#  Iranian Cities from the Arab Conquest to the Early Modern Period 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **May 1 - May 2, 2015** 

 All day 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Friday, May 1: Science Center Hall A; Saturday, May 2: Science Center Hall D, 1 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA**  



 

 



 

**The Center for Middle Eastern Studies** is pleased to present a conference organized by

**Roy P. Mottahedeh**, Gurney Professor of History, Harvard University

This conference will consider the social and economic history of Iranian cities and their hinterlands from the 7th to the 15th centuries (excluding the Safavid and Qajar periods), and including Persianate areas beyond the borders of modern-day Iran. Topics considered will include questions of arrangement such as the placement of symbols of authority and markets, systems of water distribution, rents and land ownership, the public space available to women, patterns of trade between cities, and inhabitants' sense of 'belonging' to their city or neighborhood.   
  
The conference and a subsequent publication will be funded by CMES's new Neekeyfar Fund for Iranian Studies, which was made possible by a generous anonymous donation to the Center. To download a PDF of speaker abstracts, click [here](/file_url/690).  
  
*Program*  
  
**Friday, May 1, 2015: Science Center Hall A**  
  
10:00 am: Welcome: **William Granara**, Director, CMES, Harvard University  
  
10:05: Opening Remarks: **Roy P. Mottahedeh**, Harvard University   
  
10:15: *'From Shahristan to Medina' revisited,* **Donald** **Whitcomb**, University of Chicago  
  
11:00: *Inherited landscapes in Muslim Bactra*, **Etienne de la** **Vaissière**, CETOBAC, EHESS, Paris   
(Dr. de la Vaissière cannot attend; Prof Mottahedeh will read his paper)  
  
11:45: *Iranian Cities: Settlements and Water Management between Antiquity and the Islamic period,* **Rocco** **Rante**, Musée du Louvre   
  
12:30 pm: Lunch Break (1 hour)  
  
1:30: *Early Islamic Marv: From the Islamic Conquest to the Ghaznavid Era*, **Deborah** **Tor**, University of Notre Dame   
  
2:15: *What is Really Known about Ancient and Medieval Yazd?* **Jamsheed** **K. Choksy,** Indiana University, Bloomington   
  
3:00: Coffee Break (30 minutes)  
  
3:30: *Balkh from the Seljuqs to the Mongol invasion*, **Juergen** **Paul**, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenburg Halle   
  
4:15: *Kashan, A Crossroad of Knowledge*, **Mehrdad** **Amanat**, University of California, Santa Barbara  
  
  
**Saturday, May 2, 2015: Science Center Hall D   
\*\*PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF LOCATION** (Day 2 of the conference will now be in Hall D)\*\*  
  
10:00 am: *Isfahan under Turko-Mongol rule (11th-15th centuries)*, **David Durand-Guedy**, Institut Francaise de Recherche en Iran, Tehran  
  
10:45: *Early Sufis of Isfahan: A Forgotten Path,* **Hossein** **Kamaly**, Barnard College   
  
11:30: *An Arabized exile's perspective on intellectual life in Seljuq Isfahan,* **Lutz** **Richter-Bernburg**, Eberhard Karls Universität, Tübingen   
  
12:15 pm: Lunch Break (1 hour)  
  
1:15: *The Shiraz of Hafez: A Most Learned, Poetic, and Violent Place*, **John** **Limbert**, U.S. Naval Academy; former Deputy Asst. Secretary of State for Iran, US State Department   
  
2:00: *Tabriz before, under and after Mongol rule (6th/12th–9th/15th centuries): From the City Turning Imperial to the Kingdom Localized,* **Daniel** **Zakrzewski**, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg  
  
2:45: Coffee Break (30 minutes)  
  
3:15: *The Writing Culture of Nishapur in the 11th Century*, **Sarah** **Savant**, The Aga Khan University, London, and **Maxim** **Romanov**, The Perseus Digital Library, Tufts University   
  
4:00: *A Tale of Three Cities: Nishapur, Tus, Jurjan,* **Richard** **Bulliet**, Columbia University   
  
4:45: General Discussion  
  
*End of conference*

**Contact:** [Elizabeth Flanagan](mailto:elizabethflanagan@fas.harvard.edu)  
**Sponsor:** Neekeyfar Fund for Iranian Studies



 

 

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- [ History ](/research-field/history)
- [ Iran ](/research-region/iran)
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