On the Edge: Muslims, Christians, and the State in the Fatimid Countryside?
Lev Weitz, Catholic University of America
Wed, 11/6 · 4:30 pm—6:00 pm · 219 Aaron Burr Hall
Department of Near Eastern Studies
Open to the Public. Registration Required.
How far did the reach of the medieval state go in a productive province on the margins of the Egyptian desert? This talk explores how rural Christians and Muslims navigated the demands made and the material opportunities offered by the Fatimid Caliphate, the Islamic court system, and the Coptic Church in medieval Egypt’s Fayyum Oasis.
Lev Weitz is associate professor of history at the Catholic University of America, Washington, DC. A historian of the Islamic Middle East, his scholarly interests lie in the encounters among Muslims, Christians, and Jews that have shaped the region’s history from the coming of Islam to the present. He is the author of Between Christ and Caliph: Law, Marriage, and Christian Community in Early Islam (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018).
Sponsors: the Department of Near Eastern Studies, the Near Eastern Studies Program, The Program in Medieval Studies, and the Committee for the Study of Late Antiquity.