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Friday, June 25, 2004 Conference:

The Heritage of the High Caliphate:

Dinars, Dirhams and Coppers of the Late Umayyad and Early 'Abbasid Periods, ca. 700-950 CE

Sponsored by:

The American Numismatic Society

The Middle East Medievalists

To be held at:

The American Numismatic Society

140 William St., New York, NY

Date:
Friday, June 25, 2004
PROGRAM
9:00
Breakfast:
 

9:30  

Introductory Lecture:

TWO CENTURIES OF ISLAMIC COINAGE: THE EVOLUTION OF THE CLASSICAL ISLAMIC COIN TYPE

Michael L. Bates  (The American Numismatic Society)

10:45
Panel:
Coinage Of The Mediterranean
 

IN THE NAME OF GOD: AUTHORITY AND ACCOMMODATION IN THE EARLY MEDIEVAL IBERIAN ISLAMIC COINAGE

Roger L. Martinez, The University of Texas at Austin

   

THE GOVERNORSHIPS OF IBRAHIM B. SALIH

Nizan Amitai-Preiss, Ben Gurion University of the Negev

   

THE ISLAMIC RENEWAL-CAESAREA MARITIMA INABBASID AND FATMID TIMES

Peter Lampinens, Combined Caesarea Expeditions.

12:00
Break for Lunch:
 
1:45
Panel:
Coinage Of The East
   

THE COINAGE OF 'ABD ALLAH B. MU'AWIYA, 127-30 H:SOME RECONSIDERATONS

Teresa Bernheimer, University of Oxford

   

ACTION IN ANDARABA, C. 900; OR, WHAT COINS FROM THE ANDARABA MINT REVEAL ABOUT THE STATE OF THE SAMANID POLITY

Debbie Tor, Harvard University

3:00
Plenary Lecture:

THE POLITICS OF MONEY. THE INSCRIPTION OF QUR'ANIC VERSE ON THE CALIPH 'ABD AL-MALIK B. MARWAN'S EPIGRAPHIC COINS

Stuart D. Sears, ACLS/SSRC/NEH International and Area Studies Fellow

 

Conference Registration:

By June 5th:
General $US 17 ____      Student $US 10  ____
After June 5th:

General $US 20  ____   

  Student $US 13  ____
Make checks payable to:
"The American Numismatic Society – The Heritage of the High Caliphate"
Send checks to:

The American Numismatic Society

617 W. 155th Street

New York, NY 10032

Contact:
Juliette Pelletier at (212) 234-3130 x 230 or Pelletier@numismatics.org
Accommodations:
The Newton (96th and Broadway)   (212) 678-6500
The Lucerne (79th and Broadway) (212) 875-1000
International House (500 Riverside Dr. at 122nd St.) (212) 316-8473

Jewish Theological Seminary (120th and Amsterdam) (212) 678-8095

e-mail: cbwilliams@jtsa.edu, facilities@jtsa.edu

Union Theological Seminary (3041 Broadway at 122nd St.) (212) 280-1313

landmk@uts.columbia.edu

Teacher's College (1230 Amsterdam Ave. at 120th St.) (212) 678-3222, 3235

e-mail: kdw10@columbia.edu

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