{"id":2472,"date":"2016-02-24T00:32:14","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T00:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primolevicenter.org\/printed-matter\/?p=2472"},"modified":"2016-03-01T00:01:58","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T00:01:58","slug":"medieval-mediterranean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primolevicenter.org\/printed-matter\/medieval-mediterranean\/","title":{"rendered":"Medieval Mediterranean"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Individuals and Legal Institutions in the Medieval Mediterranean<\/h4>\n<h6>Center for Jewish Studies, Duke University, Durham, NC \u2013\u00a0March 7-8, 2016<\/h6>\n<p>While there is a vast literature on medieval Jewish and Islamic law, the histories of medieval Jewish and Muslim legal institutions received substantially less attention. A relative dearth of documentary sources and a privileged position given to prescriptive texts have led to a top-down approach that views courts predominantly from the perspective of the central political power and\/or the legal tradition. This situation contrasts with the study of courts and the legal arena in Christian Europe where there has been a long tradition of studying legal institutions \u201cfrom below,\u201d whether through the lens of dispute settlement, microhistory, or legal anthropology. This conference will attempt to bridge the gap between the study of legal culture and practice in medieval Europe and the Islamic world by bring together scholars of medieval Christian, Muslim, Jewish and secular legal institutions to think comparatively about the study of individuals and legal institutions \u201cfrom below.\u201d In order to supply a comparative perspective, we will be joined by scholars who have tackled such questions in adjacent fields, from Late Antiquity to the Ottoman Empire. The talks will explore how individuals accessed legal institutions and maneuvered in the legal arena, how legal institutions catered to and were affected by litigants\u2019 participation, and to what extent viewing litigants as consumers is a fruitful model in Europe and across the Mediterranean.<\/p>\n<p>While there is a vast literature on medieval Jewish and Islamic law, the histories of medieval Jewish and Muslim legal institutions received substantially less attention. A relative dearth of documentary sources and a privileged position given to prescriptive texts have led to a top-down approach that views courts predominantly from the perspective of the central political power and\/or the legal tradition. This situation contrasts with the study of courts and the legal arena in Christian Europe where there has been a long tradition of studying legal institutions \u201cfrom below,\u201d whether through the lens of dispute settlement, microhistory, or legal anthropology. This conference will attempt to bridge the gap between the study of legal culture and practice in medieval Europe and the Islamic world by bring together scholars of medieval Christian, Muslim, Jewish and secular legal institutions to think comparatively about the study of individuals and legal institutions \u201cfrom below.\u201d In order to supply a comparative perspective, we will be joined by scholars who have tackled such questions in adjacent fields, from Late Antiquity to the Ottoman Empire. The talks will explore how individuals accessed legal institutions and maneuvered in the legal arena, how legal institutions catered to and were affected by litigants\u2019 participation, and to what extent viewing litigants as consumers is a fruitful model in Europe and across the Mediterranean.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Attendance on the first day of the conference is open to all. The second day of the conference will be in a workshop settings, but attendance is certainly possible with prior arrangement. To register, or to ask any questions please contact Serena Bazemore (<a href=\"mailto:serena.elliott@duke.edu\">serena.elliott@duke.edu<\/a>) or Oded Zinger (<a href=\"mailto:oz3@duke.edu\">oz3@duke.edu<\/a>).\u00a0For more details on the conference and the participants, check out the conference\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/jewishstudies.duke.edu\/2016-medieval-mediterranean-conference\">website<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/jewishstudies.duke.edu\/2016-medieval-mediterranean-conference\/confirmed-participant-list\/participants\">the list of participants<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><i>The conference is generously supported by Duke Religious Studies, Duke History Department, Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies and Middle Eastern Studies.