6th Ḥajar workshop “Archaeology and Material Culture of the Hajj” — Online, 18 October 2024

6th ḤAJAR ONLINE WORKSHOP
Archaeology and Material Culture of the Hajj

Friday, October 18th, 2024, 15:45 – 19:00 (CET)
Chairs: Irina Shingiray (Oxford University), Valentina Vezzoli (University of Udine)

CASE STUDIES (30 min each)

Serap Ermis (Goethe University Frankfurt)
Hidden memories. Remembering and forgetting the city of Makkah in the 19th century Ottoman period

Sterenn Le Maguer (University of Lausanne/Archaïos)
Water management on the Hajj road between Kufa and Mecca (Darb Zubaydah), 8th -10th centuries

Mounia Chekhab Abudaya (Museum of Islamic Art Doha)
Presenting the Hajj in a museum context

BREAK 17:15 – 17:30

DISCUSSANTS (15-20 min each)

Harry Munt (University of York)
Richard McGregor (Vanderbilt University)

GENERAL DISCUSSION

For registration and Zoom link please write to hajararchaeology[at]gmail.com before October 16th.

More information here