Photo : Khartoum © Iris Seri-Hersch, 2007
HSMAU33 - Séminaire - Middle Eastern Historiographies
Séminaire d'enseignement du Master Langues et sociétés, parcours Moyen-Orient & Maghreb (MOMA) et projet TAMAM, Département d’études moyen-orientales, Aix-Marseille Université.
Lecturers : Martina Ambu, Norig Neveu, Iris Seri-Hersch
This seminar takes place on Mondays, 4-6 pm, at Mmsh, Aix-en-Provence, Ground Floor, Room 5. All interested master's students, PhD candidates, and scholars are welcome to attend. For more information and access to the weekly readings, please contact iris.seri-hersch[at]univ-amu.fr
September 21
The “Global Turn” in Medieval History: The Global Middle Ages and Islam (M. Ambu)
Required reading (*homework*)
Catherine Holmes and Naomi Standen, “Introduction: Towards a Global Middle Ages,” Past & Present, Vol. 238, 2018, p. 1-44. Read p. 4-28 (end of first paragraph).
Additional reading
Ian Forrest and Anne Haour, “Trust in Long-Distance Relationships, 1000-1600 CE,” Past & Present, Vol. 238, 2018, p. 190-213.
Video: Smail, Daniel Lord. “A Life in the Black Death: The Inventory of Alayseta Paula (Marseille, 1348),” Middle Ages for Educators, 1 April 2020.