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One-day colloquium in honor of Patricia Crone, February 25, 2015
Institute for Advanced Study, School of Historical Studies, Princeton, NJ
Session One Islamic Studies
Dilworth Room
9:00 am Greetings and Introduction. Sabine Schmidtke (Institute for Advanced Study)
9:30 am — 10:00 am Everett Rowson (New York University) “Patricia Crone’s contribution to the field of Islamic Studies”
10:00 am — 11:00 am Michael Cook (Princeton University) “Muhammad’s deputies in Medina”
11:00 am— 11:10 am BREAK
11:10 am — 12:10 pm Sarah Stroumsa (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
“An Exercise in Methodological Skepticism: The Case of ‘The Cordovan Voluntary Martyrs’”
12:10 pm — 2:00 pm LUNCH
A display of Professor Crone’s publications will be on view in the Dilworth Room during the morning.
Also available will be “Islamic Cultures, Islamic Contexts: Essays in Honor of Professor Patricia Crone,” Leiden: Brill, 2015.
Discount publication order forms will be available.
Program Session Two
Iranian Studies
Dilworth Room
2:00 pm — 2:30 pm Hassan Ansari (Institute for Advanced Study)
“Patricia Crone’s Contribution to Pre-Modern Iranian Studies: Politics, Society and Religion”
2:30 pm — 3:30 pm Kevin van Bladel (Ohio State University)
“Persian Origins in Arab Colonies of Marw and Transoxania”
3:30 pm — 3:40 pm BREAK
3:40 pm — 4:40 pm Daniel J. Sheffield (Princeton University) “Nativism and Prophethood in Early Modern Iran: Āẕar Kayvān and the Quest for Universal Religion”
4:40 pm— 5:00 pm Concluding Remarks
For those interested, at 5:00 pm there will be a pre-screening of Diana Crone Frank’s documentary “For the Life of Me: Between Science and the Law,” depicting Professor Crone’s battle with cancer.
Program
Recent Awards —
University of Cambridge, Honorary Member of Gonville and Caius College 2013–;
Leiden University, Honorary Doctorate 2013;
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Honorary Doctorate 2014;
Giorgio Levi Della Vida Medal for Excellence in Islamic Studies 2013;
Middle East Studies Association, Albert Hourani Book Award 2013;
Houshang Pourshariati Iranian Studies Book Award 2013;
Central Eurasian Studies Society Book Award 2013;
American Historical Society, James Henry Breasted Prize 2013.
Recent Publication - The Nativist Prophets of Early Islamic Iran: Rural Revolts and Local Zoroastrianism, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.
“I have learned from her that rethinking all of one’s assumptions is tremendously exciting.” Michael Cooperson
“I admire your insatiable curiosity, tenacity, patience, and penetrating insights, and I am grateful for your love.” Carol Bakhos
“Patricia’s original contributions to the study of the formative periods of Islam, with its complex issues, have been truly outstanding; not only has she discovered new primary sources, but she has also offered new interpretations of the know sources.” Farhad Daftary
“The contributions that Patricia Crone has made to the study of early Islamic history can hardly be overstated. … Patricia stands fully in the finest Orientalist tradition of philological exactitude and sheer, exhaustive learning. … She has taken Islam, in other words, out of the peninsula and into the wider world of Late Antiquity, where it has remained ever since.” Petra Sijpesteijn
“Patricia Crone has made contributions rarely encompassed by one individual scholar in a multitude of fields spanning geographic, temporal and linguistic landscapes. … Instead of isolating herself in the scholarly refuge of the Institute for Advanced Study and producing even more groundbreaking scholarship, Patricia chose to share her precious time and valuable resources with serious scholars and students without expecting much in return.” Samer Traboulsi
Michael Cook (Princeton University)
"Muhammad's deputies in Medina"
Our sources tell us that each time Muhammad went out on campaign he appointed a deputy to take his place in Medina, and they give us the names of these deputies. To what degree can we use this information for the purposes of historical reconstruction? And to the extent that we can, what do we learn from the data about the way Muhammad ran his state?
