Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Research Seminar Series: Stefano Nicastro In brief Date - 25 March 2025Venue - Project Room 1.06, 50 George SquareSpeaker - Stefano Nicastro (PhD candidate in History)Title - The Port of al-Iskandarīyya: The physical infrastructures and administrative roles of the Mamluk Dīwān and the Genoese funduq in shaping Egyptian-Genoese commerce and interactions (twelfth-fifteenth centuries) Email an IMES colleague to join online About the speakerStefano Nicastro studied History as an undergraduate at the University of Milan, and subsequently completed a MSc in Middle Eastern Studies with Arabic at the University of Edinburgh. Following that, he further studied Arabic in Egypt at the International House Cairo.Currently, Stefano is a History PhD Student at the University of Edinburgh funded by the School of History, Classics and Archaeology Doctoral Scholarship. Throughout his PhD, he has been Ralegh Radford Rome awardee at the British School at Rome and Royal Historical Society Marshall Fellow at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London.About the seminar seriesThe second half of 2024-25's Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Research Seminar Series is being organised by the team behind the Caliphal Finances research project. The overarching theme of the series will be taxation, with its title being 'Taxes, taxes, taxes. All the rest is bulls*it in my opinion'.All Caliphal Finances team members will be presenting their own research on Abbasid fiscal practices. They will also be joined by guest speakers from throughout the University, who will present on their own areas of expertise related to those fiscal practices.The series is co-organised by the Edinburgh Centre for Late Antique Islamic and Byzantine Studies (CLAIBS).Read more about the Caliphal Finances project on our Research pageHow to attendEvents are free and everyone is welcome. No booking is required. If you wish to join online, you can email a colleague in IMES for joining information.All talks are followed by a reception. Email an IMES colleague to join online Are you interested in studying with us?We are the only university in Scotland to offer courses in the Muslim world's three main languages, placing Arabic, Persian and Turkish in the context of history, literature, culture, religion and politics, past and present.Choose from a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, including PhD programmes. Find out more about Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at Edinburgh Tags Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Mar 25 2025 13.00 - 14.30 Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Research Seminar Series: Stefano Nicastro A hybrid seminar by Stefano Nicastro (PhD candidate in History) examining the significance of physical infrastructures and administrative roles of the Mamluk Dīwān and the Genoese funduq in business and administrative spaces. Project Room 1.06 50 George Square University of Edinburgh EH8 9LH and online Find the venue: 50 George Square Email an IMES colleague to join online
Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Research Seminar Series: Stefano Nicastro In brief Date - 25 March 2025Venue - Project Room 1.06, 50 George SquareSpeaker - Stefano Nicastro (PhD candidate in History)Title - The Port of al-Iskandarīyya: The physical infrastructures and administrative roles of the Mamluk Dīwān and the Genoese funduq in shaping Egyptian-Genoese commerce and interactions (twelfth-fifteenth centuries) Email an IMES colleague to join online About the speakerStefano Nicastro studied History as an undergraduate at the University of Milan, and subsequently completed a MSc in Middle Eastern Studies with Arabic at the University of Edinburgh. Following that, he further studied Arabic in Egypt at the International House Cairo.Currently, Stefano is a History PhD Student at the University of Edinburgh funded by the School of History, Classics and Archaeology Doctoral Scholarship. Throughout his PhD, he has been Ralegh Radford Rome awardee at the British School at Rome and Royal Historical Society Marshall Fellow at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London.About the seminar seriesThe second half of 2024-25's Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Research Seminar Series is being organised by the team behind the Caliphal Finances research project. The overarching theme of the series will be taxation, with its title being 'Taxes, taxes, taxes. All the rest is bulls*it in my opinion'.All Caliphal Finances team members will be presenting their own research on Abbasid fiscal practices. They will also be joined by guest speakers from throughout the University, who will present on their own areas of expertise related to those fiscal practices.The series is co-organised by the Edinburgh Centre for Late Antique Islamic and Byzantine Studies (CLAIBS).Read more about the Caliphal Finances project on our Research pageHow to attendEvents are free and everyone is welcome. No booking is required. If you wish to join online, you can email a colleague in IMES for joining information.All talks are followed by a reception. Email an IMES colleague to join online Are you interested in studying with us?We are the only university in Scotland to offer courses in the Muslim world's three main languages, placing Arabic, Persian and Turkish in the context of history, literature, culture, religion and politics, past and present.Choose from a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, including PhD programmes. Find out more about Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at Edinburgh Tags Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Mar 25 2025 13.00 - 14.30 Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Research Seminar Series: Stefano Nicastro A hybrid seminar by Stefano Nicastro (PhD candidate in History) examining the significance of physical infrastructures and administrative roles of the Mamluk Dīwān and the Genoese funduq in business and administrative spaces. Project Room 1.06 50 George Square University of Edinburgh EH8 9LH and online Find the venue: 50 George Square Email an IMES colleague to join online
Mar 25 2025 13.00 - 14.30 Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Research Seminar Series: Stefano Nicastro A hybrid seminar by Stefano Nicastro (PhD candidate in History) examining the significance of physical infrastructures and administrative roles of the Mamluk Dīwān and the Genoese funduq in business and administrative spaces.
