On Thursday 26th and Friday 27th February, the Caliphal Finances team had the joy and privilege of meeting Professor Alain Delattre, Coptic and Greek papyrologist and Dean of…
Thursday 5th of February was a special day for Caliphal Finances as the first PhD of the project was very successfully defended by Dr Dalia Hussein who passed…
This week, Noëmie Lucas writes about a papyrus document, P. World 121a, described as a “receipt”, a characterisation clearly supported by the presence of the term barāʾa in line 2. The…
Over the past year, the Caliphal Finances team has been reading newly published works and compiling a list of publications to explore that address taxation or broader fiscal…
We are happy to announce that two of our team members as well as one colleague who took part in our Trouble with Taxation’s workshop will be participating…
On Thursday 13th November, I, Postdoc Research Fellow Eline Scheerlinck, gave a lecture in the “Egyptian Christianities” series, organised by Zachary Chitwood (University of Munich) and Claudia Sode…
The Research Fellow will EITHER be a specialist of Coptic and Greek papyrology OR a specialist of Abbasid History and Historiography. They will lead various work-packages in collaboration with the PI….
On Wednesday, the 12th of November, our PI, Marie Legendre, shared her ongoing edition of a papyrus at the Late Antique Lunch, a great illustration of the type…
This series of interviews shines a spotlight on researchers working on or with the Caliphal Finances project. Each interview showcases the variety of scholarship connected to our research….
When researching the revolts in Egypt from the late eighth century to the mid-ninth century, most sources we have were written in Egypt. Among the most detailed is…
