Public Lecture by Stephan Conermann

Stephan Conermann is professor for Islamic Studies at the University of Bonn and he is spokesperson and principal investigator at the BCDSS. In his research he compares different forms of slavery in pre-modern societies. His starting point are different forms of dependency in the Mamluk Sultanate in Egypt and Syria (1250–1517). In his lecture he explores "Slavery in the Mamluk Sultanate (1250–1517)". His lecture is part of the public ZERG lecture series, organized by the Centre for Religion and Society (ZERG) and the BCDSS, Research Area C: "Control, Coercion, and Constraint II. The Role of Religion in Overcoming and Creating Structures of Dependency". The lecture series tackles the role of religion in both overcoming existing and creating new forms and types of dependencies. This is a hybrid event. The lecture will also be streamed via youtube.