Mamluk Studies Resources
The Middle East Documentation Center at The University of Chicago
Seventh Conference of the School of Mamluk Studies
(Online)
July 1-2, 2021
The Seventh SMS conference was originally scheduled for the summer of 2020 in Nicosia (Cyprus) but was postponed to 2021 due to the global pandemic. When it became clear that it would again not be feasible to convene in person, the conference was converted to an online-only event that included just the papers for the themed day split into two sessions over two days.
Commerce and Crusade: The Mamluk Empire and Cyprus in a Euro-Mediterranean Perspective
Thursday, July 1:
1245 (GMT): Communications check
1300 (GMT): Word of Welcome (Frédéric Bauden), Practicalities (Alessandro Rizzo)
1310 (GMT): Introduction (Georg Christ)
1330 (GMT): Naval Warfare I: Warfare, the concept of jihad, and state-making
1500 (GMT): Break
1530 (GMT): Naval Warfare II: al-Biqāʿī
Friday, July 2:
1250 (GMT): Communications check
1300 (GMT): Trade I: Western perspectives on Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean
1400 (GMT): Trade II: Aromatics and other trades
1500 (GMT): Break
1530 (GMT): Mamluk Cyprus and Venice
1700 (GMT): Final Discussion
1730 (GMT): Information regarding SMS 2022
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