Events

June 20, 2025  

Chair: Randi Deguilhem , CNRS, TELEMMe-MMSH, Aix-Marseille U., France
“  Waqfs, women and circles of power  ”

Ana Maria Carballeira Debasa , Escuela de Estudios Árabes (EEA), CSIC, Granada, Spain: “  Habous in the circles of power in al-Andalus  ”

Nozhat Ahmadi , University of Isfahan, Iran, “  Waqfs of the Women of the Safavid Court  ”

Mohammadreza Neyestani , TELEMMe-MMSH, Aix-Marseille University, Aix-en-Provence, France, “  Structure of the waqf under the Safavids in Iran  ”

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May 16, 2025

“  From Jerusalem to India: Endowments and Gender Influences  ”

Musa Sroor , Birzeit University, Birzeit, Palestine: “  Gender Influence on Waqf in Ottoman Jerusalem: Problem of Management and Benefit  ”

Mir Abdul Sofique , University of Burdwan, Burdwan, West Bengal, India: “  Indian Waqf Properties: Issues and Properties in Contemporary Times  ”

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April 18, 2025

“  The Economics of Waqf: From the Imperial to the Personal  ”

Christopher Markiewicz , University of Ghent / Principal Investigator – ERC (European Research Council) OTTOWAQF , Ghent, Belgium, “  Waqf and the Bayt al-Mal in the Mamluk and Ottoman Sultanates of the Fifteenth Century  ” 

Reda Rafei , Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA, “  Making a living before the age of  bulugh : waqf in eighteenth century Ottoman Tripoli and the employment of minor males  » 

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February 28, 2025 **5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.**

Chair: Mohammadreza Neyestani, TELEMMe-MMSH, Aix-Marseille U., France
“ Properties of the founders of waqfs; waqfs of families ”

Salem Salah, TELEMMe-MMSH, Aix-Marseille University, Aix-en-Provence, France, “ Founders and real estate propertyput into waqf in Tunis in the modern era ”

Madonna Aoun Ghazal, University of California, Los Angeles, USA, “ Family Mixed Waqf in Late Ottoman Beirut ”

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