“The Mamluk Sultanate from the Perspective of Regional and World
History: Economic, Social and Cultural Development in an Era of
Increasing International Interaction and Competition”
Jerusalem, June 11-16, 2014
A Minerva-Gentner Israeli-German Symposium
Program
Wednesday, June 11th
Trip to Tall Hisban, Jordan: Departure from Prima Royal hotel in Jerusalem (7:30 AM).
Return to Jerusalem: 8:00 PM (approximately).
Thursday, June 12th
Rabin Building (room 2001), Mount Scopus Campus
10:30-11:00
Opening remarks
11:00-12:00
Keynote Address:
Chair: Reuven Amitai (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Stephen Conermann (Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn)
The Mamluk Empire as a Superhub in Transregional Networks. Preliminary Remarks for a
Global Historical Perspective
12:00-13:00
Lunch at 'Frank Sinatra' cafeteria
13:00-15:00
Open and Closed Borders
Chair: Daniella Talmon Heller (Ben-Gurion University, Beersheva)
Amalia Levanoni (University of Haifa)
Abed al-Basit Ibn Khalil al-Malati's Rihla to the Magrib: a Reflection of the Mediterranean
Basin
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Leigh Chipman (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Medical/Legal Networks in the Mamluk Empire and Beyond
15:00-15:30
Coffee break
15:30-16:30
Yehoshua Frenkel (University of Haifa)
Migration: Motives and Consequences
19:00
Dinner
Friday, 13th June
At the Israel Institute for Advance Studies, Feldman Building, Edmond J. Safra Campus of
the Hebrew University, Givat Ram
9:00-11:00
Landscapes
Chair: Ronnie Ellenblum (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Nimrod Luz (Western Galilee College)
Reconstructing the Urban Landscape of Mamluk Jerusalem: Spatial and Socio-political
Implications
Bethany Walker (Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn)
The ‘Liquid Landscapes’ of the Late Mamluk Mediterranean: Rural Perspectives on the EverEvolving Sultanate
11:00-11:30
Coffee break
11:30-13:30
Economics and Infrastructure
Chair: Nimrod Luz (Western Galilee College)
Ronnie Ellenblum (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Climatic Change? Affluence, Renewal of Water Systems, Cotton Industry and the Rebuilding
of the Muslim Quarter in Jerusalem during the First Half of the 14th Century
Stefan Heidemann (Universität Hamburg)
The Role of Copper in Mamluk Trade and Economy
13:30
Lunch at 'Haivrit' restaurant, Edmond J. Safra Campus of the Hebrew University, Givat Ram
Free afternoon
20:00
Dinner
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Saturday, June 14th
9:00-16:00
A tour to Mamluk sites in the Old City of Jerusalem (lunch in the Old City)
Free evening
Sunday, June 15th
Rabin Building (room 2001), Mount Scopus Campus
10:00-12:00
Geographical Perspectives
Chair: Stephan Conermann (Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn)
Albrecht Fuess (Philipps Universität, Marburg)
The Mamluks in the Geopolitical Context of the Middle East. Questions of Resources,
Technology and Demographics
Kurt Franz (Eberhard Karls Universität, Tübingen)
Finite Empire and Ceaseless World: The Interrelation of the Mamlūk dawla with the Outside
as Seen by Contemporary Geographers
12:00-13:00
Lunch at 'Frank Sinatra' cafeteria
13:00-15:00
Military and Civilian Elites
Chair: Albrecht Fuess (Philipps Universität, Marburg)
Amir Mazor (Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn)
The Origins of the Sufi-Natured Bureaucracy in the Mamluk Period
Koby Yosef (Bar-Ilan University)
Cross-Boundary Hatred: (Changing) Attitudes towards Mongol and ‘Christian’ Mamlūks in
the Mamluk Sultanate
15:00-15:30
Coffee break
15:30-16:00
General discussion and concluding remarks
18:00-20:00
At The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 43 Jabotinsky St., Jerusalem
An evening dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Prof. David Ayalon, in cooperation
with The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the Institute of Asian and
African Studies at The Hebrew University
Chair: Michal Biran (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Greetings:
Yohanan Friedmann (The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities)
Yuri Pines (Director of the Institute of Asian and African Studies, The Hebrew University)
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Lectures:
Reuven Amitai (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
From Turk to Mongol: David Ayalon’s Vision of the Eurasian Steppe in Islamic
History
Stephan Conermann (Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn)
David Ayalon’s Work and the New Generation of Mamluk Studies
20:30
Dinner
Monday, June 16th
8:00-18:00
A tour of Mamluk sites to the west of Jerusalem (Ludd, Ramlah, Yavneh and Aschalon)
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