Muslim Societies of Latin Christendom, ca. 1050-1615

FAIN: FA-54540-09

Brian A. Catlos
Regents of the University of California, Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz, CA 95064-1077)

From the 1050s, significant Muslim populations came under Christian rule. By 1300 most had been expelled from their homelands, except for Spanish Muslims, who persevered forced conversion in 1525, before their expulsion in 1615. Through these centuries, colonized Muslims were deeply embroiled in both their Christian host societies and with local Jewish minorities, and continued to form part of a larger Islamic world. They had a tremendous impact on the development of European culture, society, and identity, and their experiences also comprise an important chapter of Islamic history. This project surveys their communities and analyzes the impact of Christian domination, reciprocal influences of the majority and minority, and their influence on Latin society and culture. A diverse range of methodological approaches will illuminate not only the history of the Muslims of Latin Christendom, but the nature of ethnic and confessional identity and majority-minority relations in general.

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Prizes

Albert Hourani Book Award
Date: 11/23/2014
Organization: Middle East Studies Association
Abstract: The Albert Hourani Book Award was established in 1991 to recognize outstanding publishing in Middle East studies. The award was named for Albert Hourani to recognize his long and distinguished career as teacher and mentor. Announced at the Awards Ceremony at MESA’s annual meeting, the Albert Hourani Book Award recognizes the very best in Middle East studies scholarship

Charles Homer Haskins Medal
Date: 4/1/2018
Organization: Medieval Academy of America
Abstract: for a distinguished book in medieval studies

Kayden Book Prize
Date: 2/1/2018
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Abstract: Each year two or three broad areas of the Humanities will be invited to submit published monographs for the Kayden Book Award by a UCB faculty member. An awardee will receive a $1000 research account, and their Department will receive a $4000 grant to organize a one-day Author-Meets-Critics Symposium. The Symposium will involve both the author and experts in the author’s field who will present critiques of the book to which the author will respond. The symposium will be open to the wider academic community and the public.