Conference - "Holy places in Islam" (15-17 June 2015, Edinburgh)
Constructing and contesting holy places in medieval Islam and beyond
International Conference
Edinburgh, 15-17 June 2015
Venue: Project Room,School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, 50 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9LH
Programme:
Monday, 15 June
9.15 - 9.30
Registration
9.30 - 9.45
Introduction (Andreas Görke and Mattia Guidetti)
9.45 - 10.30
Christian Robin, Some new lights on pilgrimages in Arabia from rock inscriptions
10.30 - 11.00
Coffee break
11.00 - 11.45
Susana Calvo Capilla, The Great Mosque of Cordoba: myths and realities about its Christian past
11.45 - 12.30
Ahmad Khan, The City of the Devil: framing unholy regions and heresies in the medieval Islamic world
12.30 - 14.00
Lunch break
14.00 - 14.45
Arun Rasiah, City of Knowledge: Renewing an Islamic Centre of Learning in Qom, Iran
14.45 - 15.30
Rian Thum, Making "Sunni" Saints of the Twelve Imams at Khotan's Holy Sites
15.30 - 16.00
Coffee break
16.00 - 16.45
Barbara Stöcker-Parnian, Islam in China - Holy tombs in Kanton and Kunming
Tuesday, 16 June
9.45 - 10.30
Jeanine Dagyeli, Apical fathers of the crafts: pilgrimage and ritual performance in Central Asian craftsmanship
10.30 - 11.00
Coffee break
11.00 - 11.45
David Edwards, Islamic holy places in Nubia
11.45 - 12.30
Sara Kuehn, Footprints and Miraculous Journeys: The Archetypal Missionary Dervish-Warrior Ṣarī Ṣaltūq
12.30 - 14.00
Lunch break
14.00 - 14.45
Beatrice Hendrich, Hala Sultan Tekke – One Small Mosque, Many Approaches (Cyprus)
14.45 - 15.30
Elizabeth Key Fowden, The Parthenon Mosque
15.30 - 16.00
Coffee break
16.00 - 16.45
Pedram Khosronejad, The Role of Religious Mural Paintings in Shiite Saint Veneration and Pilgrimage in Iran
Wednesday, 17 June
9.00 - 9.45
Rose Aslan, Sacred Space and Authenticity: Contesting the Location of Ali’s Grave in Medieval and Modern Times
9.45 - 10.30
Luca Patrizi, Iconoclasm and Destruction of Shrines and Relics by Radical Islamist Movements
10.30 - 11.00
Coffee break
11.00
Final discussion
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