November 22, 2024
This talk is free and open to the public, and pizza will be served.
Long before the oil industry, cities along the Persian Gulf were trade hubs for horses, pearls, and aromatics, and their populations included merchants and seafarers from around the Western Indian Ocean in a society that had both exploitation and cosmopolitanism. In this talk, Dr. Ulrich will talk about that trade and the people who made it, from Christian monks on island monasteries to Muslim merchants meeting their Hindu associates' dietary restrictions.
Brian Ulrich is a Professor of History at Shippensburg University, where he teaches courses on world history, the theory and practice of history, and upper-level courses on Islam and the Middle East from the rise of Islam to the present. He received his Ph.D. in history from the University of Wisconsin in 2008 and is the author of two books, Arabs in the Early Islamic Empire: Exploring al-Azd Tribal Identity and, more recently, The Medieval Persian Gulf.
This talk is free and open to the public, and pizza will be served.
Further information
- Location: Weiss 235
- Time: 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
- Cost: FRee