New England Medieval Conference 2008

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Crusade, Jihad and Identity in the Medieval World
October 3 - 4 , 2008 Dartmouth College

The ideologies of crusade and jihad were one of the most common ways for western Christians and Muslims to frame responses to the other. Each ideology was dedicated to bringing the world into a divinely-ordained order, one in which all lands (or the lands God designed for residence by his people) would become part of “Christendom” or “Dar al-Islam.” The world never matched either vision; both Christians and Muslims, as well as Jews and other minorities, lived in permanently-mixed communities even as the rhetoric of exclusion and triumphalism suggested that such communities--Muslims living under Christian rule and vice versa--were contrary to God’s will. How then did Christians, Jews, and Muslims react to the ideologies of jihad and crusade? In what ways did use them or reject them to shape personal, political, communal, and gender identities?

Registering for the conference in advance will ensure a place at the banquet on Saturday evening(October 4, 2008). After completing the Online Regisration Form, you will receive email confirmation of your registration. Payment can either be sent in by check or money order with a copy of the confirmation email to the address shown in the email, or simply paid by check, cash, or money order at the registration desk at the conference itself. Checks and money orders should be made payable to Dartmouth College.

Registration Fees
Standard Registration: $50
Graduate Student: $25
Dartmouth Faculty/Students: No Charge
Lunch 10/4/08: No Charge – Provided by Dartmouth Sponsors
Banquet 10/4/08: $25 Online Booking Essential

For more about the New England Medieval Conference see the NEMC's website.

This annual conference is hosted by M. C. Gaposchkin and Christopher MacEvitt of Dartmouth College. Sponsors include the Leslie Center for the Humanities, the Dickey Center for International Understanding, The office of the Provost at Dartmouth College, the Department of Religion and the Department of History.

Conference Administrator: Isabel Weatherdon.