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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,…
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…
On 11th December last year, PI Marie Legendre and I, postdoc Eline Scheerlinck, left before sunrise for a three-hour train journey north to the Sir Duncan Rice Library…
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…
On 13th January, the Caliphal Finances team kicked off the IMES Seminar Spring 2025 Lecture Series! PI Marie Legendre, Postdoc Eline Scheerlinck, and PhD student Georgi Obatnin offered…
***This post was written by Georgi Obatnin, PhD student on the Caliphal Finances project. Hear more about Georgi’s work with digital tools in our first IMES Seminar Spring…
It was another eventful year for the Caliphal Finances project! In January this year, the Caliphal Finances team welcomed its latest addition: post-doc Eline Scheerlinck, Research Fellow in Coptic Papyrology, who is…