Colloque: « Mamluk Cairo. A Crossroad for Embassies », 6-8 sept. 2012, Liège
Under the aegis of Comité International des Sciences Historiques – Commission Internationale de Diplomatique
Organizing Committee: F. BAUDEN, M. DEKKICHE, J. DEN HEIJER
Scientific Committee: D. BEHRENS-ABOUSEIF, M. BERNARDINI, L. KALUS, J.E. WOODS
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Thursday, September 6
Place du 20 Août, 7 (Bâtiment A1), salle académique
Registration, 9:00
Welcome Address, 9:30
Jean WINAND, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities
Introduction, 9:45-10:15
Frédéric BAUDEN and Malika DEKKICHE
Coffee Break, 10:15-10.45
Diplomatic Conventions, 10:45-12:15
Chair: Reuven AMITAI, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Malika DEKKICHE, University of Chicago
Diplomatics or Another Way to See the World - Lucian REINFANDT, Universität Wien
Textual and Ceremonial Aspects of Mamluk Administrative Letters - Yehoshua FRENKEL, University of Haifa
Embassies in a Crossroad: Cairo’s Role in the 15th Century Multinational Politics
Lunch, 12:15-14:30
Ambassadors, 14:30-16:00
Chair: Doris BEHRENS-ABOUSEIF, School of Oriental and African Studies
- Anne F. BROADBRIDGE, University of Massachusetts
Careers in Diplomacy among Mamluks, Mongols and Turks, 1260-1405 - Cinzia TAVERNARI, École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture Paris Val de Seine
Lodging Ambassadors: Textual Representation and Architectural Reality - Adam G. BEAVER, Princeton University
Pietro Martire in Cairo (1501): Spanish-Mamluk Relations in the Age of Discovery
Coffee Break, 16:00-16:30
Mamluks and the Latin West, 16:30-18:00
Chair: Frédéric BAUDEN, Université de Liège
- Pierre MOUKARZEL, Université Libanaise
The European Embassies to the Court of the Mamluk Sultans in Cairo - Maria Filomena LOPES BARROS, Universidade de Évora
In the Name of the Minorities: the Lisbon’s Muslims as Ambassadors from the King of Portugal to the Sultan of Egypt (1454) - Nicholas COUREAS, Cyprus Research Center
Envoys between Lusignan Cyprus and Mamluk Egypt, 1435-1473: The Accounts of Pero Tafur and George Boustronios
Cocktail Hour, 18:00-20:00
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Friday, September 7
Place du 20 Août, 7 (Bâtiment A1), salle des professeurs
Mamluks and (Post-) Mongols (1), 9:30-10:30
Chair: Judith PFEIFFER, University of Oxford
- Reuven AMITAI, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Mamluk-Ilkhanid Diplomatic Contacts: Negotiations or Posturing? - Hend GILLY-ELEWY, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Baghdad between Cairo and Tabriz: Emissaries to the Mamluks as Expressions of Local Political Ambitions and Ideologies during the 14th Century
Coffee Break, 10:30-11:00
Mamluks and (Post-) Mongols (2), 11:00-12:00
- Patrick WING, Universiteit Gent
Between Iraq and Hard Place: Sultan Ahmad Jalayir’s Time as a Refugee in the Mamluk Sultanate - Marie FAVEREAU, Universiteit Leiden
New Insight into Mamluk-Mongol Diplomacy. The Jochid Alliances (1261-62/1415-16)
Lunch, 12:00-14:00
Mamluks and Timurids/Turkmen, 14:00-15:30
Chair: John Woods, University of Chicago
- Michele BERNARDINI, Università degli Studi di Napoli “L’Orientale”
Timur, Toqtamish and the Mamluks. Some Further Considerations - Ilker Evrim BINBAS, Royal Holloway, University of London
Sharaf al-Din ‘Ali Yazdi and the Mamluk Sultanate: An analysis of the Extant Correspondence - Frédéric BAUDEN, Université de Liège
