12 – 15 September 2012

Transcultural Perspectives on Late Medieval and Early Modern Slavery in the Mediterranean

in cooperation with:

Free University of Berlin

URPP Asia and Europe

Swiss Asia Society

Organisation

Stefan Hanß Juliane SchielFree University of Berlin University of ZurichDahlem Research School History Departmentsthanss@zedat.fu-berlin.de

juliane.schiel@hist.uzh.ch

University of Zurich (UZH), SOC-1-106Rämistrasse 69, CH – 8001 Zurich

Conference Venue

Advisory Committee

William G. Clarence-Smith, SOAS LondonUlrich Rudolph, Department of Oriental Studies, UZHSimon Teuscher, History Department, UZHSven Trakulhun, URPP Asia and Europe, UZHClaudia Ulbrich, Free University of Berlin

Funding

Section IV: Cultural InterconnectivitiesModeration: Christoph Cluse (Trier)

4:30 – 5:30 pm:Michael Toch (Jerusalem)Was There a Jewish Slave Trade in the Early and High Middle Ages?

5:30 – 6:30 pm:Mathieu Arnoux (Paris)Une abolition oubliée? Fin de l’esclavage et naissance d’un ordre du travail en Europe non méditerranéenne (XI-XIVe siècles)

SATURDAY, 15 September 2012

9:00 – 10:00 am:Salvatore Bono (Perugia)Schiavi europei, ottomano-maghrebini, neri e altri nel mondo mediterraneo: un confronto (xvi-xix secolo)

10:00 – 11:00 am: James Amelang (Madrid)Writing Chains: Slave Ego-Documents from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic

11:00 – 11:30 am: Coffee Break

11:30 am – 12:30 pm:Sven Trakulhun (Zurich)Europäische und südostasiatische Sklaverei im Vergleich

12:30 – 1:30 pm: Ludolf Kuchenbuch (Hagen), Nicolas Vatin (Paris)Summary and Conclusion

1:30 – 2:30 pm: Lunch

History Department, University of Zurich

http://www.hist.uzh.ch/slavery2012

Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)

University of Zurich (UZH) Fritz Thyssen Foundation

Zürcher Universitätsverein (ZUNIV)

Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences (SAGW)

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WEDNESDAY, 12 September 2012

12:00 – 12:30 pm:Juliane Schiel (Zurich),Stefan Hanß (Berlin)Welcome and Introduction

Section I: Discourses and Social PracticesModeration: Valentin Groebner (Lucerne)

12:30 – 1:30 pm:Jeffrey Fynn-Paul (Brussels)Renaissance Slavery in the Mediterranean: The Contours of its Rise and Decline in Southern Europe, and its Relationship with Slavery in the Islamic World

1:30 – 2:30 pm:Steven A. Epstein (Kansas)Explicit and Implicit Ideologies of Slavery in Premodern Italy

2:30 – 3:00 pm: Coffee Break

3:00 – 4:00 pm:William G. Clarence-Smith (London)Islamic Debates about the Legitimacy of Slavery: Medieval and Early Modern

4:00 – 4:30 pm: Coffee Break

4:30 – 5:30 pm:Hayri Gökşin Özkoray (Paris)Une culture de la résistance? Stratégies et moyens d’émancipation des esclaves dans l’Empire ottoman au XVIe siècle

5:30 – 6:30 pm:Metin Kunt (Istanbul)Ottoman White Eunuchs as Palace Officials and Statesmen, 1450-1600

THURSDAY, 13 September 2012

Section II: Economic and Military EntanglementsModeration: Michael Jucker (Lucerne)

9:00 – 10:00 am:Wolfgang Kaiser (Paris)Un monde de servitudes. Captifs et esclaves en Méditerranée à l’époque moderne

10:00 – 10:30 am: Coffee Break

10:30 – 11:30 am:Andrea Pelizza (Venice)Una confraternita veneziana “per il riscatto degli schiavi“ (1604-1797)

11:30 am – 12:30 pm:Stefan Hanß (Berlin)Sklaven aus der Seeschlacht von Lepanto. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte versklavter Muslime im Rom des 16. Jahrhunderts

12:30 – 2:00 pm: Lunch

Moderation: Aurelia Martín Casares

2:00 – 3:00 pm:Robert C. Davis (Ohio)Christian Slavery in Morocco During the Reign of Moulay Ismaïl Ibn Sharif (1672–1727): The Building of the Royal Palace at Meknes

3:00 – 4:00 pm:Suraiya Faroqhi (Munich)Slaves in the Court of Üsküdar, mid- to late 1500s

4:00 – 4:30 pm: Coffee Break

4:30 – 5:30 pm:Claudia Ulbrich (Berlin)Sklavereidiskurse in der Aegyptiaca Servitus des Michael Heberer von Bretten

5:30 – 6:30 pm:Neven Budak (Zagreb)Renaissance Slavery in Croatia/Dalmatia: Trade, Demography, Ideology

FRIDAY, 14 September 2012

Section III: Society, Family and GenderModeration: Simon Teuscher (Zurich)

9:00 – 10:00 am: Sally McKee (Davis, California)The Relevance of Sexual Service to the History of Pre-Modern Slavery

10:00 – 11:00 am:Eric R. Dursteler (Provo, Utah)Slavery and Sexual Peril in the Early Modern Mediterranean

11:00 – 11:30 am: Coffee Break

11:30 am – 12:30 pm:Maria P. Pedani (Venice)Venetian Slaves in the Ottoman Empire (15th–16th Centuries)

12:30 – 2:00 pm: Lunch

2:00 – 3:00 pm:Juliane Schiel (Zurich)Mord von zarter Hand: Kriminalitätsdelikte von Sklavinnen in Venedig

3:00 – 4:00 pm:Debra Blumenthal (Santa Barbara, California)Albert de Pont contra Catalina: A Child Custody Dispute Between a Genoese Merchant and his Former Slave Woman

4:00 – 4:30 pm: Coffee Break

(Granada)