History and Archaeology

 RESEARCH PROJECTS 
 ARTICLES, BOOKS AND REPORTS 
 ABSTRACTS, CONFERENCES AND PROCEEDINGS 
 MASTER'S THESES 
 
 

RESEARCH PROJECTS
 

The unknown career of Ahmad Ma’n, 1667-1697

To appear in Archivum Ottomanicum. A. R. Abu-Husayn.
 
 

The Junblats and the Janbulads: a case of mistaken identity

To appear in vol. 16 of Beihefte zur Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, published by the Institut für Orientalistik der Universität Wien, Vienna. A. R. Abu-Husayn.
 
 

Lebanon in the Ottoman chancery documents 1526-1711

Research and writing completed, to be published as a book. A. R. Abu-Husayn.
 
 

The metallurgy of the Roman silver coinage

This long-term project of analyses, initiated in 1994, uses Atomic Absorption Spectophotometry to determine the metallurgical makeup of Roman silver coinage. The purpose of the analyses is to provide a picture of imperial manipulation of precious metal coinage and fiscal policies, as well as using trace element analysis to suggest likely places of production. A series of articles by the researchers have already appeared in print, and further ones are being prepared. K. Butcher and M.J. Pointing*.
 
 

Tyre and its hinterland archaeological survey

The site of Shwakir lies to the south of the modern city of Tyre, between the Tyre rest house and Tell er-Rachidiye. This area of over 1.5 million square meters has yielded evidence of late Roman and early Islamic settlement. A season of field-walking in 1998 yielded evidence of metalworking, the remains of a bath building, monumental Roman masonry and sarcophagi, and large quantities of early Islamic pottery, as well as Roman building material (including high-status marble wall cladding). Future work will entail geophysical survey and limited excavation of key features to determine the nature and extent of settlement. We will also be working with environmental groups to establish the site as a nature reserve. K. Butcher and R. Thorpe.
 
 

Muhammad and Heraclius: a study in legitimacy

To appear in fascicle 90 of Studia Islamica. N. El-Cheikh.
 
 

Byzantium through the Islamic prism: twelfth-thirteenth centuries

To appear in the Dumbarton Oaks Papers. N. El-Cheikh.
 
 

Women's History: a study of al-tanukhi

To appear in Women in Arabic and Ottoman Sources, ed. Manuella Marin and Klaus Kreiser, SUNY Press. N. El-Cheikh.
 
 

The contribution of Christian Arab historians to Muslim historiography on Byzantium

To appear in a forthcoming publication by Wayne University Press. N. El-Cheikh.
 
 

Immunity, Iraq, and Byzantines

To appear in the Encyclopedia of the Qur'an, Brill, Leiden. N. El-Cheikh.
 
 

Political practice in fifteenth century Mecca

The project examines a variety of historical sources from fifteenth-century Mecca in order to collect data on the political practice and ideology of the sharifs of Mecca. Traditional historiography has relied on contemporary Mamluk sources that reflect the ideological aspirations of the Mamluk sultans by asserting the efficacy of their sovereignty over the city of Mecca. The project builds on previous research on the economic and political history of Mecca that indicates that the sharifs regarded themselves as the autonomous rulers of the Hijaz in an effort to enable a comparative analysis of the political practice in the medieval Middle East (initial exploratory stage). J. Meloy. (Supported by URB.)
 
 

The Transformation of Nomadic Society in the Arab East

Edited with an introduction and comprehensive bibliography of the subject, with Martha Mundy*, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. B. Musallam.
 
 

Le sexe et la societé en Islam

Naufal, Paris (in press). B. Musallam.
 
 

Ibn Rushd and Galen’s ovaries

In La Pensée Philosophique et Scientifique d’Averroès dans son Temps, J. P. Montada and A. Hasnaoui (eds.), Paris (in press). B. Musallam.
 
 

Ghazali’s Book of Right and Wrong: a study and an English edition of Kitab al-amr bi al-ma‘ruf wa al-nahy ‘an al-munkar

For publication by the Cambridge-based Islamic Texts Society. B. Musallam.
 
 

Ancient Lebanese toponyms: an essay on the historical topography of Lebanon in pre-Hellenistic times

This project aims at studying the land occupation and settlement density and distribution in pre-Hellenistic Lebanon. The project includes three research phases: collection and study of the primary sources, collection and study of the secondary sources, and, historical analysis of the collected evidence. H. Sader.
 