Sarah Stroumsa (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
"An Exercise in Methodological Skepticism: The Case of 'The Cordovan Voluntary Martyrs'"
“The Cordovan Voluntary Martyrs” is the name given in modern scholarship to a peculiar phenomenon in mid-ninth century Cordova: a wave of incidents in which Christians seeking martyrdom provoked the Muslim authorities and were consequently executed. Several historical and sociological explanations have been given to this unique phenomenon, which lasted for only a decade, but its historicity has not been questioned. Paraphrasing Patricia Crone (Meccan Trade, 203) we can say that, if we want to learn something new about these Cordovan Martyrs, we must first unlearn some things. By examining
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the sources for this story, and analyzing the background to their composition, the present paper offers to unlearn some things about the Cordovan martyrs.
Kevin van Bladel (Ohio State University) "Persian Origins in Arab Colonies of Marw and Transoxania"
This presentation summarizes the argument of a book, nearing completion, on the genesis of New Persian. It corrects the current standard theory on the origins of New Persian by paying close attention to sources in Arabic and to the history of the population that first spoke it.
Daniel J. Sheffield (Princeton University)
"Nativism and Prophethood in Early Modern Iran: Āẕar Kayvān and the Quest for Universal Religion"
This talk examines Early Modern developments of the Iranian religious beliefs and practices that Patricia Crone had identified in her provocative and monumental work, The Nativist Prophets of Early Islamic Iran. I argue that a particular kind of religious cosmopolitanism arose in connection with
Abstracts
astrological ideas about the coming of the Islamic millennium, the end of an Islamic dispensation, and the beginning of a new Persian age (dawr-i ʻajam). These ideas were promulgated by a man who called himself Āẕar Kayvān (1533-1618 CE). In this presentation, I examine Kayvān and his followers' notions of millennialism and cosmology, their theurgical practices, and their code of conduct. I argue that Āẕar Kayvān’s principle of ṣulḥ bā hama "Civility with All" notably influenced the formation of the Mughal Emperor Akbar's dīn-i ilāhī “The Divine Religion”, a movement that is often painted in popular literature as an early modern forerunner of Indian secularism.
Abstracts
Institute for Advanced Study
School of Historical Studies
Einstein Drive
Princeton, NJ 08540
www.hs.ias.edu
One-day colloquium in honor of Patricia Crone, February 25, 2015
Institute for Advanced Study, School of Historical Studies, Princeton, NJ
Session One Islamic Studies
Dilworth Room
9:00 am Greetings and Introduction. Sabine Schmidtke (Institute for Advanced Study)
9:30 am — 10:00 am Everett Rowson (New York University) “Patricia Crone’s contribution to the field of Islamic Studies”
10:00 am — 11:00 am Michael Cook (Princeton University) “Muhammad’s deputies in Medina”
11:00 am— 11:10 am BREAK
11:10 am — 12:10 pm Sarah Stroumsa (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
“An Exercise in Methodological Skepticism: The Case of ‘The Cordovan Voluntary Martyrs’”
12:10 pm — 2:00 pm LUNCH
A display of Professor Crone’s publications will be on view in the Dilworth Room during the morning.
Also available will be “Islamic Cultures, Islamic Contexts: Essays in Honor of Professor Patricia Crone,” Leiden: Brill, 2015.
Discount publication order forms will be available.
Program Session Two
Iranian Studies
Dilworth Room
2:00 pm — 2:30 pm Hassan Ansari (Institute for Advanced Study)
“Patricia Crone’s Contribution to Pre-Modern Iranian Studies: Politics, Society and Religion”
2:30 pm — 3:30 pm Kevin van Bladel (Ohio State University)
“Persian Origins in Arab Colonies of Marw and Transoxania”
3:30 pm — 3:40 pm BREAK
3:40 pm — 4:40 pm Daniel J. Sheffield (Princeton University) “Nativism and Prophethood in Early Modern Iran: Āẕar Kayvān and the Quest for Universal Religion”
4:40 pm— 5:00 pm Concluding Remarks
For those interested, at 5:00 pm there will be a pre-screening of Diana Crone Frank’s documentary “For the Life of Me: Between Science and the Law,” depicting Professor Crone’s battle with cancer.
