Project description
The formation of Nubian identity
The Battle of Dongola in 652 stopped Muslim expansion into Nubia. However, its social and cultural dimensions and its projection in future developments in the region remain unexplored. The EU-funded IaM NUBIAN project will investigate the formation of Nubian identity after this historical event and its transformation over time. By combining traditional historical disciplines with social sciences and statistics, the project will exploit documentary and literary evidence produced inside and outside Nubia in Greek, Coptic, Old Nubian and Arabic. The project will conduct four case studies on linguistic strategies of (self-) presentation, gender-determined identity, the role of public inscriptions and the perception of Nubians in external sources.
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Funding Scheme
MSCA-IF-EF-ST - Standard EF
Coordinator
2311 EZ Leiden
Netherlands
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