News20 June 2024|EventSilver and Gold for the EmpirePhoto: © RomanIslam CenterThis workshop explores the role of mining and minting in the western Mediterranean world at the end of the Long Antiquity. It looks at the three large...17 June 2024|EventThe Quest and Conquest of Capital Cities in the "Translatio Imperii”Photo: © The METAll three major empires of the larger western hemisphere, the Roman, the Islamic and the Spanish Empire conquered capital cities of preceding empires...12 June 2024|Online LectureSlavery in the Iberian Peninsula and Islamic North AfricaPhoto: © BNPHumans as property are a deeply ingrained feature of human societies since the rise of a monetary economy in the Ancient Orient. Jeffrey Fynn-Paul...4 June 2024|InternationalesRediscovering the Chronicle of John of NikiuPhoto: British LibraryFirst published in 1883, the Chronicle of the Severan-miaphysite bishop John of Nikiu (fl. 690s) is the sole universal history to have survived from...13 May 2024|Call for ApplicationA City's tale between Rome and al-AndalusPhoto: © Wikimedia CommonsWe would like you to take note of the Call for Applications for the V Intensive Summer Course at the Casa Árabe in Cordoba, "A City's tale between...24 April 2024|Online LectureMusic in the Roman and Islamic EmpirePhoto: © HeidemannSound and Music are the most subtle and distinct way a culture and a religion in particular identifies. The communal act of singing and listening to...30 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...Show all news