Alison Vacca
Biographic Data
| ID | 5373317 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alison Vacca |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alison |
| FAMILY NAME | Vacca |
| SIGNATURE | VACCA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Tennessee at Knoxville |
| ORCID | 0009-0003-2166-2572 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Navigating Language in the Early Islamic World: Multilingualism and Language Change in the First Centuries of Islam
Death at the Door of the Karapet: Gendered Space, Masculinity, the Breastfeeding Mother, and Cultic Competition in Late Antique Tarōn
This article centres gender as an important analytical category to explore regionally-specific expressions of religiosity that bridge the pre-Christian and Late Antique periods. It relates the story of a sixth-century noblewoman who reportedly entered an exclusively male monastery dedicated to John the Baptist, known in Armenian as the Karapet. Her challenge to the monastery is mapped spatially, where male order separates homosocial, sacred from …
Full Issue
Full Issue of Vol. 29 No. 1 (2021)
Khurāsānī and Transoxanian Ostikans of Early ʿAbbāsid Armenia
This chapter examines the relationship between Armeniaa nd Khursni nt he early Abbsid period by focusingo nt he Khursn governors (ostikans) placed in the north between the rise of the Abbsidsa nd the Samarranperiod. It argues that the presenceofKhursn governors and troops in Armenia challenges the idea that Armenia was separated or isolated from the broader concerns of the Caliphate. After ab rief introduction to the ostikanate,the chapter discus…
Past the Mediterranean and Iran: A Comparative Study of Armenia as an Islamic Frontier, First/Seventh to Fifth/Eleventh Centuries
Antony Eastmond. Tamta’s World: The Life and Encounters of a Medieval Noblewoman from the Middle East to Mongolia
With Tamta’s World: The Life and Encounters of a Medieval Noblewoman from the Middle East to Mongolia, Antony Eastmond has produced an engaging and insightful analysis of the political and cultural expectations placed on a thirteenth-century noblewoman whose family played a central role in the Kingdom of Georgia. This volume is approachable and enjoyable, weaving Caucasian history into a broader landscape of Ayyubid expansion and divisive politic…
Non-Muslim Provinces under Early Islam: Islamic Rule and Iranian Legitimacy in Armenia and Caucasian Albania
Nisbas of the North: Muslims from Armenia, Caucasian Albania, and Azerbaijan in Arabic Biographical Dictionaries (4th-7th centuries AH)
Recognizing that we know little about Arab settlement and Muslim populations in Armenia and Caucasian Albania during the Abbasid period, this article considers the data available in specific biographical compendia in Arabic: the works of al-Samʿānī, Ibn al-Aṯīr, Yāqūt, al-Ṣafadī, and Ibn Ḫallikān. It examines entries of notable Muslims from the fourth/eleventh through the seventh/fourteenth centuries with the nisba s related to the three province…
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Nisbas of the North: Muslims from Armenia, Caucasian Albania, and Azerbaijan in Arabic Biographical Dictionaries (4th-7th centuries AH)
Recognizing that we know little about Arab settlement and Muslim populations in Armenia and Caucasian Albania during the Abbasid period, this article considers the data available in specific biographical compendia in Arabic: the works of al-Samʿānī, Ibn al-Aṯīr, Yāqūt, al-Ṣafadī, and Ibn Ḫallikān. It examines entries of notable Muslims from the fourth/eleventh through the seventh/fourteenth centuries with the nisba s related to the three province…
Non-Muslim Provinces under Early Islam: Islamic Rule and Iranian Legitimacy in Armenia and Caucasian Albania
Past the Mediterranean and Iran: A Comparative Study of Armenia as an Islamic Frontier, First/Seventh to Fifth/Eleventh Centuries
Antony Eastmond. Tamta’s World: The Life and Encounters of a Medieval Noblewoman from the Middle East to Mongolia
With Tamta’s World: The Life and Encounters of a Medieval Noblewoman from the Middle East to Mongolia, Antony Eastmond has produced an engaging and insightful analysis of the political and cultural expectations placed on a thirteenth-century noblewoman whose family played a central role in the Kingdom of Georgia. This volume is approachable and enjoyable, weaving Caucasian history into a broader landscape of Ayyubid expansion and divisive politic…
Khurāsānī and Transoxanian Ostikans of Early ʿAbbāsid Armenia
This chapter examines the relationship between Armeniaa nd Khursni nt he early Abbsid period by focusingo nt he Khursn governors (ostikans) placed in the north between the rise of the Abbsidsa nd the Samarranperiod. It argues that the presenceofKhursn governors and troops in Armenia challenges the idea that Armenia was separated or isolated from the broader concerns of the Caliphate. After ab rief introduction to the ostikanate,the chapter discus…
Full Issue
Full Issue of Vol. 29 No. 1 (2021)
Death at the Door of the Karapet: Gendered Space, Masculinity, the Breastfeeding Mother, and Cultic Competition in Late Antique Tarōn
This article centres gender as an important analytical category to explore regionally-specific expressions of religiosity that bridge the pre-Christian and Late Antique periods. It relates the story of a sixth-century noblewoman who reportedly entered an exclusively male monastery dedicated to John the Baptist, known in Armenian as the Karapet. Her challenge to the monastery is mapped spatially, where male order separates homosocial, sacred from …
Navigating Language in the Early Islamic World: Multilingualism and Language Change in the First Centuries of Islam
Archaeology (6 works) · History (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Ancient history (5 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (5 works) · Byzantine Studies and History (5 works) · Eurasian Exchange Networks (5 works) · Geography (4 works) · Islam (4 works) · Law (4 works)