Presentations in Leeds and Paris by Marie Favereau

Research Associate Marie Favereau spoke at the International Medieval Congress in Leeds in July. Her panel was titled “Crossing Cultural and Religious Boundaries: Exchange and Conflict in the Black Sea and Asia”  and Dr Favereau spoke on ” The Trading Khans: Commercial Partnerships and Social Cohesion within the Golden Horde, 1260-1360″.
She also gave a lecture in Paris La Sorbonne on October 5th,  in a programme organised by the Institut de recherche sur Byzance, I’Islam et la Méditerranée au Moyen-Age , on the conversion to Islam of the Mongol rulers (Quand le khan devient sultan: Islam et Politique dans la Horde d’Or (XIIIe-XIVe s.).