Encountering Muhammad in the Medieval West

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; Platinum Latin

Organizer Name

B. Gregory Hays; Danuta Shanzer

Organizer Affiliation

Univ. of Virginia; Univ. Wien

Presider Name

B. Gregory Hays

Paper Title 1

Jacques de Vitry and the Image of Muhammad in the Latin West

Presenter 1 Name

Jessalynn Bird

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame

Paper Title 2

Christian-Muslim Polemic in the Latin East

Presenter 2 Name

Julian Yolles

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Harvard Univ.

Paper Title 3

The Reassessment of Mahomet and the Undermining of Christianity

Presenter 3 Name

John Tolan

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Univ. de Nantes/Academia Europaea

Start Date

11-5-2018 1:30 PM

Session Location

Schneider 1135

Description

Papers on western medieval encounters with Mohammad. Gregory Hays