The Medieval Studies Program presents a lecture: Christophe Picard

The Medieval Studies Program presents a
lecture:
Christophe Picard (Université de Paris I,
Sorbonne)
“Abbasid Jihad and Ribat in the
Ninth-Century Mediterranean.”
Wednesday, 26 October 2011 at 4:00 PM
in HSSB 4020
Christophe Picard is a research professor at the Université de Paris I
Panthéon-Sorbonne and a fellow of the Centre National de la
Recherche Scientifique. He is a specialist on the history of the
Medieval Mediterranean, Muslim maritime history, Mozarabs, and the
history of the Ribat. His publications include: Espaces et réseaux en
Méditerranée. VIe-XVIe siècle, I, La configuration des réseaux (Paris,
2007); Byzance et ses périphéries (Monde grec, balkanique et
musulman). Hommage à Alain Ducellier (Toulouse, 2004) ed., with B.
Doumerc; El Océano Atlàntico musulmàn. Navegacion en as costas de
al-Andalus y el Magreb occidental (Granada, 2004); Le monde
musulman du XIe au XVe siècle (Paris, 2001); L'Occident d'al-Andalus
sous domination islamique (Paris, 2000); and ed., La Méditerranée
entre pays d'Islam et monde latin (milieu Xe- milieu XIIIe siècle)
(Paris, 2000).
Sponsored by the Medieval Studies Program, the Middle East Center, the
Department of History, the UC Multi-Campus Research Project, and the IHC.
If you have any questions, please contact Edward D. English,
[email protected]