman and Islamic Contexts" on Wed. Nov. 15, 2023, 5 -7 pm (German time) on...19 October 2023|EventEspacios para el diálogo. La diplomacia hispana entre la república y al-Andalus (ss. III a.C. - IX d.C.)Photo: © PanzramWe would like to invite you to the International Workshop "Espacios para el diálogo. La diplomacia hispana entre la república y al-Andalus (ss. III...18 October 2023|Online LectureLuxury of WaterPhoto: © LamareWe cordially invite you to our interdisciplinary guest lecture “Luxury of Water" on Wed. October 18, 2023, 5 -7 pm (German time) on Zoom. For...17 October 2023|NewsDemography, Economy and Law in (Post-)Imperial Worlds, 800–1600: Latin Europe and the Western Islamic World in ComparisonPhoto: © MewesProf. Dr. Stefan Heidemann (Universität Hamburg) and Prof. Dr. Hans-Bernd Schäfer (Bucerius Law School) invite to their workshop "Demography, Economy...5 October 2023|NewsCities, Objects, and Circulation of Goods in the Maghreb and the Iberian PeninsulaPhoto: ©The Walters Art MuseumThe RomanIslam Center (Early Islam) and our former fellows Dr. Nouri Boukhchim (Université de Tunis) and Dr. Meriem Marzouki (Université de Tunis)...27 September 2023|EventThe Anthropology of Objects: How can Objects Reveal Processes of Cultural and Social Change?Photo: © MewesThe joint workshop organized by Prof. Dr. Stefan Heidemann and Prof. Dr. Kurt Franz (RomanIslam Center (Early Islam) - Universität Hamburg) and Prof...27 July 2023|News“Al-Muhallabiyyat and More”Photo: © BoukhchimOn Thursday July 27, 2023 the RomanIslam Center organized a Study Day about the “Al-Muhallabiyyat and More”. Amongst the speakers: Kristina Richardson...19 July 2023|EventNouvelles approches de la culture matérielle en Algérie romaine et tardivePhoto: © BouderWe would like to invite you to the International Workshop "Nouvelles approches de la culture matérielle en Algérie romaine et tardive", July 19-20...13 July 2023|Online LectureGardens of PowerPhoto: © MorvillezWe cordially invite you to our interdisciplinary guest lecture “Gardens of power" on Wed. July 13, 2023, 5 -7 pm (German time) on Zoom. For...11 July 2023|NewsVeneration in Motion in Late Antique and Early Medieval IberiaPhoto: © Morgan LibraryJoint Cooperation Workshop between the Project Making a Martyr in Medieval Iberia (589-1080) Universiteit Radboud and the RomanIslam Center...29 June 2023|EventLocal Memories in Tripolitania: alternative narratives about the Futūḥāt and their aftermathPhoto: © JerryscubaWe cordially invite you to our guest lecture on Thurs. June 29, 2023, 2 -4 pm (German time). It comprises the lecture "Local Memories in Tripolitania...28 June 2023|NewsManuscript Collections in Decentralised Regions: Research Challenges and Strategies for Overcoming ThesePhoto: © CSMCWe would like to invite you to the informal talk organised jointly by the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Culture and the RomanIslam Center...22 June 2023|EventTowns and governors under Diocletian: revisiting the building inscriptions of T. Aurelius Aristobulus and C. Macrinius Sossianus in Africa Proconsularis and NumidiaPhoto: @M. HellströmWe cordially invite you to the Lecture Series "North African urbanitas revisited: new methods and innovative theoretical approaches (3rd c. BC – 9th...Show all news