14288A
Reading Course
SoSe 21: Urban Cultures – Damascus and Baghdad
Paula Manstetten
Comments
Based on selected classical Arabic texts, this course offers an introduction to daily life, politics, religion and scholarship in the Islamic metropolises of Damascus and Baghdad in the medieval period. By reading and translating excerpts from chronicles, city descriptions, travelogues, biographies and other texts, participants will also gain insights into a number of key genres of classical Islamic culture. close
Suggested reading
Burns, Ross. Damascus. A History. London: Routledge, 2005, Kapitel 9-13. Jayyusi, Salma K. (ed.). The city in the Islamic world. Leiden [u.a.]: Brill, 2008. 2 vols. Kennedy, Hugh. When Baghdad Ruled the Muslim World: The Rise and Fall of Islam's Greatest Dynasty. Cambridge, Mass.: Da Capo Press, 2005. close
13 Class schedule
Regular appointments
Thu, 2021-04-15 14:00 - 16:00
Thu, 2021-04-22 14:00 - 16:00
Thu, 2021-04-29 14:00 - 16:00
Thu, 2021-05-06 14:00 - 16:00
Thu, 2021-05-20 14:00 - 16:00
Thu, 2021-05-27 14:00 - 16:00
Thu, 2021-06-03 14:00 - 16:00
Thu, 2021-06-10 14:00 - 16:00
Thu, 2021-06-17 14:00 - 16:00
Thu, 2021-06-24 14:00 - 16:00
Thu, 2021-07-01 14:00 - 16:00
Thu, 2021-07-08 14:00 - 16:00
Thu, 2021-07-15 14:00 - 16:00