Call for Papers
60th International Congress on Medieval Studies
May 8-10, 2025, Kalamazoo/MI (USA)
https://icms.confex.com/icms/2025/cfp.cgi
Session Title:
Byzantine Engagement with Islam (7th-15th): Actors, Sources, and their Impact on the Western View of Islam
(ID: 6471)
Organizer:
Dr. Manolis Ulbricht
Email: manolis.ulbricht@nd.edu
University of Notre Dame
Medieval Institute, 717 Hesburgh Library, Notre Dame IN 46556
USA
Description for Call for Papers:
Research in the field of Christian-Muslim relations has focused mainly on the engagement of Latin Christianity with Islam. Western engagement with Islam, however, began primarily with the first Latin translations in the 12th/13th century. By that time, Byzantines had already developed a century-long tradition of anti-Islamic argumentation. The session aims at examining actors and sources in Byzantium engaging with Islam and translations of the Quran, and their impact on the Western knowledge of Islam. Papers studying specific texts, argumentation, or contexts are welcome in order to shed further light on the field of Byzantino-Islamica and the Latin-Byzantine relations.
Delivery Mode:
Traditional in-person
Keywords:
Byzantium, Christian-Muslim relations, Islam, Latin-Byzantine relations, Quran and translation
Submission deadline:
September 15, 2024
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