<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div>Dear Andalusi scholars,</div><div><br></div><div>Some of you may be interested in this online presentation (Monday, March 6):</div><div><br></div><div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Dear Colleagues,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>We’d like to invite you to the next online Monday Majlis of the Centre for the Study of Islam, Exeter:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><br><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span>Monday the 6<sup>th</sup> of March, 17:00-18:30 (UK time)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="SR-LATN-RS">Dwight F. Reynolds,
</span></b><b><i><span>Behind Enemy Lines: Muslim and Jewish Musicians in post-</span></i></b><b><span>Reconquista<i> Christian Lands</i></span></b><b><i><span lang="SR-LATN-RS">.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="SR-LATN-RS">Monday Majlis<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span>Registration is required. Register please on this link:</span></b><span>
<a href="https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwuduyvpj0uH9ZKuOHbtAunOmik5qDxg4qX" target="_blank">
https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwuduyvpj0uH9ZKuOHbtAunOmik5qDxg4qX</a><b><span style="color:red"><u></u><u></u></span></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span>Abstract<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">As Christian forces conquered more and more Muslim-ruled territories in the 13<sup>th</sup> to 16<sup>th</sup>
centuries, some aspects of Arab and Jewish culture were appropriated
and
others violently eradicated. One surprising element in this maelstrom
of cultural exchanges and transformations is the continued presence of
Muslim and Jewish musicians in Christian courts, as municipally hired
performers, in Christian festivals and processions,
and in the Iberian countryside. This talk surveys what we know about
the lives of these musicians who lived and performed “behind enemy
lines,” and asks what their lives can tell us about music in medieval
and early modern Iberia as a whole.<b>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span>Bio<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dwight F. Reynolds is
Distinguished Professor of Arabic language and literature at the
University of California, Santa Barbara, where he has taught since
1991. He has authored, co-authored,
and edited books on the Arabic oral epic tradition of <i>Sīrat Banī Hilāl,</i>
pre-modern Arabic autobiography, folklore of the Arab World, musics of
the Middle East, popular literature in the late medieval/early modern
period, and, most recently, the history
of Andalusian music and medieval Arab music and musicians. His book, <i>The Musical Heritage of al-Andalus
</i>(Routledge/Taylor&Francis, 2021)<i> </i>received both the 2022 <i>Premio del Rey
</i>prize for early Spanish history from the American Historical Association and the 2022
<i>Early Music</i> prize from the American Musicological Society.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="https://www.religion.ucsb.edu/people/faculty/dwight-reynolds/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">https://www.religion.ucsb.edu/people/faculty/dwight-reynolds/</span></a><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><br></span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>In the spirit of the label ‘Majlis’ and also
to make the talks even more interesting, we are experimenting with a new
format presenting the topic discussed by our speaker as embedded in
their own
research journey. Please come and enjoy the talks and the discussions.
If you’d like to be included in the CSI (Centre for the Study of Islam
(Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter) mailing
list, please contact the CSI Manager: Sarah
Wood (<a href="mailto:s.a.wood2@exeter.ac.uk" target="_blank">s.a.wood2@exeter.ac.uk</a>).<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>We’ll be happy to welcome you!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Istvan<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)">Dr István T Kristó-Nagy </span><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)">Senior Lecturer in Arabic and Islamic Studies
<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)">Director of the Centre for the Study of Islam<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)">Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)">University of Exeter <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)">Stocker Road <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)">Exeter <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)">EX4 4ND<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)">United Kingdom</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,112,192)"><br></span></p></div>
</div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>******************************************************************<br></div>Dwight F. Reynolds, Distinguished Professor<br></div>Arabic Language & Literature<br></div>Department of Religious Studies<br></div>University of California, Santa Barbara<br></div><<a href="mailto:dreynold@ucsb.edu" target="_blank">dreynold@ucsb.edu</a>><br><div>******************************************************************<br></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div></div>