Epigraphy and the Religious Landscape of late Pre-Islamic Arabia
ACGIS Guest Lecture with Ahmad Al-Jallad
Wednesday, February 22, 2023 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM EST
Zoom Virtual Event
This talk will present new epigraphic discoveries from the late 5th to early 7th century Arabia. Dr. Al-Jallad will discuss religious continuities and transformations that occurred in this period and their implications on our understanding of the background of Islam.
Ahmad Al-Jallad did his doctoral work at Harvard University in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. He currently researches the languages, writing systems, and cultures of pre-Islamic Arabia and is the Sofia Chair of Arabic at the Ohio State University. He is the author of The Religion and Rituals of the Nomads of Pre-Islamic Arabia: A reconstruction based on the Safaitic inscriptions, among other works.
