Interdisciplinary Sources & Methods for the Study of Pre-Archival Societies: The Case of Baghdad
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: This two-day international workshop, titled "Interdisciplinary Sources & Methods for the Study of Pre-Archival Societies: The Case of Baghdad," brought together both junior and senior scholars working on medieval Baghdad from various disciplines.2 While these researchers have access to a rich array of sources, they face the challenge of a limited quantity of preserved archives-defined here as "documentary records preserved in their 1.This conference report is dedicated to the memory of Françoise Micheau, French specialist on Abbasid Baghdad, who abruptly passed away in July 2024.Her presentation at the Paris workshop was her last participation in an international conference.She was a tireless researcher and played an important role as a Professor of Islamic history at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.2. The workshop benefited from the support of the FIAS fellowship program and that of the Labex RFIEA+, as well as from Inalco and Cermom funding.The FIAS fellowship program is co-funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 945408.This event was also supported by the Labex RFIEA+, funded by the "Investissements d'avenir" program (ANR-11-LABX-0027-01).
Source: Al-ʿUsur al-Wusta
Authors: Nassima Neggaz, Vanessa Van Renterghem
Language: English
Subfield: History
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4405366675