Apply now for winter term 2019/2020

4 July 2019

The application phase for the winter term 2019/2020 starts now.

The "Webinar Initiative in Islamic Material Culture" will offer one webinar in the upcoming term:

In her webinar on "The Material Culture of the Caliphate", Prof Abigail Krasner Balbale will focus on objects associated with the Prophet Muhammad and the early caliphs (many of which had long afterlives), as well as coins, manuscripts, luxury objects, inscribed textiles, palaces, and mosques made by or for later caliphs.

The course is open to all advanced students in B.A., M.A., and PhD programs, and to historians, art historians, and archaeologists working on the Islamic world or related topics. All students should apply with a short CV and a motivation letter in English by September 1, 2019. These should be emailed to Abigail Balbale (abigail.balbale"AT"nyu.edu) or Stefan Heidemann (stefan.heidemann"AT"uni-hamburg.de). Preference is given to students from universities within the network "Islamic Material Culture" (New York University, Universität Hamburg, Ludwig Maximilian-Universität München and Universität Bonn).

For more information on the webinar, the schedule and the requirements, please click here.