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SCORE @rebellionuhh.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Tomorrow: Rebellion and State-Building in the Assyrian Empire! Tues, 9 Dec, 4:00 pm CET, on Zoom: Alexander Edmonds (Münster), 'The King is Dead! New, Rebellious Insights into the Rise of the Assyrian Empire'! Register by emailing our team account score.aai@uni-hamburg.de. 👇

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SCORE @rebellionuhh.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Interested in Assyrian rebels and state building? Join us on Tues, 9 Dec, 4:00 pm CET, on Zoom for a talk by Alexander Edmonds (Münster): 'The King is Dead! New, Rebellious Insights into the Rise of the Assyrian Empire'! Register by emailing our team account score.aai@uni-hamburg.de. 👇

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SCORE @rebellionuhh.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Great opportunity to work with our brilliant colleagues of the Caliphal Finances team at Edinburgh! Research Fellow in Coptic and Greek papyrology OR Abbasid History and Historiography, full time, fixed-term until 31 Dec 2027! 👇

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Middle East Medievalists @mideastmedieval.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

At the Centre for Near and Middle Eastern Studies, Department of Islamic Studies, University of Marburg, a full-time postdoc position in research and teaching is to be filled for a fixed term of four years starting on 1 March 2026, with the option of extension for a further two years

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Qualifizierungsstelle mit dem Ziel der Berufbarkeit auf eine Professur (Postdoc)

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Safaitic @safaitic.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

An important 'time out' by a very clear thinker. Much of what Shoemaker claims about the Hijaz on the eve of Islam is conclusively disproved by material evidence, which grows by the year. I have a surprise, too, from my last survey mission (May 2025) between Taif-Mecca and Medina shorturl.at/8IG8f

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Scepticism as method in the study of Quranic origins: A review article of Stephen J. Shoemaker, Creating the Qur’an: A Historical-Critical Study (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2022) | Bull...

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SCORE @rebellionuhh.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Today! Massimiliano Borroni (Venice), 'Late Frost and Fiscal Timetables: The Mosul Revolt of 259 AH', 4:00 pm CET on Zoom. Register by emailing score.aai@uni-hamburg.de.

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SCORE @rebellionuhh.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Our lecture series on rebellion continues tomorrow, Tues, 18 Nov, 4:00 pm CET, on Zoom! Massimiliano Borroni will discuss his work on climate, revolt, and fiscality in a talk on 'Late Frost and Fiscal Timetables: The Mosul Revolt of 259 AH'! Register by emailing score.aai@uni-hamburg.de! 👇

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SCORE @rebellionuhh.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Today! Nargiz Mammadli, 'The Political Background of Heresy Executions in Medieval Islam: The Case of Imadaddin Nasimi (d. 1417)'! 21 Oct, 4:00 pm CEST, on Zoom. Email score.aai@uni-hamburg.de to join!

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SCORE @rebellionuhh.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

⚔️ Interested in rebellion? ⚔️ Our lecture series resumes tomorrow, Tues, 21 Oct, 4:00 pm CEST on Zoom, with a talk by Nargiz Mammadli on 'The Political Background of Heresy Executions in Medieval Islam: The Case of Imadaddin Nasimi (d. 1417)'! Register by emailing score.aai@uni-hamburg.de! 👇

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Warwick History Post-Doc Club @post-doc-club.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Great news! JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month www.jstor.org/action/showL...

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SCORE @rebellionuhh.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Excited to share that our doctoral researcher Natalie @kontny-wendt.bsky.social will present her research on the proposgraphy of Zaydi rebellion in the inaugural session of the @shiistudiesnet.bsky.social seminar series! Get in touch with the Network to listen to her talk on 20 Oct! 👇

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Middle East Medievalists @mideastmedieval.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

A reminder that the upcoming @imc-leeds.bsky.social (July 2026) submission deadline is on 30 September (only for pre-organized panels!). IMC’s 2026 theme is “Temporalities” (www.imc.leeds.ac.uk/imc-2026/). MEM sponsors IMC panels in the field of medieval Islamic history/studies.

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Call for Papers: IMC 2026 - 'Temporalities' | International Medieval Congress

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MENALIB @menalib.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

#Catchoftheday #OpenAccess on #MENAdoc: "The Greek orthodox waqf in Lebanon during the Ottoman period" by Souad Abou el-Rousse Slim Beiruter Texte und Studien 113 [Würzburg : Ergon, 2007] dx.doi.org/10.25673/112... #ottomanempire #greeks #lebanon

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Dr. Stephennie Mulder @stephenniem.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

We’ve crossed the halfway point on this fundraiser for a Syrian PhD student! 🥳 So excited! Just 4 donations of $75 and he’ll have money needed to submit an open-access article: a requirement for graduation in his program. Who’s got $75 out there today? It might be you!

