Islamization and the formation of a vernacular tradition: Muslim funerary monuments in 15th-century northern Sumatra
This paper presents an overview of a distinctive and previously un-studied tradition of Muslim funerary monuments from 15th-century northern Sumatra, including a description of its formal characteristics as well as discussion of its geographical distribution, periodization, and relation to other traditions of Muslim grave markers around the broader region. These stones present evidence for the emergence of a distinctive type of vernacular Muslim material culture dating to the earliest historical phase of Islamisation in Southeast Asia.
Date:
2 May 2019, 16:30
Venue:
The Khalili Research Centre, 3 St John St, Oxford OX1 2LG
Speaker:
R. Michael Feener (Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies)
Organising department:
Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies
Part of:
Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Seminars
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Laura Spence
