| Conference description Conference programme Biographies Abstracts |
Programme (all panels are followed by a chaired discussion)
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9:00 - 9:30 |
Welcome and Opening remarks: Miriam Ali de Unzaga |
| Session I: Political History | |
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9:30–11:00 |
Panel One: Authority and Articulation of Political Power |
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Fatimid Portrayals of the Umayyads Paul E. Walker, University of Chicago |
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Crossing Words and Swords: Umayyads and Fatimids
 in the 10th CenturyMaribel Fierro, Instituto de Lenguas y Culturas del Mediterráneo y Oriente Próximo, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid
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| Chair and Discussant: Hugh Kennedy, School of Oriental and African Studies, London | |
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11:00 – 11:30 |
Break |
| 11:30 - 13:00 |
Panel Two: Politics, Doctrinal and Social Contexts |
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Melchizedek: King and Priest. Caliphal Variations on the Biblical Theme of Religious and Political Authority
Michael Brett, School of Oriental and African Studies, London
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Social Aspects of the Conflict between Umayyads and Fatimids in North Africa
Eduardo Manzano, Moreno Instituto de Historia, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid
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| Chair and Discussant: Sarah Savant, Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations – Aga Khan University, London |
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13:00 - 13:30 |
Manuscripts and Coins at the Institute of Ismaili Studies
Wafi Momin, The Institute of Ismaili Studies
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| 13:30 - 14:30 |
Speakers' Lunch |
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Session II: Sunni and Shiʿi Thought Welcoming Remarks: Farhad Daftary, The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London |
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| 14:30 - 16:00 | Panel Three: Discourses and Counter-Discourses |
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The Fatimid Attitude toward the Umayyad Caliphate
Reflected in the Sermons of Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Shīʿī and the Ikhwān al-ṢafāʾWilferd Madelung, University of Oxford
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The Portrayal of the Prophet and the Ahl al-Bayt
in the ʿIqd al-Farīd. Some Considerations about its Connection to the Neo-Umayyad Discourse of the CaliphateIsabel Toral-Niehoff, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen
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| Chair and Discussant: Carmela Baffioni, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Rome | |
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16:00 - 16:30 |
Break |
| 16:30 - 18:00 | Panel Four: Schools of Law |
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The Debate about mutʿa and Ismaili Doctrine
Agostino Cilardo, Università degli studi di Napoli L'Orientale
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Implications of Fatimid Rule in the Evolution of the Mālikī School
Nejmeddine Hentati, Université ez-Zitouna, Tunis
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| Chair and Discussant: Paul E. Walker, University of Chicago | |
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9:00–10:30 |
Panel Five: Architecture and Court Culture |
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Gilded Swords, Silken Fabrics, High Taxes, City Building and the Allegiance of the Berbers: The Umayyad–Fatimid Contest in the Maghrib Xavier Ballestín, Universitat de Barcelona |
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Concept, Function and Usage of the Fatimid (and Umayyad) Caliphal Palaces in the Islamic West
Patrice Cressier, Centre Inter-universitaire d'Histoire et d'Archéologie Médiévales, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Lyon
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| Chair and Discussant: Mohammed Hamdouni Alami, University of California, Berkeley | |
| 10:30–11:00 | Break |
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11:00–12:30 |
Panel Six: Perspectives on Archaeological Finds |
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Ideology and Architecture: The Centre of Political Representation of the Umayyad Caliphate
Antonio Vallejo, Triano Museo de Córdoba
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al-Qarāfa al-Kubrā, where Fatimids were Laid to Rest
Roland Pierre Gayraud, Laboratoire d’ Archéologie Médiévale et Moderne en Méditerranée, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Aix-en-Provance
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| Chair and Discussant: Stephane Pradines, Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations – Aga Khan University, London | |
| 12:30-13:00 | Virtual Visits to Madinat Al-Zahrāʾ and Cairo |
| 13:00–14:00 | Speakers' Lunch |
| Session IV: Material Culture and Ideology | |
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14:00–15:30 |
Panel Seven: Objects and Ideology |
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Multiple Identities: The Pisa Griffin and Fatimid and Umayyad Metalwork
Anna Contadini, School of Oriental and African Studies, London
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The Agency of Fatimid and Umayyad Textiles in the Visual Construction of Ideology and Power
Miriam Ali de Unzaga, The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London
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Chair and Discussant: Eduardo Manzano, Moreno Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid
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| 15:30–16:00 | Break |
| 16:00–17:30 | Panel Eight: Epigraphy and Ideology |
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On the Fatimid Kufic from Ifrīqiya: Definition and Context
Lotfi Abdeljaouad, Institut National du Patrimoine, Tunis
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The Epigraphy of Madīnat al-Zahrāʾ in the Context of the Rivalry between the Fatimid and the Umayyad Caliphates
María Antonia Martínez Núñez, Universidad de Málaga
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| Chair and Discussant: Doris Behrens-Abouseif, School of Oriental and African Studies, London | |
Session V: Social and Cultural Encounters
| 9:00–10:30 | Panel Nine: Commercial Exchanges and Trade |
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Commercial Exchanges, Maritime Policy and Imperial Construction in the Fatimid Caliphate
Annliese Nef, Université Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne and David Bramoullé, Université de Toulouse-Jean Jaurès
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The Early Coinage of the Fatimids of Ifrīqiya and the Umayyads of Cordoba: A Comparative Study
Tawfiq Ibrahim, al-Andalus-Tonegawa coin website and Fátima Martín Escudero, Universidad Complutense, Madrid
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| Chair and Discussant: Michael Brett, School of Oriental and African Studies, London | |
| 10:30–10:45 | Break |
| 10:45–12:50 | Panel Ten: Individuals and Communities |
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The Ibāḍī Communities of the Muslim West, between Fatimids and Umayyads
Cyrille Aillet, Université Lumière-Lyon 2
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Ibn Hāniʾ al-Andalusī: Arab Ismailis as Interlocutors in the Fatimid–Umayyad Rivalry
Shainool Jiwa, The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London
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Title TBA
Marina Rustow, Princeton University
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| Chair and Discussant: Delia Cortese, Middlesex University | |
| 12:50–13:30 | Speakers' Lunch |
| 13:30–14:30 | Concluding Discussion and Publication Brief |