A tool for sources, databases, images, discussions and publications relating to the material sources for early Islam, the Late Antique Near East, North Africa and Central Asia
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Aqil Visram started the topic Open Library Courses in Islamic Studies in the discussion
Material Sources for Early Islam and Late Antique Near East on Humanities Commons 10 months, 3 weeks agoDear members of the Material Sources for Early Islam and Late Antique Near East group,
Recently, the Marvel Cinematic Universe launched its inaugural Muslim superhero series, Ms. Marvel, starring Iman Vellani. According to Forbes, Ms. Marvel “is the highest scoring Disney Plus Marvel series ever.” I was very excited by this as I’m an undergr…[Read more]
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Edmund Hayes started the topic Conference Call for Papers: Historicizing the Shiʿi hadith Corpus in the discussion
Material Sources for Early Islam and Late Antique Near East on Humanities Commons 3 years, 4 months agoHosted by Leiden University Centre for Islam and Society (LUCIS) and Shiʿi Studies Unit, The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London (IIS)
Date: June 24-26 2020
Location: Leiden University, the Netherlands
Convenors: Hassan Ansari, Edmund Hayes, Gurdofarid Miskinzoda
Abstract deadline: January 31st 2020
This conference will focus on…[Read more]
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Danijela Tešić Radovanović deposited Lamp with the Representation of the Griffin: the Christianisation of Pagan Motifs During late Antiquity in the group
Material Sources for Early Islam and Late Antique Near East on Humanities Commons 4 years agoThe paper deals with the so called griffin lamps. In the group of early Christian bronze lamps, a relatively large number of those with handles in the form of griffin-shaped protome have been preserved. Griffin lamps could be called the prototype of Late Antique production, owing to the manner in which stylistic and iconographic elements of the…[Read more]
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Danijela Tešić Radovanović deposited The Menorah as a Symbol of Jewish Identity in the Diaspora and an Expression of Aspiration for Renewing the Jerusalem Temple in the group
Material Sources for Early Islam and Late Antique Near East on Humanities Commons 4 years agoJewish relation to representational art is determined mostly by the Second Commandment: “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them.” As science has observed, the…[Read more]
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Edmund Hayes uploaded the file: Wurtzel, "Coinage of the Revolutionaris of the Late Umayyad Period" to
Material Sources for Early Islam and Late Antique Near East on Humanities Commons 4 years, 4 months agoA key article looking at numismatic evidence for Hashimi mobilization
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Edmund Hayes wrote a new post Welcome! in the group
Material Sources for Early Islam and Late Antique Near East: on Humanities Commons 4 years, 11 months agoWelcome colleagues and students!
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