CMES: "Iranian Cities from the Arab Conquest to the Early Modern Period"

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies

is pleased to present a conference organized by

Roy P. Mottahedeh, Gurney Professor of History, Harvard University

This conference will consider the social and economic history of Iranian cities and their hinterlands from the 7th to the 15th centuries (excluding the Safavid and Qajar periods), and including Persianate areas beyond the borders of modern-day Iran. Topics considered will include questions of arrangement such as the placement of symbols of authority and markets, systems of water distribution, rents and land ownership, the public space available to women, patterns of trade between cities, and inhabitants' sense of 'belonging' to their city or neighborhood.

The conference and a subsequent publication will be funded by CMES's new Neekeyfar Fund for Iranian Studies, which was made possible by a generous anonymous donation to the Center.

For details and a list of speakers, see the Center for Middle Eastern Studies website.