“THE MONGOLS AND THE EUROMEDITERRANEAN FRONTIERS INTERACTIONS NEW SOURCES”

“THE MONGOLS AND THE EURO-MEDITERRANEAN: FRONTIERS, INTERACTIONS, NEW SOURCES”

“THE MONGOLS AND THE EURO-MEDITERRANEAN: FRONTIERS, INTERACTIONS, NEW SOURCES”

Florence, Italy

Thursday, November 19 – Friday, November 20, 2009

Thursday, November 19

Session I: MONGOLS AND ITALIAN COMMERCE ON THE BLACK SEA

Chair: Nicola Di Cosmo, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton

Marco Bais, Università degli Studi di Bologna.

Armenian sources on the Mongols

Roman Hautala, Università degli Studi di Siena.

"The Russian Chronicles on the submission of Kievan Rus' to the Mongol Empire"

Lorenzo Pubblici, Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence and Università degli Studi di Firenze.

“The Mongols and the Euro-Mediterranean Region: frontiers, models of interactions and new perspectives.”

Session II: THE MONGOLS AND CAUCUSES

Chair: Zvi Ben-Dor, NYU Remarque Institute, Europe

Sergej P. Karpov, Moscow University.

“Venice and the Golden Horde during the mid 14th century crisis.”

Session III; THE MONGOLS AND THE MEDITERRANEAN.

Chair: Lorenzo Pubblici, Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence and Università degli Studi di Firenze

Marie Favereau, Institut français d’archéologie orientale, Cairo

“Re-thinking the Golden Horde State, at the crossroads of Asia and Europe: A Focus on the Sources”

Friday, November 20

Session IV:

THE MONGOLS AND CENTRAL ASIA

Chair : Zvi Ben-Dor, NYU Remarque Institute, Europe

Kim Hodong (Seoul National University)

"Rashid ad-Din's Jami at-tavarikh and the researches on the Mongol-Yuan Empire."

Dashdondog Bayarsaikha, Centre of Mongol Studies, National University of Mongolia

"The Risk Management Plans of Armenian Princes against the Mongols (1245-1270)"

Nicola Di Cosmo, Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton.

"Mongols and Latins in an Age of Expansion: Eurasian Interaction between the Mediterranean and the East Asian Zones."

Session V: THE MONGOLS AND THE MIDDLE EAST:

Chair: Nicola Di Cosmo, Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton.

Michal Biran, Hebrew University

"Arabic Studies for the Study of the Mongol Empire"

Zvi Ben-Dor, NYU Remarque Institute, Europe

“Distant Echoes Of Mongol Rule: Hui Memories “