HISTORY 455

ASSIGNMENT 6

January 11, 14

surah and ayah                                                                      Rippin (11^th)

January 18, 21 – Establishing the life of Muhammad

Khadija                                                                                     Maxwell (18^th)

jahiliyya                                                                                    Yardley (18^th)

VISITING LECTURER: January 21 -- Prof. Jan Just Witkam (Leiden University)

January 25, 28 – Creation of empire: the first four caliphs and the conquests

Umar                                                                                         Mathieu (25^th)

Uthman                                                                                    Miller (25^th)

Ali                                                                                               Laing (28^th)

fitna                                                                                           Boechler (28^th)

February 1, 4 – Establishing Islamic authority and the nature of leadership

amir                                                                                                      Mullen  (1^st)       

components of Arab names (kunya, laqab, nisba)            Kennedy (1^st)

bayʿa                                                                                                     Peyton (4^th)

shura                                                                                                    Pivnick (4^th)

February 8, 11 – Establishing the Islamic state: bureaucracy, taxation, cities

kharaj                                                                                   Sinjorgo (8^th)

wazir                                                                                    Hull (8^th)

VISITING LECTURER: February 11 -- Dr. Marcus Milwright (UVic)

February 22, 25 – The developed state and the separation of religion and politics

ʿulamaʾ/ʿalim                                                                     Snell (22^nd)

qadi                                                                                       Johancsik (22^nd)

umma                                                                                   Morrison (25^th)

March 1, 4 – Intellectual development of Islamic ideology: law, theology

madhhab                                                                             Temple (1^st)

faqih                                                                                     Grassi (1^st)

kalam                                                                                   Thibadeau (4^th)

March 8, 11 – Religion as a means of identity & state cohesion: ritual and language

khutba                                                                                 Graefin von Platen Haller (8^th)

minaret                                                                                McColm (8^th)

ziyara                                                                                   Vernon (11^th)

March 15, 18 – Defining the “other”: outsiders and heresies within

dhimmi                                                                                Companga (15^th)

jizya                                                                                      Wilkinson (15^th)

VISITING LECTURER: March 18 -- Dr. Gordon Nickel (UBC)

March 21, 25 – Material culture and daily life as markers of identity

hijab (and related terms)                                             Chaudhry (21^st)

madrasa                                                                              Alsamaraie (25^th)

March 28, April 1 – Religion as a means of empire expansion: Sufism

ribat                                                                Black (28^th)