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Construction of Identities in ‘Pre-Islamic’ Arabia
With: Ahmad ad-Jallad (Ohio State) Alessia Prioletta (CNRS) Brian Ulrich (Shippensburg University)
The Military Origins of the Persian Language (6th-9th Cent.) with Étienne de la Vaissière
On March 1, 2024, the Circle for Late Antique and Medieval Studies was proud to present a lecture by Étienne de la Vaissière, professor at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris Early New Persian was the language of the Early ʿAbbāsid army, an evolved form of the specific koinè of Marw of […]
Perspectives on Early Islam with Professors Fred Donner, Garth Bowden and David Powers
Recorded December 9, 2022: “Perspectives on Early Islam” Prof. Fred M. Donner, University of ChicagoProf. Garth L. Fowden, University of CambridgeProf. David S. Powers, Cornell University Prof. Fred M. Donner is Peter B. Ritzma Professor Emeritus of Near Eastern History at the University of Chicago. His early research focused on relations between pastoral nomads and settled […]
Inaugural Lecture with Prof. Richard Bulliet
Recorded October 27, 2022: “From Ancient Seaport to Medieval Crossroads: One Era Passes, Another Begins” A lecture by: Richard Bulliet Professor Emeritus, Middle Eastern History Columbia University This is the inaugural lecture for the Circle for Late Antique and Medieval Studies, which seeks to engage scholars working on the late antique and medieval periods of […]