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Embodied Imamate @embodiedimamate.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

We are delighted to announce the autumn program of our online lecture series Material Culture, Art, and Architecture of Pre-Safavid Shīʿism. The series brings together scholars of early Shīʿism with specialists in Islamic material culture, art, architecture, and archaeology.

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SCORE @rebellionuhh.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

⚔️ Our online lecture series on rebellion in the pre-modern Islamicate world resumes next month (21 Oct)! Tuesdays, 4-5:30 pm CET, on Zoom. Check out the new programme here: www.aai.uni-hamburg.de/voror/forsch.... To attend, simply email us at score.aai@uni-hamburg.de! 👇

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Edinburgh University Press @edinburghup.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Daisy Livingston delves into the archival history of one of the most powerful polities in Cairo: the ‘Mamluk’ sultanate of Cairo. 🎧 Dive into her insights during an interview with Jen Hoyer: edin.ac/4n7lsRz 📚 Explore Daisy’s book:

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Managing Paperwork in Mamluk Cairo

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Dr. Stephennie Mulder @stephenniem.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Good morning! Here’s how you make the world just a bit better today!

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Munich Research Centre for Jewish-Arabic Cultures @jacculturelmu.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Over at @invisibleeast.bsky.social our member Teresa Bernheimer contributed a "Document of the Month" with her piece on "Scribal Building Blocks and Funerary Inscriptions in 9th-Century Egypt". Check it out:

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SCORE @rebellionuhh.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

🎺 Job alert! 🎺 Durham University is advertising for an Assistant Professor in Histories of the Islamicate World (Medieval/Early Modern), permanent and full-time! Great department, lovely colleagues, beautiful historic city! Deadline for applications is 28/09/25! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOJ050/a...

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Assistant Professor in Histories of the Islamicate World (Medieval/Early Modern) at Durham University

Discover Assistant Professor in Histories of the Islamicate World (Medieval/Early Modern) jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.

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Shii Studies Network @shiistudiesnet.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

We are so excited to announce the launch of the Shii Studies Network, a space for PhD students researching Shiism to forge personal and professional connections, share their research with and learn from each other, and push the field forward.

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SCORE @rebellionuhh.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

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Assistant Professor in Histories of the Islamicate World (Medieval/Early Modern) at Durham University

Discover Assistant Professor in Histories of the Islamicate World (Medieval/Early Modern) jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.

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SCORE @rebellionuhh.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Come join our brilliant colleagues @csmc-hamburg.bsky.social and apply for a PhD in Manuscript Cultures with a fully funded 3-year scholarship! Deadline for applications: 30 September! 👇

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SCORE @rebellionuhh.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Come join our brilliant colleagues @csmc-hamburg.bsky.social and apply for a PhD in Manuscript Cultures with a fully funded 3-year scholarship! Deadline for applications: 30 September! 👇

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Munich Research Centre for Jewish-Arabic Cultures @jacculturelmu.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

#CfP Conference: "The Materiality of Jewish-Arabic Relations" (BMFTR-project "Beyond Conflict and Coexistence: An Entangled History of Jewish-Arab Relations) - deadline: 15 September 2025.

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SCORE @rebellionuhh.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Job alert! 🎯 4 days until the deadline: research fellow in North African medieval history, full-time, based at UCL's Institute of Archaeology. 👇

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SCORE @rebellionuhh.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

8 days to go until the application deadline! Research fellow in North African medieval history, based at UCL and working on an ERC project studying the 'medieval green revolution'. 👇

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SCORE @rebellionuhh.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Great job opportunity: full-time research fellow in North African medieval history, fixed-term (10/25-07/28), UCL Institute of Archaeology, ERC Synergy project "MEDGREENREV" (medgreenrev.com). Excellent Arabic + background in medieval Islamic history. Apply by 29/07/25. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

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UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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SCORE @rebellionuhh.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

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UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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SCORE @rebellionuhh.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Today at 4pm CEST on Zoom: Salah Bahmani on Ibadi rebellion in medieval North Africa! ⚔️ Email us at score.aai@uni-hamburg.de for access details! 👇

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 15/07/2025

Bye forever, WeTransfer.

WeTransfer TOS says they can use all your uploaded content for genAI

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SCORE @rebellionuhh.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Our lecture series is back with a talk on Ibadi rebels! ⚔️ Tomorrow, 15 July, 4:00 pm CEST on Zoom: Salah Bahmani, "The Nukkaris: An Ibāḍī Protest Movement in North Africa under the Rustumids (8th–9th CE / 2nd–3rd AH)". To register, email us at score.aai@uni-hamburg.de. 🎯

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Middle East Medievalists @mideastmedieval.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Are you attending the International Medieval Congress in Leeds (@imc-leeds.bsky.social) next month? We've compiled a handy list of all the panels addressing key themes in the medieval Islamic world including the panels we are sponsoring. www.middleeastmedievalists.com/mem-at-the-i...

