Cities, Objects, and Circulation of Goods in the Maghreb and the Iberian Peninsula, October 4-6, 2023

Draft Program

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Organizers : Prof. Dr. Stefan Heidemann (Universität Hamburg), our former fellows Dr. Nouri Boukhchim (Université de Tunis), Dr. Meriem Marzouki (Université de Tunis) , and our former colleague Dr. Antonia Bosanquet (Utrecht University) organize a workshop "Cities, Objects, and Circulation of Goods in the Maghreb and the Iberian Peninsula" to enhance a better understanding of political and cultural changes witnessed by the Maghreb and Iberian Peninsula between Late Antiquity and the Early and Middle Islamic Period. In some regions, tribes became virtually autonomous, and in others, emirates arose that were integrated into broader, cross-African networks. As the region’s relationship with the political entities of the western Mediterranean changed, so too did its connections with the eastern Mediterranean world and sub-Saharan Africa become denser and more complex. This workshop seeks to understand how these shifts in the post-conquest political order of the Islamic West were reflected in trade routes and commercial hubs across the region. It also asks how researchers can use material culture as a source for understanding these shifts. The study of objects and their contexts reveals not only the changes in taste, but also the mobility of craftsmen, the movement of goods, and finally the changing urban and commercial dynamics across time and space.

We invite the participants to take an interdisciplinary approach, using both material culture and literary evidence. 

In order to attend online or in presence please register by Sep. 27, 2023 with Katharina Mewes (katharina.mewes"AT"uni-hamburg.de) 

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