Crusade, Jihad, and Identity in the Medieval World
New England Medieval Conference
October 3-4, 2008
Dartmouth College
Friday, October 3
1:45: Welcome
2:00-4:05: Panel I: Crusade and Jihad in the Early Twelfth Century
2:00-2:40: Presentation #1:
NIALL CHRISTIE, University of British Columbia and Corpus Christi College (Vancouver):“Creating Sacred Identity: looking Backwards and Forwards with ‘Ali ibn Tahir al-Sulami (d. 1106)
MATTHEW GABRIELE, Virginia Tech University: “Being a Frank in the Eleventh
Century: Responding to the Call in 1095”
2:40-2:55: Coffee
2:55-3:35: Presentation #2:
ROBERT CHAZAN, New York University: “Transforming Tragedy into Triumph: Jewish Responses to the First Crusade”
JAY RUBENSTEIN, University of Tennesee: “The Apocalypse in Retrospect: Holy War and the First Crusade.”
4:30-5:45: Keynote Address
BENJAMIN KEDAR, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, “Crusade and Jihad as seen by the adversary: Muslim perceptions of crusading, Latin perceptions of Jihad.”
5:45-7:00: Reception
Saturday October 4
8:30-10:30: Panel II: Identity and Crusade in Latin Europe
8:30-9:10: Presentation #3:
