On the governor's court in Late Mamluk Damascus

In the coming week, the German Historical Institute in Paris hosts a conference on new court history. Organized by Pascal Firges (DHIP) und Regine Maritz (Walter Benjamin Kolleg, Bern), "Towards a New Political History of the Court, c. 1200‒1800" will attempt, from comparative perspectives, to delineate "Practices of Power in Gender, Culture, and Sociability" (here is the direct link to the CfP). The conference will be structured around eight themes, moving from "Global Historical and Transc..