27 November (Alte Universität, Senatssaal)
14.00: Opening and Introduction
Nikolas Jaspert / Sebastian Kolditz (Universität Heidelberg, Historisches Seminar)
Section I - Connecting Lands and Seas: Concepts, Agents and Commodities (Chair: Joseph Maran)
14.30: Joachim Friedrich Quack (Universität Heidelberg, Insititut für Ägyptologie)
Incense, the Alphabet and other Elements. On the Move of Persons, Commodities and Ideas between Egypt and Arabia
15.10: Break
15.30: Søren Michael Sindbæk (Aarhus University, Section for Archeology)
Maritime Networks and Urbanism: Comparing Early Medieval Emporia in East Africa and Northern Europe
16.10: Ranabir Chakravarti (JNU New Delhi, Centre for Historical Studies)
Two Maritime Merchants of the 12th Century CE: Ali Mansur b. al Fawfali and FDYR: Gleanings from the Cairo Geniza
16.50: Break
17.10: Daniel König (Universität Heidelberg, Cluster Asia and Europe)
From East to West and West to East. Reflections on the Medieval Arabic-Islamic Documentation of Western Europe
17.50: Christoph Mauntel (Universität Heidelberg, Cluster Asia and Europe)
Bounded by Waters. Oceans and Seas as Means of Ordering the World
19.00: David Abulafia (University of Cambridge, Faculty of History)
Mediterranean Islands and the Meaning of Mediterranean History
Public Evening Lecture, Hörsaal 14, Neue Universität
28 November (Heidelberg Center for American Studies, Hauptstraße 120)
Section II - Long Distance Maritime Communication and its Effects (Chair: Susanne Enderwitz)
9.30: Alexandra von Lieven (FU Berlin, Ägyptologisches Seminar)
Trade Contacts and Cultural Exchange between Egypt and India in the Ptolemaic and Roman Period
10.10: Raimund Schulz (Universität Bielefeld, Abteilung Geschichte)
Oceanic Sea Routes to India – the Western World´s Great Dream from Antiquity to Columbus
10.50: Break
11.10: Mona Kirsch (Universität Heidelberg, Cluster Asia and Europe)
Expansion in the Mediterranean: Sicily’s Role in the Foreign and Economic Policies of the Angevins and Aragonese
11.50: Gita Dharampal-Frick (Universität Heidelberg, Südasien-Institut)
Transcultural Networks from the Arabian Sea to the South China Sea, 1000-1800: Continuities and Transformations
12.30: Break
Section III - Maritime Hubs: Straits, Harbours and Islands (Chair: Gerrit Jasper Schenk)
14.00: Andrea Jördens (Universität Heidelberg, Institut für Papyrologie)
Roman Alexandria – Queen of the Mediterranean and the Arabian Seas
14.40: Iván Armenteros Martínez (Université d'Aix-Marseille, Laboratoire d'archéologie médiévale et moderne en Méditerranée)
The Canary Islands as a Space of Inter-connectivity between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic
15.20: Break
15.40: Luís Adão da Fonseca (Universidade do Porto, Departamento de História)
Straits, Capes and Islands as Points of Confluence in the Organization of the Portuguese Ocean Route between the Atlantic and the East
16.20: Susan Richter (Universität Heidelberg, Historisches Seminar)
The Street of Malakka – Interdependent Cultures of Trade Law
17.00: General Debate and Conclusion