Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Seminar Series: Marie Legendre, Abdullah Haidar and Leone Pecorini Goodall In brief Guest speakers - Dr Marie Legendre, Abdullah Haidar, and Leone Pecorini Goodall (University of Edinburgh) Chair - Ebtihal Mahadeen (University of Edinburgh) Title - The Umayyad Women Project About the seminar The Umayyad Women Project was born through the combined work of two PhD students in the department as much as in the classroom. It started with discussions on the place of women in the narratives of early Islamic political history: the place given to mothers, daughters and sisters of caliphs in that narrative. This discussion brought us to question the relevance of drafting family trees in which only men appear and how this could be rectified. This is a challenge in a polygamous context in which a dozen marriage can be traced for certain caliphs and double the number of children. In this presentation, Leone Pecorini Goodall and Abdulla Haidar will present case studies from their PhD dissertations. We will also reflect on how, in the past year, this topic has sparked the interest of students at different levels and, with this presentation, we hope that we can start a conversation of how this topic can be adapted to a course within the whole curriculum transformation. About the speakers Marie Legendre is Senior Lecturer in Islamic History. Before coming to Edinburgh in September 2018, she worked as Departmental Lecturer in Early Islamic History at the Faculty of Oriental Studies of the University of Oxford (2012-2014) and Lecturer in the History of the Pre-Modern Middle East at SOAS University of London (2014-2016). She was also as a postdoctoral researcher at the Laboratoire d’Excellence sur les Études Méditerranéennes (LabexMed), Aix-Marseille Université (2014-2016). Leone Pecorini Goodall and Abdullah Haidar are current PhD candidates in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Edinburgh. Leone’s PhD investigates continuity, territoriality and gender in the accession of the late Umayyads and early Abbasids, and Abdullah’s focuses on Marwān b. al-Ḥakam in Early Arabic Sources. About the seminar series Each semester, Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies (IMES) welcomes a fantastic range of guest speakers, PhD students and colleagues from across the University to present an evening seminar on their research. This semester, topics range from Islamic Twitter in Saudi Arabia and penal measures in the contemporary MENA region, to Shi’a polemics and women under the Umayyad caliphate. All seminars will be followed by a Q&A and wine reception. How to join Events are free and everyone is welcome. No booking is required If you have any questions, please contact the organiser Ebtihal Mahadeen. Email Ebtihal Mahadeen 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 Oct 10 2022 17.15 - 19.00 Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Seminar Series: Marie Legendre, Abdullah Haidar and Leone Pecorini Goodall Join us in person for a seminar by Dr Marie Legendre (University of Edinburgh) and PhD students Abdullah Haidar and Leone Pecorini Goodall on The Umayyad Women Project. Project Room 1.06 50 George Square EH8 9LH Edinburgh
Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Seminar Series: Marie Legendre, Abdullah Haidar and Leone Pecorini Goodall In brief Guest speakers - Dr Marie Legendre, Abdullah Haidar, and Leone Pecorini Goodall (University of Edinburgh) Chair - Ebtihal Mahadeen (University of Edinburgh) Title - The Umayyad Women Project About the seminar The Umayyad Women Project was born through the combined work of two PhD students in the department as much as in the classroom. It started with discussions on the place of women in the narratives of early Islamic political history: the place given to mothers, daughters and sisters of caliphs in that narrative. This discussion brought us to question the relevance of drafting family trees in which only men appear and how this could be rectified. This is a challenge in a polygamous context in which a dozen marriage can be traced for certain caliphs and double the number of children. In this presentation, Leone Pecorini Goodall and Abdulla Haidar will present case studies from their PhD dissertations. We will also reflect on how, in the past year, this topic has sparked the interest of students at different levels and, with this presentation, we hope that we can start a conversation of how this topic can be adapted to a course within the whole curriculum transformation. About the speakers Marie Legendre is Senior Lecturer in Islamic History. Before coming to Edinburgh in September 2018, she worked as Departmental Lecturer in Early Islamic History at the Faculty of Oriental Studies of the University of Oxford (2012-2014) and Lecturer in the History of the Pre-Modern Middle East at SOAS University of London (2014-2016). She was also as a postdoctoral researcher at the Laboratoire d’Excellence sur les Études Méditerranéennes (LabexMed), Aix-Marseille Université (2014-2016). Leone Pecorini Goodall and Abdullah Haidar are current PhD candidates in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Edinburgh. Leone’s PhD investigates continuity, territoriality and gender in the accession of the late Umayyads and early Abbasids, and Abdullah’s focuses on Marwān b. al-Ḥakam in Early Arabic Sources. About the seminar series Each semester, Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies (IMES) welcomes a fantastic range of guest speakers, PhD students and colleagues from across the University to present an evening seminar on their research. This semester, topics range from Islamic Twitter in Saudi Arabia and penal measures in the contemporary MENA region, to Shi’a polemics and women under the Umayyad caliphate. All seminars will be followed by a Q&A and wine reception. How to join Events are free and everyone is welcome. No booking is required If you have any questions, please contact the organiser Ebtihal Mahadeen. Email Ebtihal Mahadeen 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 Oct 10 2022 17.15 - 19.00 Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Seminar Series: Marie Legendre, Abdullah Haidar and Leone Pecorini Goodall Join us in person for a seminar by Dr Marie Legendre (University of Edinburgh) and PhD students Abdullah Haidar and Leone Pecorini Goodall on The Umayyad Women Project. Project Room 1.06 50 George Square EH8 9LH Edinburgh
Oct 10 2022 17.15 - 19.00 Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Seminar Series: Marie Legendre, Abdullah Haidar and Leone Pecorini Goodall Join us in person for a seminar by Dr Marie Legendre (University of Edinburgh) and PhD students Abdullah Haidar and Leone Pecorini Goodall on The Umayyad Women Project.