 

Une pointe de flèche Phénicienne inédite du Musée National de Beyrouth

To be published in the Acts of the IVth International Congress on Phoenician and Punic Studies, Madrid. H. Sader.
 
 

Von Baal zum Zeus Heliopolitanus. Baalbek von der Vorgeschichte bis zum späten Hellenismus

To be published in Antike Welt, Sonderheft, July 1999. H. Sader.
 
 

The Aramaean kingdoms of Syria: origin and formation processes

To be published in Brunnens, G. (ed.), Syria in the Iron Age, University of Melbourne Publications. H. Sader.
 
 

Will the past be part of the future?

To be published in Crisis and Memory. Dimension of their Relationship in Islamic Cultures, ed. Neuwirth, A. and Pflitsch, A. Orient Institution in Beirut, Beiruter Texte und Studien Series. H. Sader.
 
 

Les villes Phéniciennes et leur territoire: reliefs accidentés, modèles unifiés

To be published in the proceedings of the conference Les Routes du Proche-Orient, Carrefour de Civilisations held in Paris, May 1999. H. Sader.
 
 

Review of: Nouvelles Découvertes sur les Usages Funéraires des Phéniciens d’Arwad, by Elayi, J. and Haykal, M. R.

Paris: Gabalda, 1996, to be published in the Journal of the American Oriental Society. H. Sader.
 
 

The Tell el-Burak archaelogical project

This project aims at studying the formation process of ancient settlements on the Lebanese coast with special emphasis on the Iron Age. Its main objective is to try to explain the origin, growth and decay of these ancient cities as well as the settlement pattern within their territory, mainly during the so-called period of Phoenician expansion (6^th-9^th century BC). Supported by AUB; German Archaeological Institute, Berlin; Henkel Foundation. H. Sader, U. Fink Beiner*, M. van Ess*.
 
 

Lebanon (village architecture)

Appears in Encyclopedia of Vernacular Architecture of the World, ed. Paul Oliver, Oxford School of Architecture, Blackwell. H. Seeden.
 
 

BEPYTOS/BERYTUS: die hellenistisch-römische Stadt

In Antike Welt 4/1999, Mayence: Philip von Zabern (in press). H. Seeden.
 
 

Michael Meinecke: Islamic archaeology and Beirut

Michael Meinecke Memorial Volume, ed. M. Barrucand, Paris. H. Seeden and S. Al-Masri*.
 
 

Beirut—ancient ceramics and socio-economic change

Research objectives: Settlement formation processes; construction of complete ceramic type-series based on the material from stratified deposits; investigation of environmental information. Electronic data recording (involving CAD & GIS applications) enables the establishment of a database platform that will facilitate the analysis of the otherwise unwieldy mass of data. The detailed study of the stratigraphy, artefacts and ecofacts is at an advanced stage. Partial results already indicate that this project will provide an unprecedented and comprehensive understanding of the Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine and Islamic period development of this part of the eastern Mediterranean (a continuation of the AUB-Leverhulme Souks Excavation Project I). H. Seeden, D. Perring*, T. Williams*, S., Jennings*, B. Alvey*, K. Butcher, P. Reynolds, R. Thorpe, J. Abdallah, S. Kouly, R. Mikati. (Supported by the British Leverhulme Trust grant 1998-2001.)
 
 

Arabs and Turks: contemporary Arab perceptions

This is a book-length study that deals with the birth of Arab nationalism in Syria and the role played therein by contemporary Arab perceptions of the Young Turk movement in terms of its ideology and political practice. The Arab press of the period will constitute the principal source of evidence even though other archival material will be taken into consideration. S. Seikaly.
 
 

Transcending religious strife: nafir suriyya as medium and message

An on-going in depth study of the pioneering role played by the nascent press of Syria in overcoming endemic religious strife. The project entails an investigation of the press as a medium capable by its nature and message to communicate across lines of the religious divide in favor of a pluralistic existence in which tolerance prevails. Butros al-Boustani's Nafir Suriyya will be taken as a case study. S. Seikaly.
 
 

Al-‘Arab: the Arabic press in Istanbul

Accepted for publication in vol. 16 of Beihefte zur Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, published by the Institut für Orientalistik der Universität Wien. S. Seikaly.
 
