The Annual York-Noor Lecture Series 2008-2009

presents

Two Early Islamic Cities: Manufacturing and Craftsmen in Abbasid Raaqqa and Samarra

A lecture by Professor Marcus Milwright, University of Victoria

Date: Sunday January 18, 2009
Time: 3:00 pm
Location: Auditorium, Noor Cultural Centre
Admission: $5

Dr. Marcus Milwright is an associate professor in the Department of History in Art, University of Victoria. He received his doctorate in 1999 from the Oriental Institute, University of Oxford, and has held fellowships with the Warburg Institute, the British Academy, and the Aga Khan Programs for Islamic Architecture in Harvard University and MIT. His research interests include the art and archaeology of the Islamic Middle East, labour and craft practices in the urban environment, cross-cultural contacts in the Medieval Mediterranean, and the history of medicine. He is involved in several archaeological projects in the Middle East. His book, The Fortress of the Raven: Karak in the Middle Islamic Period (1100-1650) was published by Brill in 2008. He is currently completing a book entitled An Introduction to Islamic Archaeology for Edinburgh University Press.