Faculty of Arts School of Historical Studies

Free public lecture

The Centre for Jewish History and Culture and the School of Historical Studies presents:

Muhammad and the Jews

Michael Lecker, Professor of Arabic Language and Literature
Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Professor Lecker’s work focuses on the social and political history of early Islam, with a particular emphasis on prosopography, and on the biography of Muhammad.

His publications include:

Jews and Arabs in Pre- and Early Islamic Arabia Aldershot: Ashgate, 1998. (Variorum Collected Studies Series.)

People, Tribes and Society in Arabia around the Time of Muhammad Aldershot: Ashgate, 2005. (Variorum Collected Studies Series.)

The Constitution of Medina: Muhammad`s First Legal Document Princeton: Darwin Press, 2004. (Studies in Late Antiquity and Early Islam.)

Date:
Tuesday 1st April 2008
Time:
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Location:
Lecture Theatre C
Old Arts Building
University of Melbourne
Enquiries:
Dr Dvir Abramovich
Centre for Jewish History and Culture
School of Historical Studies
T: (+61 3) 8344 3789
E: dvir@unimelb.edu.au
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