Program
Recent Awards —
University of Cambridge, Honorary Member of Gonville and Caius College 2013–;
Leiden University, Honorary Doctorate 2013;
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Honorary Doctorate 2014;
Giorgio Levi Della Vida Medal for Excellence in Islamic Studies 2013;
Middle East Studies Association, Albert Hourani Book Award 2013;
Houshang Pourshariati Iranian Studies Book Award 2013;
Central Eurasian Studies Society Book Award 2013;
American Historical Society, James Henry Breasted Prize 2013.
Recent Publication - The Nativist Prophets of Early Islamic Iran: Rural Revolts and Local Zoroastrianism, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.
“I have learned from her that rethinking all of one’s assumptions is tremendously exciting.” Michael Cooperson
“I admire your insatiable curiosity, tenacity, patience, and penetrating insights, and I am grateful for your love.” Carol Bakhos
“Patricia’s original contributions to the study of the formative periods of Islam, with its complex issues, have been truly outstanding; not only has she discovered new primary sources, but she has also offered new interpretations of the know sources.” Farhad Daftary
“The contributions that Patricia Crone has made to the study of early Islamic history can hardly be overstated. … Patricia stands fully in the finest Orientalist tradition of philological exactitude and sheer, exhaustive learning. … She has taken Islam, in other words, out of the peninsula and into the wider world of Late Antiquity, where it has remained ever since.” Petra Sijpesteijn
“Patricia Crone has made contributions rarely encompassed by one individual scholar in a multitude of fields spanning geographic, temporal and linguistic landscapes. … Instead of isolating herself in the scholarly refuge of the Institute for Advanced Study and producing even more groundbreaking scholarship, Patricia chose to share her precious time and valuable resources with serious scholars and students without expecting much in return.” Samer Traboulsi
Michael Cook (Princeton University)
"Muhammad's deputies in Medina"
Our sources tell us that each time Muhammad went out on campaign he appointed a deputy to take his place in Medina, and they give us the names of these deputies. To what degree can we use this information for the purposes of historical reconstruction? And to the extent that we can, what do we learn from the data about the way Muhammad ran his state?
Sarah Stroumsa (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
"An Exercise in Methodological Skepticism: The Case of 'The Cordovan Voluntary Martyrs'"
“The Cordovan Voluntary Martyrs” is the name given in modern scholarship to a peculiar phenomenon in mid-ninth century Cordova: a wave of incidents in which Christians seeking martyrdom provoked the Muslim authorities and were consequently executed. Several historical and sociological explanations have been given to this unique phenomenon, which lasted for only a decade, but its historicity has not been questioned. Paraphrasing Patricia Crone (Meccan Trade, 203) we can say that, if we want to learn something new about these Cordovan Martyrs, we must first unlearn some things. By examining
Abstracts
the sources for this story, and analyzing the background to their composition, the present paper offers to unlearn some things about the Cordovan martyrs.
Kevin van Bladel (Ohio State University) "Persian Origins in Arab Colonies of Marw and Transoxania"
This presentation summarizes the argument of a book, nearing completion, on the genesis of New Persian. It corrects the current standard theory on the origins of New Persian by paying close attention to sources in Arabic and to the history of the population that first spoke it.
Daniel J. Sheffield (Princeton University)
"Nativism and Prophethood in Early Modern Iran: Āẕar Kayvān and the Quest for Universal Religion"
This talk examines Early Modern developments of the Iranian religious beliefs and practices that Patricia Crone had identified in her provocative and monumental work, The Nativist Prophets of Early Islamic Iran. I argue that a particular kind of religious cosmopolitanism arose in connection with
Abstracts
astrological ideas about the coming of the Islamic millennium, the end of an Islamic dispensation, and the beginning of a new Persian age (dawr-i ʻajam). These ideas were promulgated by a man who called himself Āẕar Kayvān (1533-1618 CE). In this presentation, I examine Kayvān and his followers' notions of millennialism and cosmology, their theurgical practices, and their code of conduct. I argue that Āẕar Kayvān’s principle of ṣulḥ bā hama "Civility with All" notably influenced the formation of the Mughal Emperor Akbar's dīn-i ilāhī “The Divine Religion”, a movement that is often painted in popular literature as an early modern forerunner of Indian secularism.
Abstracts
Institute for Advanced Study
School of Historical Studies
Einstein Drive
Princeton, NJ 08540
www.hs.ias.edu
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