SOCIETY AND LAW IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE COMMEMORATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PASSING OF PROFESSOR URIEL HEYD
The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
cordially invites you to an international symposium on
SOCIETY AND LAW IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
COMMEMORATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PASSING OF PROFESSOR URIEL HEYD
Tuesday–Wednesday, 13-14 Tammuz 5778, 26–27 June 2018
at The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Albert Einstein Square
43 Jabotinsky St., Jerusalem
Tuesday, 26 June 2018
14:00 GREETINGS
Nili Cohen, President, The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
OTTOMAN SOURCES
Chair: Eyal Ginio, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Amy Singer, Tel-Aviv University
Following Uriel Heyd to Edirne: A 16th Century Journey with the Mühimme Defterleri
Guy Burak, New York University
S̨eyhülislam Feyzullah Efendi and the Rise of the Provincial Fetava Collections in the Long 18th Century
Discussant: Eyal Ginio, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
16:00 NON-MUSLIMS – JEWS & CHRISTIANS
Chair: Joseph Hacker, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Minna Rozen, University of Haifa
The Urban History of Istanbul Jewry as Reflected in the Rabbinical Court Registers, Hasköy and Piri Pașa Quarters, 1833–1841
Yaron Ben-Naeh, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Ottoman Jewish Courtiers: Jewish Purveyors to the Ottoman Court, 17th–19th Centuries
Aviv Derri, New York University
Negotiating Debt, Citizenship and Family Wealth: Non-Muslim Merchant Bankers and the Provincial Government in 19th Century Damascus
Discussant: Tsameret Levy-Daphny, The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute
18:30 REMEMBERING URIEL HEYD
Chair: Yohanan Friedmann, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
David Heyd, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
On a Personal Note
Amnon Cohen, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Our Mentor Uriel Heyd, a Beacon of Academic Leadership
Wednesday, 27 June 2018
9:30 Ottoman Palestine
Chair: Liat Kozma, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Miri Shefer-Mossensohn, Tel-Aviv University
Medicine and Health in Ottoman Palestine: The View from the Bureaucracy
David Kushner, University of Haifa
The Role of Acre at a Time of Decline, 1840–1918
Discussant: Abigail Jacobson, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
11:30 Criminal Law
Chair: Miriam Hoexter, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Eugenia Kermeli-Unal, Hacettepe University
Ottoman Criminal Law: An Example of Functionality in Islamic Law
Avi Rubin, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
New Criminal Law, Old Political Desires: The Yıldız Trial Reconsidered
Discussant: Omri Paz, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
14:00 LAW AND JUDICIARY
Chair: Amy Singer, Tel Aviv University
Haim Gerber, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Some Basic Debates in Ottoman-Islamic Law: A Reconsideration
Iris Agmon, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
The Sharīʿa Courts and Ottoman Legal Reforms in the 19th Century
Dror Zeevi, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
The Ottoman Judiciary and the Armenian Genocide
Discussant: Ümit Kurt, Polonsky Academy, The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute
16:00 CONCLUSION
On-street parking is available near the Academy.
Admission is subject to availability of seating. The event will be videotaped.
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