Upcoming and Recent Conference Papers, Panels and Presentations
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Upcoming:
2027

  • ““Faithful Infidels: The Muslims of Medieval Europe” 16 October 2027, public lecture Smithsonian Journeys (Barca d’Alva, Portugal).
  • “The Jews of Medieval Spain and Portugal” 18 October 2027, public lecture Smithsonian Journeys (Peso de Regua, Portugal).
  • “From the Beatles to Bill Gates: Western Culture and the Legacy of Islam” 20 October 2027, public lecture Smithsonian Journeys (Lisbon).

2026 

  • “La conveniencia y la conversion: Los destinos distintos de los judios y los musulmanes de los reinos cristianos” 18 October Un islam cercano. 500 aniversario de la conversión forzosa de los musulmanes de la Corona de Aragón (1526–2026) Universidad de Alicante (Alicante).
  • “El primer pogrom europeo? Que pasó en Granada en 1066 y porque?” 14 October Al-Andalus Fundación de los Comunes (Spain; remote).
  • The Urban Environment” 18 & 19 September The Mediterranean Seminar Fall 2026 Workshop (American College of the Mediterranean, Barcelona) – co-organizer with Sharon Kinoshita (UC Santa Cruz) and Ignaci Perez (ACM)

Recent
2026

  • “Medieval Catalan” 3–6 August; 4-day Summers Skills Seminar, taught by John Dagenais: organizer
  •  “Sephardic Culture: An Introduction” 6–9 July; 4-day Summers Skills Seminar, taught by David Wacks: organizer
  •  “Sephardic Culture: An Introduction” 6–9 July; 4-day Summers Skills Seminar, taught by David Wacks: organizer
  •  “Reading Armenian Manuscripts” 28 June–2 July; 4-day Summers Skills Seminar, taught by Michael Pifer: organizer
  •  ““Mediterranean Magic: An Introduction” 28 June–2 July; 4-day Summers Skills Seminar, taught by Veronica Menaldi: organizer
  • “What if there was a pogrom and nobody came? What happen in Granada in 1066 and why?” 29 June Università di Padova (Padua, Italy; remote).
  •  “Medieval Mediterranean Coinage” 22–25 June; 4-day Summers Skills Seminar, taught by Alan Stahl: organizer
  •  “Medieval & Early Modern Cartography: An Introduction” 22–25 June; 4-day Summers Skills Seminar, taught by Karen Mathews: organizer
  •  “Introduction to the Archivo General de Indias: A Global Archive” 15–18 June; 4-day Summers Skills Seminar, taught by Jorge Díaz Ceballos: organizer
  •  “Reading Ottoman Turkish” 15–18 June; 4-day Summers Skills Seminar, taught by Oscar Aguirre Mandujano: organizer
  • “The Art of War and the Art of the Deal: Rhetoric and Result in the Conquests of James I of Aragon” 2 June War and Society: Anthropological, Ideological and Military Perspectives Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (Mainz).
  •  “Reading Medieval Greek Manuscripts” 18–21 May; 4-day Summers Skills Seminar, taught by Manolis Ulbricht: organizer
  •  “Reading Archival Latin” 18–21 May; 4-day Summers Skills Seminar, instructor & organizer
  •  “Food and Foodways across the Mediterranean World” 23 & 24 May The Mediterranean Seminar Spring 2026 Workshop (University of Oregon) – co-organizer with Sharon Kinoshita (UC Santa Cruz) and David Wacks (University of Oregon)
  • “Location, Location, Location! Connectivity and Innovation in the Pre-Modern Mediterranean” 15 April The Konstanz Mediterranean Platform - Universität Konstanz (Konstanz, Germany; remote).
  • “The Dynamics of Diversity: Christians, Muslims and Jews in the Mediterranean World During the Age of Convergence” 31 March Università di Padova (Padua, Italy).