Aus dem Ankündigungstext der Veranstalter: «Romanization and Islamication, meaning the “Roman way of life” and Islamic culture, are two processes that continue to shape society today: RomanIslam plans to investigate
the processes of cultural assimilation in the western Mediterranean, specifically on the Iberian Peninsula and in North Africa. These regions are ideal for comparative research on empires because structurally speaking, they had comparable economic significance for the Roman and Islamic Empires respectively as well as many other features in common.
Prior to assimilation there with two distinct cultures, the Celtiberian and the Berber, that were only superficially influenced by Greek culture. The Roman and Islamic Empires introduced to these an Eastern Imperial or Middle Eastern religion of salvation (Christianity and Islam respectively) in the guise of state religion. This historical situation in the first millennium allows researchers to develop new models and theories in the field of transcultural studies and comparative empire studies.«
Mit Beiträgen u.a. von
– Sebastian Schmidt-Hofner (Universität Tübingen), An Empire of the Best: Good Government and the Ideology of the Late Roman Aristocracy of Service
– Abigail Balbale (New York University), al-Andalus 8th/21st c.: The Islamic Conquest in Contemporary Debate
– Darío Bernal Casasola (Universidad de Cádiz), Late Roman Economy & Trade in Both Sides of the Strait of Gibraltar: Trends & Challenges
– Chokri Touihri (Institut National du Patrimoine Tunis), The Africa – Ifriqiya Transition: Some Economic Effects of the Arab Conquest through Ceramic Studies
– Ramzi Roughi (University of Southern California), Imperial Translations: The Berbers and the Questions of History
– Maribel Fierro (CSIC Madrid), The Emergence of the Group of Religious Scholars in al-Andalus
16. bis 18. April 2020 – GESTRICHEN, VERLEGT AUF DEN 15. bis 17. April 2021
Organisation: Sabine Panzram – Stefan Heidemann (Universität Hamburg), RomanIslam – Center for Comparative Empire and Transcultural Studies
Veranstaltungsort: Warburg-Haus, Heilwigstr. 116, 20249 Hamburg; Universität Hamburg, Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1 West / R 221, 20146 Hamburg
Programm: RomanIslam, Kick-off 07.2020