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