Climate and crisis in Afro-Muslim chronicles (11th-16th centuries)

• Grant number: 25/00812-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: April 01, 2025
• End date: May 31, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - History - Ancient and Medieval History
• Principal Investigator: Marcelo Cândido da Silva
• Grantee: Letícia Nogueira Vasconcelos
• Supervisor: Clement Onimus
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France
• Associated to the scholarship: 23/13448-1 - Climate and crisis in Afro-Muslim chronicles (11th-16th centuries), BP.IC

Abstract

This research aims to collect and analyze references to climatic phenomena, disease and famine in sources describing North Africa. For this research, Muslim chronicles produced between the 11th and 16th centuries will be used, including five Mamluk chronicles and three on the Maghreb region. The aim is to understand the relationship between the recording of crises and the construction of communities.