Constructing and contesting holy places in medieval Islam and beyond
International Conference
Edinburgh, 15-17 June 2015
Programme
Monday, 15 June
9.15 - 9.30 Registration
9.30 - 9.45 Introduction (Andreas Görke and Mattia Guidetti)
9.45 - 10.30 Christian Robin
Some new lights on pilgrimages in Arabia from rock inscriptions
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 - 11.45 Susana Calvo Capilla
The Great Mosque of Cordoba: myths and realities about its Christian past
11.45 - 12.30 Ahmad Khan
The City of the Devil: framing unholy regions and heresies in the medieval Islamic world
12.30 - 14.00 Lunch break
14.00 - 14.45 Arun Rasiah
City of Knowledge: Renewing an Islamic Centre of Learning in Qom, Iran
14.45 - 15.30 Rian Thum
Making "Sunni" Saints of the Twelve Imams at Khotan's Holy Sites
15.30 - 16.00 Coffee break
16.00 - 16.45 Barbara Stöcker-Parnian
Islam in China - Holy tombs in Kanton and Kunming
Tuesday, 16 June
9.45 - 10.30 Jeanine Dagyeli
Apical fathers of the crafts: pilgrimage and ritual performance in Central Asian craftsmanship
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 - 11.45 David Edwards
Islamic holy places in Nubia
11.45 - 12.30 Sara Kuehn
Oneiric Horizons and Cross-Cultural Convergence? Ṣarī Ṣaltūq Once More
12.30 - 14.00 Lunch break
14.00 - 14.45 Beatrice Hendrich
Hala Sultan Tekke – One Small Mosque, Many Approaches (Cyprus)
14.45 - 15.30 Elizabeth Key Fowden
The Parthenon Mosque
15.30 - 16.00 Coffee break
16.00 - 16.45 Pedram Khosronejad
The Role of Religious Mural Paintings in Shiite Saint Veneration and Pilgrimage in Iran
Wednesday, 17 June
9.00 - 9.45 Rose Aslan
Sacred Space and Authenticity: Contesting the Location of Ali’s Grave in Medieval and Modern Times
9.45 - 10.30 Luca Patrizi
Iconoclasm and Destruction of Shrines and Relics by Radical Islamist Movements
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 Final discussion