Biennial Meeting of the School of Abbasid Studies

The School of Abbasid Studies organises two-yearly meetings that are hosted by the Universities of its directors. Since 1992, sixteen meetings have been held.

Organisation

Participation of the meetings is on invitation only. Read all about how and when the meetings are organized.

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Photo gallery

Curious to see how previous meetings looked? Browse through the photo galleries and relive the atmosphere of past editions.

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Next meeting

Find information about the Seventeenth Meeting that will be held from 14 to 18 July 2026 at KU Leuven, Belgium.

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Past Meetings

See programs and participants of the past meetings (information available of the seventh till the fifteenth meeting).

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Latest news

Next meeting

The Seventeenth Meeting of the School of Abbasid Studies will take place at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, July 2026. More details will be posted in due course.

Scopus acknowledgement

The Journal of Abbasid Studies has been accepted for Scopus. The Scopus Content Selection & Advisory Board (CSAB) has reviewed the journal’s application and approved it for coverage. The editors are pleased with the Scopus acknowledgement and hope that the journal’s inclusion in the Scopus database will attract even more excellent work for publication in the Journal of Abbasid Studies.

New publications

Imposer l’ordre. La police dans les villes et les campagnes de l’Iraq abbasside (132-334/750-945)
Eugénie Rébillard

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