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MEM at the International Medieval Congress

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Amrei Bahr @amreibahr.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Demokratische Grundwerte stehen im dt. Wissenschaftssystem längst unter Druck. Bsp.: Missachtung von Gremien für den #ExStra-Erfolg, wie von #Lenzen vorgeschlagen, & der Kulturkampf, den sich Oliver Günther in den USA abgeguckt hat. Gegenrede aus Hochschulleitungen: Bislang Fehlanzeige. Mehr dazu:

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SCORE @rebellionuhh.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

"Trump is Trump... But the problem predates him: a political establishment of ostensibly liberal, reliable custodians of stability that has no moral compass, and no care for the norms it constantly claims to uphold." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Western leaders call for diplomacy, but they won’t stop this war – they refuse to even name its cause | Nesrine Malik

The political centre sees the US and Israel’s war on Iran as a crisis to be managed, while the gap between their detached politics and bloody rhetoric widens, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

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Embodied Imamate @embodiedimamate.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Ed Hayes, the PI of our project is the guest blogger of the Islamic Law Blog of the Program in Islamic Law at Harvard University (@shariasource.bsky.social) this month. islamiclaw.blog/2025/06/05/w... Check out the instalments of his series of posts on the early Imāmī Shīʿī Legal System.

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Welcome to our June Guest Blogger: Edmund Hayes

Edmund Hayes is a University Lecturer in the History of Islam at Leiden University. His research focus is the social history of early Shīʿa Islam, especially in its Imāmī and Twelver strands, givin…

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SCORE @rebellionuhh.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

This afternoon: online lecture on the prosopography of Zaydi rebellion in the early Islamic period! Tues, 17 June, 4:00 pm CEST, on Zoom. Register by emailing score.aai@uni-hamburg.de! 👇

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Amrei Bahr @amreibahr.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Sie ist überall: die Rede vom #Spitzenforscher. Nur: Was soll das überhaupt sein? Über einen Begriff, der das Gros der Wissenschaftler_innen als zweitklassig degradiert & einem Geniekult zuarbeitet, der der Arbeitsrealität in der Wissenschaft weder angemessen noch zuträglich ist. ⬇️ #ArbeitInDerWiss

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Keine Spitze ohne Berg: Zum Begriff des „Spitzenforschers“

Der Begriff des Spitzenforschers degradiert das Gros der Wissenschaftler_innen als zweitklassig und stützt einen Geniekult, der der Arbeitsrealität in der Wissenschaft weder angemessen noch zuträglich...

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Rachel Bridgewater @rachelbridgewater.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

📖Just published: Daisy Livingston's book on the archival history of the Mamluk sultanate of Cairo📖 edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-managin...

Book cover of Daisy Livingston's Managing Paperwork in Mamluk Cairo

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SCORE @rebellionuhh.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Tomorrow! Join us for a talk by SCORE team member Natalie Kontny-Wendt, who will give us some tantalising insights into her on-going research on "The Prosopography of Zaydi Rebellion"! Tues, 17 June, 4:00 pm CEST, on Zoom. Email score.aai@uni-hamburg.de for the link! 👇

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Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC) @csmc-hamburg.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Much of what we know about everyday reading practices in #Arabic writing cultures comes from audition certificates. We make these valuable #manuscripts accessible to research on an online platform. A new version now offers #OpenAccess to over 5000 sources: uhh.de/csmc-acp

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Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC) @csmc-hamburg.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Join our team in 2026! We're seeking multiple doctoral candidates and postdocs to advance research on manuscripts and other written artefacts at our cluster. Apply now — just over one week left! uhh.de/csmc-jobs

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SCORE @rebellionuhh.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Interested in early Shiʿi rebellion? Our doctoral researcher Natalie Kontny-Wendt will present her research on "The Prosopography of Zaydi Rebellion" in our online lecture series next Tues, 17 June, at 4:00 pm CEST! To attend on Zoom, just email us at score.aai@uni-hamburg.de. 👇

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SCORE @rebellionuhh.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Fascinating read on the landscape in which the Zanj rebellion took place!

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SCORE @rebellionuhh.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Excellent new publication on Mamluk legal and documentary culture, focusing on waqf deeds in the largest extant pre-Ottoman archive available today! Daisy Livingston, "Managing Paperwork in Mamluk Cairo: Archives, Waqf and Society". edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-managin...

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Managing Paperwork in Mamluk Cairo

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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

NEW: In Iraq’s Basra, age is a luxury. Residents live under a constant cloud of pollution from oil flares, causing a surge in cancer cases, while the government colludes with oil companies to dismiss the crisis, reports Margaux Seigneur for @newlinesmag.bsky.social. newlinesmag.com/reportage/bi...

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Big Oil Is Fueling a Rise in Cancer in Iraq’s Basra

A New Lines investigation reveals the human cost of the petroleum industry, as officials and companies seek to hide an alarming surge in medical cases

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