After Mohammed. The Archaeology of the Islamic and Crusader periods: an Introduction

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Course ID:	2800-DWMOH-OG
Erasmus code / ISCED:	08.4 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0222) History and archaeology The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	After Mohammed. The Archaeology of the Islamic and Crusader periods: an Introduction
Name in Polish:	After Mohammed. The Archaeology of the Islamic and Crusader periods: an Introduction (ZIP)
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Archeology
Course groups:	General university courses General university courses in the humanities
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	English
Type of course:	general courses
Mode:	Classroom
Short description:	This course is offered within the University of Warsaw Integrated Development Programme, co-financed from the European Social Fund under the Operational Programme Knowledge Education Development 2014-2020, path 3.5."
Full description:	This course consists of 14 lectures over the duration of 14 weeks. It is open to both BA and MA students and it has no requirements of former knowledge of the material culture of the Islamic world. It is an introduction to the methodology and results of research on the theme of the material culture of Islamic societies, with a geographical focus on the Central Islamic Lands and a chronological span from the 7th century to the 19th century. The programme includes a section on the archaeology of the society in the Crusader period. The lectures are designed to introduce the students to the general themes of the Islamic-period material culture: after an introduction to the main historical, chronological and geographical framework, classes will offer an overview of the current results of research on the main themes and elements of settlement by looking a range of sites. In addition, the main crafts of Islamic societies will be seen in their development in time, and therefore in their contribution both to understanding their technical characteristics and to the archaeological study of the past. The emphasis will be on the importance of the combined use of the several historical disciplines to understanding specific aspects of society. We will also reflect on the development of the discipline of Islamic Archaeology in time and on its potential for the future.
Bibliography:	(in Polish) 1. Islamic Archaeology: definition and history 2. Elements of history, geography and chronology of the central Islamic lands 3. The central Islamic lands: aspects of physical environment, society and economy 4. Religious beliefs and practices of Islamic societies 5. The archaeology of the Crusader period 6. The mosque 7. Early Islamic settlements Blair, Sheila, and Jonathan Bloom. The Art and Architecture of Islam 1250-1800. New Haven [Conn.]: Yale University Press, 1994. Ettinghausen, Richard, Oleg Grabar, and Marilyn Jenkins-Madina. The Art and Architecture of Islam: 650-1250. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2001. Fontana, M.V., Art in Iran. Iranian pre-Islamic elements in Islamic Art, Encyclopaedia Iranica online, updated 2011. http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/art-in-iran-xii-iranian-pre-islamic-elements-in-islamic-art Fehervari, G., Art and Architecture, in Holt, P.M., A. K.S. Lambton and B. Lewis, The Cambridge History of Islam, volume 2B, Islamic Society and Civilization, Cambridge University Press, 2008, 702- 740. Meineche, K., and Vassilopoulou, S., Mshatta: Islamic Art and its connection to Antiquity, in: S. Weber - U. Al-Khamis - S. Kamel (Hrsg.), Early Capitals of Islamic Culture. The Art and Culture of Umayyad Damascus and Abbasid Baghdad (650 – 950) (München 2014) 39-43. Milwright, M., An Introduction to Islamic Archaeology, Edinburgh University Press, 2010. Ruthven, M., and A. Nanji, Historical Atlas of Islam, Harvard University Press, 2004 Walmsley, A., Archaeology and Islamic studies. The development of a relationship. In H. Thrane, I. Thuesen, K. von Folsach. Handaxe to Khan: essays presented to Peder Mortensen on the occasion of his 70th birthday, Aarhus University Press, 2004, 317-329. Walmsley, A., Islamic Archaeology, The Oxford Companion to Archaeology, vol. 2, 2 edn., 2012 Proposed PhD study seminar: The issue of “gaps” in the archaeological record: the case-study of Islamic-period settlement in Petra, Jordan. Proposed open lecture: Settlement in Crusader Transjordan (1100-1189) 8. The Islamic city 9. Fortifications 10. The countryside 11. Trade, travel and pilgrimage 12. Crafts, materials and objects 13. Ceramics: technology and diffusion 14. Methods and materials of construction and building techniques

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