Acculturation and Assimilation in al-Andalus

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Medieval Studies Institute, Indiana Univ.-Bloomington

Organizer Name

Rosemarie McGerr, Natalie Dawn Levin

Organizer Affiliation

Indiana Univ.-Bloomington, Indiana Univ.-Bloomington

Presider Name

Ryan Giles

Presider Affiliation

Univ. of Indiana-Bloomington

Paper Title 1

Translation and Adaptation in Hafs ibn Albar's Introduction to His Arabic Version of the Psalms

Presenter 1 Name

Guadalupe González Diéguez

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Indiana Univ.-Bloomington

Paper Title 2

The Mozarabs' Eschatological World in al-Andalus and Toledo

Presenter 2 Name

Geoff Martin

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. of Tennessee-Knoxville

Paper Title 3

Subliminal Peacock Imagery in Mozarabic Sources

Presenter 3 Name

Natalie Dawn Levin

Start Date

16-5-2015 1:30 PM

Session Location

Schneider 2335

Description

The political, intellectual, devotional, and literary divisions among Mozarabs and Jews in al-Andalus provide important examples of medieval populations affirming and contesting their connections with both Christian Europe and with their local Muslim leaders. These papers explore how Christians and Jews identified themselves within this context and what conclusions we might draw about concepts of identity in the multicultural environment of al-Andalus, as well as about conceptions of identity in other medieval communities.

Rosemarie McGerr