The Abbasid and Byzantine Courts: Sources and Comparative Institutional Models
Lecture: Interdisciplinary Lecture Series | April 30 | 5-6:30 p.m. | Stephens Hall, Sultan Conference Room/ Stephens 340
Speaker/Performer: Professor Nadia El Cheikh, Department of History and Archeology, American University of Beirut
Sponsor: Middle Eastern Studies, Center for
Professor El-Cheikh’s lecture will investigate the court and the courtiers in the fourth/tenth and fifth/eleventh centuries as described in Abbasid and Byzantine texts and contexts. While the focus is on the roles and positions of particular Abbasid courtiers, court ceremonials, and the interconnection between harem and court, Professor El-Cheikh will make frequent references to the Byzantine court, within a comparative framework, in terms of sources and institutional models.
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