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Conference Program:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Monday, 7<\/b><b><sup>th<\/sup><\/b><b>\u00a0March. DUKE WEST CAMPUS<\/b><\/p>\n<p>9:00\u00a0\u2013 Light reception (coffee and refreshments).<\/p>\n<p>9:45\u00a0\u2013 Greetings by Laura Lieber.<\/p>\n<p>9:50\u00a0\u2013 Welcome by Oded Zinger.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>First Session:<\/b>\u00a0(20 minutes lectures, 5 minute response, 15 minutes discussion).<\/p>\n<p>Chair: Ellen\u00a0McLarney.<\/p>\n<p>10:00 \u2013 Daniel Lord Smail \u2013\u00a0\u201cDebt Collection and the Making of Medieval Justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Respondent: Timur Kuran.<\/p>\n<p>10:40 \u2013 Verena Kasper Marienberg \u2013\u00a0\u201cJewish Individuals before the Early Modern Viennese Imperial Court \u2013 Choices, Strategies, Options.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Respondent:\u00a0Adam Kosto.<\/p>\n<p>11:20 \u2013 Mathieu Tillier.\u00a0\u201cQadis and their social networks: defining the judge\u2019s neutrality in Abbasid Iraq.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Respondent: Bo\u011fa\u00e7 Ergene.<\/p>\n<p>12:00 \u2013 Lunch and break.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Second Session:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Chair: Abdullah Antepli.<\/p>\n<p>1:30 \u2013 Marina Rustow \u2013 \u201cRights, Institutions and Documentary Culture in the Medieval Middle East.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Respondent: Bruce Hall.<\/p>\n<p>2:10 \u2013 Flora Cassen \u2013 \u201cPhilip II of Spain and his Italian Jewish Spy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Respondent:\u00a0Caroline Humfress.<\/p>\n<p>2:50 \u2013 Sara McDougall\u00a0\u2013 \u201cBastards and thrones in medieval Europe: Law and practice\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Respondent: Jehangir Malegam.<\/p>\n<p>3:30 &#8211; 4:00 &#8211; Break.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Third Session:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Chair: Mona Hassan.<\/p>\n<p>4:00 \u2013 Timur Kuran \u2013 \u201cThe Financial Power of the Powerless: Socio-Economic Status and Interest Rates under Partial Rule of Law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Respondent: Jessica Goldberg.<\/p>\n<p>4:40 \u2013 Tamer El-Leithy \u2013\u00a0\u201cShibboleths under Hats: Material Culture, Fiscal Records, and\u00a0\u00a0 Medieval Arabic Documentary Regimes\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Respondent:\u00a0Brinkley Messick.<\/p>\n<p>5:20 \u2013 Andrew Berns \u2013 \u201c\u2018Women who love to go out:\u2019 Jewish women as peddlers in Renaissance Italy\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Respondent: Rena Lauer.<\/p>\n<p>6:00 \u2013 Break.<\/p>\n<p>7:00 \u2013 Dinner.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Second day:<\/b>\u00a0DUKE EAST CAMPUS<\/p>\n<p><b>Workshop: Session I\u00a0<\/b>(30 minutes papers, 5-10 minute response, 20-25 minutes discussion):<\/p>\n<p>Chair: Joseph Shatzmiller.<\/p>\n<p>9:00 \u2013 Rena Lauer.\u00a0\u201cConverts and their Jewish Families in the Courtrooms of Venetian Crete.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Respondent: Andrew Berns.<\/p>\n<p>10:00 \u2013 Rachel Furst. \u201cManaging Marital Conflict: Husbands and Wives in the Jewish Courts of Thirteenth Century Ashkenaz.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Respondent: Mark R. Cohen.<\/p>\n<p><b>11:00-11:30 Break.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Workshop: Session II:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Chair: Laura Lieber.<\/p>\n<p>11:30- Pinchas Roth \u2013\u00a0\u201c\u2018My precious books and instruments:\u2019 The divorce of David Bonjorn and Esther Caravita, Catalonia 1337\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Respondent: Thomas Robisheaux.<\/p>\n<p><b>12:30 &#8211; Lunch\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>14:00 \u2013 Oded Zinger, \u201cToward a Social History of Responsa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Respondent: Eve Krakowski.<\/p>\n<p>15:00 \u2013 Conclusions<\/p>\n<p>15:30 \u2013 Finish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Individuals and Legal Institutions in the Medieval Mediterranean Center for Jewish Studies, Duke University, Durham, NC \u2013\u00a0March 7-8, 2016 While there is a vast literature on medieval Jewish and Islamic&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2475,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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