Today, we’re celebrating the first birthday of the Caliphal Finances blog! A year ago, we, postdocs Noëmie Lucas and Eline Scheerlinck, launched this website to give the ERC…
Welcome to the website of the Caliphal Finances project! This website is the online space of the Caliphal Finances project to share upcoming events, collaborations and conversations with…
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In this blog post, we offer some reading recommendations selected from our Related Content section. Have a look and enjoy! Papyrus Stories: Everyday Stories from the Ancient Past…
From the 30th of April to the 2nd of May, the Caliphal Finances team hosted a workshop dedicated to the analysis of Abbasid-Era fiscal documents at the University…
From January to March 2025, the Caliphal Finances project organised the lecture series of the IMES department at the University of Edinburgh. The theme of the series was…
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….
In a previous post, team members Noëmie Lucas and Dalia Hussein discussed the various roles involved in the fiscal administration hierarchy of Abbasid Egypt. Using a range of…
On 10th March, the Caliphal Finances team delivered another lecture in their lecture series “Taxes taxes taxes. All the rest is bullshit in my opinion”. PI Marie Legendre,…
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 project’s…
The ERC funding allows us to actively collaborate with national and international colleagues and to cross-pollinate our ideas at academic events. On the 3rd and 4th of March,…