A Reconstructed Qara Qoyunlu Letter and Its Contribution to the Study of Diplomatic Exchanges Between the Mamluks, the Qara Qoyunlu and the Timurids
Coffee Break, 15:30-16:00
Mamluks and Ottomans (1), 16:00-17:00
Chair: Michele BERNARDINI, Università degli Studi di Napoli “L’Orientale”
- John E. WOODS, University of Chicago
Documents from the Ottoman Archives on the Mamluks - Christopher MARKIEWICZ, University of Chicago
Molla Gürani between Mamluks and Ottomans: Movement of Scholars and the Ottoman Chancellery in the reign of Mehmed II (1451-1481)
Coffee Break, 17:00-17:30
Mamluks and Ottomans (2), 17:30-18:30
- Cihan Yuksel MUSLU, University of Texas at Dallas
From al-Majlis al-Samiyy to al-Maqarr al-Karim: Transformation of the Titulature Accorded to the Ottomans by the Mamluk Administration - Kristof D’HULSTER, Universiteit Gent
Fixed Rules to a Changing Game? Mehmed the Conqueror’s Realignment of Ottoman-Mamluk Diplomatic Conventions with the International Power Constellation
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Saturday, September 8
Place du 20 Août, 7 (Bâtiment A1), salle des professeurs
Mamluks and Western Islamic Lands, 9:00-10:30
Chair: Malika DEKKICHE, University of Chicago
- Bárbara BOLOIX-GALLARDO, Washington University in St-Louis
Diplomatic Correspondence between Nasrid Granada and Mamluk Cairo (13th-15th Centuries). The Last Hope for al-Andalus - Mounira CHAPOUTOT, Université de Tunis
Entre Ifriqiya hafside et Egypte mamlouke: des relations anciennes, continues et consolidées - Lotfi BEN MILED, Université de Kairouan
Sur les traces des missions diplomatiques hafsides jusqu’aux confins turco-mamelouks (fin du XVe s.)
Coffee Break, 10:30-11:00
Mamluks and Arabia/India, 11:00-12:30
Chair: Jo VAN STEENBERGEN, Universiteit Gent
- John L. MELOY, American University of Beirut
Egyptian-Indian Diplomacy through Late Medieval Mecca - Eric VALET, Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne
Umara’ wa-muluk. La place des émirs dans la diplomatique mamluko-rasulide (XIIIe-XVe siècle) - Stephan CONERMANN, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
Some Remarks on the Diplomatic Relations between Cairo, Delhi/Daulatabad and Ahmadabad during the 14th and the 15th Centuries
Lunch, 12:30-14:30
Mamluks and Africa, 14:30-15:30
Chair: Ludvik KALUS, Université Paris Sorbonne-Paris IV
- Julien LOISEAU, Université Monpellier-III/Paul Valéry
Le sultan et le Hati. Lettres et ambassades de l’empereur d’Ethiopie à la cour mamelouke - Rémi DEWIÈRE, Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne
Peace Be upon Who Follow the Right Way. Diplomatic Practices between Mamluk Cairo and a Sahelian Sultanate at the End of the 14th Century
Coffee Break, 15:30-16:00
Diplomatic Artifacts, 16:00-17:30
Chair: Johannes DEN HEIJER, Université Catholique de Louvain
- Ludvik KALUS, Université Paris Sorbonne-Paris IV
Écritoires: objets fonctionnels et symboliques indissociables des cérémonies officielles à l’époque mamelouke - Doris BEHRENS-ABOUSEIF, School of Oriental and African Studies
Mamluk Diplomatic Gifts - Valentina VEZZOLI, Université Libre de Bruxelles
Precious objects for eminent guests: the Use of Chinese Porcelain during Diplomatic Banquets in Mamluk Cairo. Historical Sources and Material Evidence
Concluding Remarks, 17:30-18:00
Farewell Dinner, 20:00
Registration is free, but those who would like to attend are requested to send a message to F. Bauden.