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Subject: WORKSHOP- Eurasian Nomads as Agents of Cultural Change, Hebrew Univ., June 5-8
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WORKSHOP- Eurasian Nomads as Agents of Cultural Change, Hebrew Univ., June 5-8
You are cordially invited to attend
A Research Workshop of the Israel Science Foundation
Eurasian Nomads as Agents of Cultural Change
Institute of Advanced Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
Givat Ram Campus,
5-8 June 2006
Program
Monday, June 5th, 18:30
Greetings:
Keynote Lecture:
Thomas T. Allsen, Oregon, USA
Population Movements in the Mongolian Era
Tuesday, June 6th
Session 1: Early Contacts: Archaeology, Identity and Empire
9:00-13:15
Chair: Anna Belfer-Cohen
Gideon Shelach, Hebrew University
Weapons, Ornaments and Food: The Creation of Pastoralist Identity on
the Borders of China during the First Millennium BCE
William Honeychurch, Gettysburg College
Nomadic Cores, Sedentary Peripheries, and the Statecraft of Empire
Steven Rosen, Ben Gurion University
Nomadic Exploitation in the Negev in the Longue Duree: The Myth of Overgrazing
Anatoly Khazanov, University of Wisconsin, Madison
The Scythians and Their Neighbours
13:15-14:30 Lunch
Session 2: From Antiquity to Medieval: Archaeology and Language
14:30-18:30
Chair: Shaul Shaked
Kazim Abdullaev, Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan
Yueh-chih-Kushan in Central Asia and the Problem of their Settlement
Qi Dongfang, Beijing University
Chinese Contacts with Eurasian People during the Tang Dynasty and the
"Figurines of Barbarian People"
Isenbike Togan, Ankara University
The Use of Nomadic Socio-political Terminology in Chinese Sources
Wednesday, June 7th
9:00-12:00 Excursion to the Old City
Session 3: Into the Mongol Period: Kingship, Technology, Identity
13:30-16:45
Chair: Ronni Ellenblum
Peter Golden, Rutgers University and Institute for Advanced Study
Irano-Turkic Interaction: Aspects of the Sacral Kingship in Khazaria
Michal Biran, Hebrew University
The Mongols and Nomadic Identity: The Case of the Khitans in China
Reuven Amitai, Hebrew University
Gunpowder and Trebuchets: Mongol Siege Technology Re-examined
Session 4: The Role of Nomads in the Development of Material Culture
17:15- 19:15
Chair: Joseph Patrich
François Louis, Bard Graduate Center
Chinese-Khitan Acculturation and the Material Culture of the Liao Elite
Morris Rossabi, Columbia University
The Role of the Mongols in the Transmission of Porcelain and the Other
Decorative Arts
Thursday, June 8th
Session 5: The Mongols and the Middle East
8:45-12:00
Chair: Moshe Sharon
Beatrice Manz, Tufts University
The Impact of Nomad Conquest on Nomad Culture and Society in the
Mongol Middle East
George Lane, School of Oriental and African Studies, London
Persian Notables and the Families which Underpinned Mongol Rule in Iran-zamin
David Morgan, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Mongol Historiography since 1985: The Rise of Cultural History
12:00-13:15 Lunch
Session 6: Towards the Modern World: Law, Political Culture, Religion
13:15-18:30
Chair: Moshe Gammer
István Vásáry, Loránd Eötvös University, Budapest
The Tatar Factor in the Formation of Moscow's Political Culture
Veronica Veit, Bonn University
Shamanism and Buddhism in Mongolia: Religious and Political Aspects
Uli Schamiloglu, University of Wisconsin, Madison
The Black Death and Political and Cultural Transformations: Chinggisid
and Islamic Legitimacy in Central Eurasia
Ron Sela, Indiana University
Yasa and Shari`a in Central Asia: The anti-Yasa Polemics in Late 18th
century Bukhara
Andre Wink, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Post-nomadic Empires of Hind: from the Mongols to the Mughals
18:45-19:15: Concluding Session
Concluding Remarks: David Morgan, University of Wisconsin, Madison
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