 

Christian Contributions to the Nahda in Palestine Prior to WWI

Accepted for publication in a forthcoming issue of the Bulletin of the Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies, Amman. S. Seikaly.
 
 

Yusuf al-Nabahani and the West

Due to appear in a forthcoming publication of the Orient Institut der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft. S. Seikaly.
 
 
 
 

ARTICLES, BOOKS AND REPORTS

 

Abu-Husayn, A., The Lebanon schools, 1853-1873: a local venture in rural education. In The Syrian Lands: Processes of Integration and Fragmentation in Bilad al-Sham from the 18^th to the 20^th Century, ed. Philipp, Th. and Schabler, B., 205-219. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1998.

———, The Shihab succession, 1697: a reconsideration. In Archiv Orientalni, Supplementa 8, 9-16, 1998.

———, Duwayhi as a Historian of Ottoman Syria, Bulletin of the Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies, I (1), 1-13, 1999.

Abu-Husayn, A., Sadawi, S.*, Al-Kanais al-Arabiya fi Sijil al-Kanasi al-Uthmani1869-1922 (The Arab Churches in the Ottoman Register of Churches,1869-1922). Amman: The Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies, 1998.

Butcher, K., Coins from Nizip. In The Twin Towns of Zeugma on the Euphrates, ed. Kennedy, D. Recent Work and Historical Studies, Journal of Roman Archaeology Supplementary Series, 27, 137-138, 1998.

———, Coinage at Zeugma. In The Twin Towns of Zeugma on the Euphrates, ed. Kennedy, D. Recent Work and Historical Studies, Journal of Roman Archaeology Supplementary Series, 27, 233-236, 1998.

———, The Silver Coinage of Caesarea in Cappadocia, Vespasian-Commodus (book review). Schweizerische Numismatische Rundschau 76, 285-290, 1997.

———, Numismatic Archaeology, Archaeological Numismatics (book review). Proceedings of an International Conference held to honour Dr. Mando Oeconomides in Athens, 1995, Oxford, 1997. American Journal of Archaeology 103, 1998.

Butcher, K., Ponting, M. J.*, Chandler, G.*, A study of the chemical composition of Roman silver coinage, A.D. 196-197. American Journal of Numismatics 9, 17-36, 1997.

Butcher, K., Ponting, M. J.*, Silver standards at Caesarea in Cappadocia. In Internationales Kolloquium zur kaiserzeitlichen Münzprägung Kleinasiens, ed. Nollé, J., Overbeck, B., Weiss, P., 27-30. Milan: Edizioni Enerre, 1997.

Butcher, K., Spoerri, M.*, ANEISFORIA sur des monnaies de Coropissos en Cilicie. Schweizer Münzblätter/Gazette numismatique suisse, no. 190, 29-32, July 1998.

Butcher, K., Thorpe, R., A note on excavations in Central Beirut 1994-96. Journal of Roman Archaeology 10, 291-306, 1997.

El-Cheikh, N., Surat al-Rum: a study of the exegetical literature. Journal of the American Oriental Society, 118.3, 356-364, 1998.

Meloy, J., ed. Mamluk Studies: A Bibliography. Chicago: Middle East Documentation Center, University of Chicago, 1998.

———, assoc. ed. Mamluk Studies Review, 3, 246, 1999.

Musallam, B., exec. ed. Arabic Sciences and Philosophy: A Historical Journal, 8 (2), September 1998.

———, exec. ed. Arabic Sciences and Philosophy: A Historical Journal, 9 (1), March 1999.

Sader, H., Les inscriptions pseudo-hiéroglyphiques de Byblos. In Liban, l’autre rive, ed. Matoyan, V., 61. Paris: Flammarion, Institut du Monde Arabe 1998.

———, Le Sarcophage d’Ahirom. In Liban, l’autre rive, ed. Matoyan, V, 126. Paris: Flammarion, Institut du Monde Arabe Exhibition Catalogue, 1998.

———, L’Inscription de Yéhimilk. In Liban, l’autre rive, ed. Matoyan, .V., 128-129. Paris: Flammarion, Institut du Monde Arabe Exhibition Catalogue, 1998.

———, La spatule d’Azorbaal. In Liban, l’autre rive, ed. Matoyan, V, 130. Paris: Flammarion, Institut du Monde Arabe Exhibition Catalogue, 1998.

