[Andalusi Studies] Fwd: Rulers as authors

[ISABEL FIERRO BELLO]

Por si fuera de vuestro interés,
Maribel Fierro

RULERS AS AUTHORS IN THE ISLAMIC WORLD: KNOWLEDGE, AUTHORITY AND LEGITIMACY
Organized by Sonja Brentjes, Maribel Fierro, and Tilman Seidensticker

December 2017, Monday 18-Tuesday 19
Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures, Hamburg University

Rulers could intervene in the production of literary texts indirectly  
as patrons but also directly as authors of such texts. The aims of the  
Workshop Rulers as authors in the Islamic world: knowledge, authority  
and legitimacy are to assess the geographical and chronological  
extension of the figure of the ruler as author, and the extent to  
which it reflects particular understandings of political and religious  
authority. Special attention will be paid to the manuscript tradition  
of the rulers’ writings. Nineteen contributions covering 1200 years  
will deal with all major political, religious, and military types of  
rulers that emerged in different Islamic societies in Asia, Africa and  
Europe.

http://www.manuscript-cultures.uni-hamburg.de/cal-details/2017_12_18%20CMSC%20WS%20Rulers%20as%20Authors%20Programme.pdf
http://ilc.csic.es/es/event/workshop-rulers-authors-islamic-world-knowledge-authority-legitimacy