ORGANIZERS:
Ronnie Ellenblum (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Iris Shagrir (The Open University of Israel)
Jonathan Rubin (The Open University of Israel)
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE:
Iris Shagrir (The Open University of Israel)
Ronnie Ellenblum (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Benjamin Z. Kedar (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Jonathan Phillips (Royal Holloway, University of London)
Nikolas Jaspert (University of Heidelberg)
The conference will bring together scholars and students working on various aspects of the Crusades and the Latin East during the 11th-14th centuries.
The main themes of the conference include: Jerusalem in Christian, Muslim and Jewish spirituality; Frankish-Greek and Frankish-Muslim relations; Jerusalem in Crusading history and historiography; medieval Arabic historiography of the Crusading period; medieval Oriental Christian communities in the East; Muslims under Frankish rule; religious life; urban history; liturgy and pilgrimage.
SPEAKERS:
Gideon Avni, Israel Antiquities Authority
Adrian Boas, University of Haifa
Judith Bronstein, University of Haifa
Pierre Vincent-Claverie, Université de Rouen
Michael Ehrlich, Bar-Ilan University
John France, Swansea University
Miriam Frenkel, The Hebrew University
Yvonne Friedman, Bar-Ilan University
Cecilia Gaposchkin, Darthmouth College
Anna Gutgarts-Weinberger, The Hebrew University
Jonathan Harris, Royal Holloway, University of London
Stefan Heidemann, University of Hamburg
Konrad Hirschler, School of Oriental and African Studies
Lucy Anne-Hunt, Manchester School of Art (Emerita)
David Jacoby, The Hebrew University
Nikolas Jaspert, University of Heidelberg
Andrew Jotischky, Lancaster University
Benjamin Z. Kedar, The Hebrew University (Emeritus)
Hugh Kennedy, School of Oriental and African Studies
Robert Kool, Israel Antiquities Authority
Ora Limor, The Open University of Israel
Amnon Linder, The Hebrew University
Sophia Menache, University of Haifa
Alan Murray, University of Leeds
Johannes Pahlitzsch, University of Mainz
Jonathan Phillips, Royal Holloway, University of London
William Purkis, University of Birmingham
Daniella Talmon-Heller, Ben-Gurion University
Wolf Zöller, University of Heidelberg
