The 47th Annual Walter Prescott Webb Memorial Lectures
March 8, 2012 - Free and Open to the Public - The University of Texas at Arlington

Lectures:

Daytime Lectures in the Central Library , Sixth Floor Parlor. Evening Lecture in the Rosebud Theatre, E.H. Hereford University Center.

9:30 a.m.
“Muslims, Jews, and Converts in the Dominican Convent of Mallorca” Dr. Robin Vose, St. Thomas University
Introduced by Dr. Amy M. Austin, Department of Modern Languages, The University of Texas at Arlington

11:00 a.m.
“The Taifa of Denia and the Jewish Networks of the Medieval Mediterranean: A Study of the Cairo Geniza and Other Documents”
Dr. Travis Bruce, Wichita State University
Introduced by Dr. Jacqueline A. Stodnick, Department of English, The University of Texas at Arlington

1:30 p.m.
"Focusing on the Family: Ibn Jubayr on the End of Muslim Culture in Norman Sicily"
Dr. Sarah Davis-Secord, The University of Texas at Arlington
Introduced by Dr. Kevin L. Gustafson, Department of English, The University of Texas at Arlington

7:30 p.m.
Keynote Address: “Tropics of Conquest: Narrative and Encounter in the Medieval Mediterranean”
Dr. Paul M. Cobb, University of Pennsylvania
Introduced by Dr. Beth S. Wright, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, The University of Texas at Arlington

Free and open to the public • For maps and directions to the Central Library and the University Center, visit http://www.uta.edu/maps