Ernst Herzfeld Award for Master Theses in Islamic Art History and Archaeology – Call for Applications

The Ernst Herzfeld Society for Studies in Islamic Art and Archaeology announced the third edition of the Ernst Herzfeld Award for Master Theses in Islamic Art History and Archaeology. The aim of the award is to encourage and support emerging scholars in Europe who are working on visual and material culture of Islamic countries in the fields of Art History, Archeology, and Historical Building Research. The Ernst Herzfeld Award highlights the diversity and innovation of current research in these growing fields.

The successful candidate is honored at the annual colloquium of the Ernst Herzfeld Society, offered a full travel grant to present her/his master thesis at the colloquium, and is granted publication of the presented paper in the series of the Society, Beiträge zur Islamischen Kunst und Archäologie (BIKA).

Deadline: 13.11.22

Information on how to apply can be found here.

Third Ḥajar Online Workshop, 28 OCTOBER 2022

People of the Desert: Nomadic Networks and the Spread and Practice of Islam

15:45 -19:00 (CET time)
Chairs: Irina Shingiray (University of Oxford) and José C. Carvajal López (University of Leicester)


15:45 Case studies

José C. Carvajal López (University of Leicester)

Nomads of Qatar? The emergence of Bedouin communities in the Persian-Arabian Gulf

ShadiaTaha (University of Cambridge)

Beja nomads in Sudan: neglected history and bleak future

Jorge de Torres Rodríguez (Incipit -Institute of Heritage Sciences, Spain)

Islamic archaeology of the nomads in the Horn of Africa

17:15 Break

17:30 Discussion

Discussant: Greg Fisher

Discussant: Benjamin A. Saidel, East Carolina University

General debate and questions

For registration (and zoom link), please write us to hajararchaeology@gmail.com until October 26th.