Medieval History
William ?Ze?ev? Brinner, a professor emeritus of Near Eastern studies at the University of California, Berkeley, who was known for his commitment to fostering understanding between Muslims and Jews, died at his Berkeley home on Feb. 3 after a lengthy illness. He was 86.
Brinner, who taught Arabic and Islamic studies in the Department of Near Eastern Studies from 1956 until retiring in 1991, published extensively on subjects ranging from modern Arabic literature and medieval Islamic history and religion to medieval Jewish-Muslim cultural interaction.
Click here to read this article from the University of California Berkeley
- Archaeologists Examine Medieval Fortress On The Mediterranean Coast
Archaeologists have long known that Yavneh-Yam, an archaeological site between the Israeli cities of Tel Aviv and Ashdod on the Mediterranean coast, was a functioning harbor from the second millennium B.C. until the Middle Ages. Now Tel Aviv University...
- The Eighth Annual Assc Graduate Student Conference "philology"
The Anglo Saxon Studies Colloquium announces the CFP for The Eighth Annual ASSC Graduate Student Conference "Philology" University of California, Berkeley Saturday, 25 February 2012 Deadline for Abstracts: 26 September 2011 The University of California,...
- The Eighth Annual Assc Graduate Student Conference
The Anglo Saxon Studies Colloquium announces the CFP for The Eighth Annual ASSC Graduate Student Conference "Philology" University of California, Berkeley Saturday, 25 February 2012 Deadline for Abstracts: 26 September 2011 The University of...
- "mind, Soul, And In-between: Mapping The Human Spirit In The Early Middle Ages."
The Anglo-Saxon Studies Colloquium Announces a Colloquium at UC Berkeley "Mind, Soul, and In-Between: Mapping the Human Spirit in the Early Middle Ages." October 8, 2010 10 a.m.?3 p.m.. Wheeler Hall 306 Co-sponsored by the UC Berkeley Department of English...
- Damascus Summer Course On Christian And Islamic Art: Second Year
Damascus Summer Course on Christian and Islamic Art: Second Year The Summer Course ?Christian and Islamic Art and Architecture ? A Heritage of Religious Interaction? was a great success last year, and will therefore be repeated. The 2010 course will...
Medieval History
William Brinner, scholar of Near Eastern studies, dies at 86
William ?Ze?ev? Brinner, a professor emeritus of Near Eastern studies at the University of California, Berkeley, who was known for his commitment to fostering understanding between Muslims and Jews, died at his Berkeley home on Feb. 3 after a lengthy illness. He was 86.
Brinner, who taught Arabic and Islamic studies in the Department of Near Eastern Studies from 1956 until retiring in 1991, published extensively on subjects ranging from modern Arabic literature and medieval Islamic history and religion to medieval Jewish-Muslim cultural interaction.
Click here to read this article from the University of California Berkeley
- Archaeologists Examine Medieval Fortress On The Mediterranean Coast
Archaeologists have long known that Yavneh-Yam, an archaeological site between the Israeli cities of Tel Aviv and Ashdod on the Mediterranean coast, was a functioning harbor from the second millennium B.C. until the Middle Ages. Now Tel Aviv University...
- The Eighth Annual Assc Graduate Student Conference "philology"
The Anglo Saxon Studies Colloquium announces the CFP for The Eighth Annual ASSC Graduate Student Conference "Philology" University of California, Berkeley Saturday, 25 February 2012 Deadline for Abstracts: 26 September 2011 The University of California,...
- The Eighth Annual Assc Graduate Student Conference
The Anglo Saxon Studies Colloquium announces the CFP for The Eighth Annual ASSC Graduate Student Conference "Philology" University of California, Berkeley Saturday, 25 February 2012 Deadline for Abstracts: 26 September 2011 The University of...
- "mind, Soul, And In-between: Mapping The Human Spirit In The Early Middle Ages."
The Anglo-Saxon Studies Colloquium Announces a Colloquium at UC Berkeley "Mind, Soul, and In-Between: Mapping the Human Spirit in the Early Middle Ages." October 8, 2010 10 a.m.?3 p.m.. Wheeler Hall 306 Co-sponsored by the UC Berkeley Department of English...
- Damascus Summer Course On Christian And Islamic Art: Second Year
Damascus Summer Course on Christian and Islamic Art: Second Year The Summer Course ?Christian and Islamic Art and Architecture ? A Heritage of Religious Interaction? was a great success last year, and will therefore be repeated. The 2010 course will...