———, Une dédicace à Astarté. In Liban, l’autre rive, ed. Matoyan, V, 172. Paris: Flammarion, Institut du Monde Arabe Exhibition Catalogue, 1998.

Sader, H., Les Araméens à l’Age du Fer: Histoire Politique et Structures Sociales (book review). Die Welt des Orients 29, 202-206, 1998.

———, trans., Baalbek 1898-1998. Forschen in Ruinen, into French (Baalbek 1898-1998. A la découverte des Ruines), English (Baalbek 1898-1998. Rediscovering the Ruins), and Arabic (Baalbek 1898-1998. Rihlat fil athar). Beirut: German Archaeological Institute, 1998.

Sader, H., Scheffer, T.*, An imperial visit and its consequences. In Baalbek: Image and Monument, 1898-1998, ed. Beiruter Texte und Studien 69, 1-9. Wiesbaden: Steiner, 1998.

Sader, H., Scheffler, T.*, Neuwirth, A.*, Baalbek: Image and Monument, 1898-1998,ed., Beiruter Texte und Studien 69. Wiesbaden: Steiner, 1998.

Sader, H., Van Ess, M.*, Looking for pre-Hellenistic. In Baalbek: Image and Monument, 1898-1998, ed. Beiruter Texte und Studien 69, 247-268. Wiesbaden: Steiner, 1998.

Seeden, H., Lebanon’s archaeological heritage on trial in Beirut: what future for the capital’s past? In Heritage Conservation in Modern Society, ed. McManamon, F. P. and Hatton, A., 168-187, One World ArchaeologySeries 33. New York, London: Routledge, 1999.

Seeden, H., ed., Berytus Archaeological Studies, 41, 1997.

Seikaly, S., Pacification of Houran (1910): the view from within. Archiv Orientalni, Supplementa VIII, 367-376, 1998.
 
 
 
 

Butcher, K., The archaeology of Lebanon. CAMS Inaugural Conference, AUB, January 1998.

———, The Coins assemblages from BEY 006 and BEY 045. ARAM Twelfth International Conference, AUB, April 1999.

El-Cheikh, N., Byzantine leaders in Arabic-Muslim texts. VI^th Late Antiquity and Early Islam Workshop, University of Birmingham, April 1999.

———, Women's education in medieval times: a reappraisal. European Science Foundation's Conference on Education and the Individual in Islamic Societies, Salamanca, 15-27 October 1998.

———, The 1998 civil marriage proposal in Lebanon: the reaction of the Muslim communities. Conference on the Islamic Marriage, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, January 1999.

Seeden, H., Beirut: a global approach at integrating the past into the 2001 townscape. World Archaeological Congress (WAC), 4, Cape Town, January 1999.

———, Dialoguing with the past: will Beirut's past still speak to the future. ARAM Twelfth International Conference, AUB, April 1999.

Seeden, H. and Saliba, R., Beirut: cultural heritage incorporated—reconstruction and archaeology in the city center. International conference on Arab Provincial Capitals in the Late Ottoman Empire, organized by the Orient-Institut Beirut, AUB CBR, CERMOC and the Ministry of Culture, April-May 1999.
 
 
 
 

Callaghan, D., The Thought and Role of a French Imperialist: Robert de Caix and S(1998). S. Seikaly.

Chaitani, Y., Ernest Bevin's Palestine policy: Whitehall and White House (1997). S. Seikaly.

Dimechkieh, H., Julia Tu‘mi Dimashqiyyi and Al-Mar’a al Jadida, 1883-1954 (1998). S. Seikaly.

Mikati, R., The AUB Beirut Souks Excavations 1994-1996: The Terracotta Lamps (1998). H. Seeden.

Rihan, M., Abdallah al-Nadim: The Thought of an Egyptian Nationalist (1998). S. Seikaly.

Shareef, M., Urban Administration in the late Ottoman Period: The Municipality of Beirut as a Case Study, 1867-1908 (1998). S. Seikaly.

Trabulsi, S., Gender, Authority and Legitimacy in Medieval Yemen: The Case of Arwa bint Ahmad (1998). N. El-Cheikh.

Zaven, T. V., The AUB Beirut Souks Excavations 1994-1996: A Study of the Open Glass Vessels (1998). H. Seeden, S. Jennings.