Babak and the End of Late Antiquity in Iran
A public lecture by Patricia Crone, Institute for Advanced Study
Monday, February 25, 2008
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Bunche Hall 10383
UCLA
Patricia Crone is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in Islamic History at the Institute for Advanced Study. Her scholarly and intellectual activities concentrate on the history of Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages, circa 630 to 900, when a recognized Islamic culture appeared and subsequently rose to dominate the area from Spain to the frontiers of China and India. Among her numerous books are Meccan Trade and the Rise of Islam (1987), and God’s Rule: Government and Islam, Six Hundred Years of Islamic Political Thought (2004).
Cost: Free
For more information please contact
Peter Szanton, Center for Near Eastern Studies
Tel: (310) 825-1455
pszanton@international.ucla.edu
www.international.ucla.edu/cnes
Sponsor(s): Center for Near Eastern Studies
