Session on "Byzantine Engagement with Islam (7th-15th): Actors, Sources, and their Impact on the Western View of Islam",
60th International Congress on Medieval Studies,
Kalamazoo MI, 8-10 May 2025
The session aims at examining actors and sources in Byzantium engaging with Islam and translations of the Quran, and their impact on the Western knowledge of Islam. Papers studying specific texts, argumentation, or contexts are welcome in order to shed further light on the field of Byzantino-Islamica and the Latin- Byzantine relations.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 September 2024. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/cfp-
byzantine-engagement-with-islam-icms-kalamazoo-8-10-may?e=82aeb6c61d