The Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies (MESAAS) at Columbia University is pleased to invite you to the 2024 Madina Visiting Scholar Lecture; an annual lecture centered on art in the Islamic world.    The visiting scholar…

The Circle for Late Antique and Medieval Studies is pleased to present a panel discussion on: The Introduction of Islamic Coinage in 697-98:  The before and after What were the stages through which Islamic coinage was established in 697-698 CE?…

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 the first…