The Mongol Empire's Zoominar

The Mongol Empire's Zoominar


Organized by Michal Biran (HUJI); Jonathan Brack (BGU); Wonhee Cho (Korean Academy of Sciences) and operating since April 2020 aims to bring together scholars from around the world who are interested in the Mongol Empire in an informal, informative, and friendly setting. We discuss work-in-progress, topics of common interest,  and new directions in the field. Hosted and supported by the Louis Frieberg Center for East Asia Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Zoominar meets on zoom once a month, on Fridays afternoon (Israeli time)The Zoominar welcomes new participants and presenters. If you would like to join our  meeting (and future ones) and/or present a paper, please email wonheecho@gmail.com or ybrack@umich.edu. Your email should include a brief introduction and the reasons for your interest in joining. 

 

 

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Zoominar - Persian Poetry and Mongol Acculturation

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Persian Poetry and Mongol 'Acculturation'

Speakers:

Ali Shapouran (University of St. Andrews): “Motherland and Faith, Wiseman and Paladin: The Ilkhanid Reception of the Shahnama”

Simone Ruffini (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem): “Poetic Engagement and Acculturation: The Mongols’ Presence in Panegyric Odes after Ghazan’s Conversion”

Chair and Organizer: Michal Biran (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

Discussant: Stefan Kamola (Austrian Academy of Sciences)

 

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Knowledge and Empire

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The Mongol Zoominar Presents: Knowledge and Empire , with: Jinsong Guo (Peking University) Measuring the Greatest Empire: Qubilai Khan's Astro-Geodetic Survey Yoichi Isahaya (Hokkaido University) Knowledge-Integration vs. Knowledge-Conversion: The Mongols' Imperial Attitude toward Sciences Tunç Şen (Columbia University) The Extent of Imperial Need for Scientific Expertise: The Business of Astrologers at the Early Modern Ottoman Court Organizer and Moderator: Qiao Yang (Max Planck Institute for the History of Science)

 

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Religious Polemics: Judaism, Islam, and Buddhism at the Ilkhanid Court

 

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Mongol Zoominar Presents : Religious Polemics:  Judaism, Islam, and Buddhism at the Ilkhanid Court , with Jonathan Brack (Northwestern University) and Julia Rubanovich (Hebrew University) Moses, the Buddha, and the Mongols: Religious Polemics at the Ilkhanid Court Judeo-Persian Biblical Epics by Shahin: A Polemical Undertone?

 

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From Steles to Sons-in-law

Mongols Kinship

The Mongol Zoominar invites you the online seminar "From Steles to Sons-in-law:'Kinship' as a Lens for Understanding the Mongol Empire", featuring Tomoyasu Liyama, Ishayahu Landa and Christpher Atwood.

 

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Venice and the Mongols

Mongols Venice

The Mongol Zoominar invites you the online seminar "Venice and the Mongols", with scholars Nicola Di Cosmo, Lorenzo Pubblici and Simone Ruffini. 

The seminar will take place on Friday January 12th 2024, 13:30-15:30 (CET).

 

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