Rock, Paper, Scripture: Sources and Materials in Late Antique Arabia and Early Islam
- When
- Saturday, November 7, 20269:00 AM – 5:00 PM ESTAdd to calendarGoogle Calendar
- Where
- Humanities Quadrangle HQ 276320 York Street, New Haven, CT 06511Open in Maps
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About
Workshop Program
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6
9:00–10:00 Welcome & Beinecke Visit (Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library)
10:00–10:10 Move to HQ 276
10:10–10:30 Coffee Break
10:30–12:00 Panel 1: Grammar & Literacy in the Late Ancient Ḥijāz
Ahmad Al-Jallad & Salma Albezreh “By the Blade and What They Carve: The Epigraphic Shadow of Literacy on the Eve of Islam”
Marijn van Putten “Uncovering Old Hijazi Grammatical Terminology”
Respondent: Kevin van Bladel Moderator: Esha Meher
2:00–3:30 Panel 2: Yemen, Soothsayers, and More
Devin Stewart “Yemen and the Rise of Islam”
Adam DeSchriver “Al-kuhhān, mā adrāka mā l-kuhhān: Soothsayers, Divination, and Early Islam”
Respondent: Travis Zadeh Moderator: Doha Tazi Hemida
3:30–4:00 Coffee Break
4:00–5:30 Panel 3: Other Materials: The Warrior’s Armor and the Scribe’s Papyrus
Reyhan Durmaz “The Shine of al-Ṣamṣāma: Arms as Relics in the Early Islamic Middle East”
Tobias Scheunchen “Writing like a State: Material Culture and Early Islamic Bureaucracy”
Respondent: Steven Judd Moderator: Mona Mostafa
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7
10:00–11:30 Panel 4: Beyond Arabic Prose: Shiʿr and Leshānā Suryāyā in Late Ancient Arabia
Pamela Klasova “Arabic Poetry as a Source for Late Antique Arabia and Early Islam: How Does It Fit?”