Past events
Lecture
Reconquest of Hagia Sophia: Contested Museum, Conquered Monument, by Tuğba Tanyeri-Erdemir
Online
Temple University, Philadelphia
11:30 am
11.11.20
Roundtable
Hagia Sophia’s Conversions: Reflections on the Political, Temporal, and Aesthetic Dimensions of Heritage, with Emily Neumeier
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diver
RSVP email to Cziesielsky@mmg.mpg.de
6:00 pm
11.10.20
Lecture
Radical Alternatives: Temporal and Spatial Mediations in Contemporary Iranian Art, by Pamela Karimi (University of Massachusetts
The Courtald Institute of Art, London
Online (5pm, GMT)
5:00 pm
11.10.20
Lecture
In Relief and in the Round: Sculptural Works at the Mughal Court (Dr. Devangana Desai Endowment Lecture) by Asok Das
Online
Will air on the CSMVS Mumbai Youtube channel Sunday, 5.30 pm IST
5:30 pm
11.08.20
Lecture
"BECOMING MUSLIM. THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF ISLAMISATION AND TRADE IN EASTERN ETHIOPIA" Timothy Insoll, University of Exeter
Online (from New York City)
Part of the Silsila Fall 2020 Lecture Series, Islam in Africa: Material Histories
12:30 pm
11.04.20
Lecture
"THE TARIKH AL-FATTASH AND THE MAKING OF THE CALIPHATE OF HAMDALLAHI" Mauro Nobili, University of Illinois
Online (from New York City)
Part of the Silsila Fall 2020 Lecture Series, Islam in Africa: Material Histories
12:30 pm
10.28.20
Seminar
Al Waleed bin Talal Seminar--"The Prophet as a ‘Sacred Spring’: Late Ottoman Hilye Bottles" by Christiane Gruber (University of
Cambridge, MA
via Zoom, RSVP required
4:00 pm
10.22.20
Lecture
"TRANS-SAHARAN SLAVERY AND GNAWA GUINBRI: FROM CONCEALMENT TO EXHIBITION" Cynthia Becker, Boston University
Online (from New York City)
Part of the Silsila Fall 2020 Lecture Series, Islam in Africa: Material Histories
12:30 pm
10.22.20
Lecture
"RELATIONS BETWEEN THE MAGHREB AND THE BILĀD AL-SŪDĀN AT THE TIME OF THE BERBER EMPIRES" Mehdi Ghouirgate, Bordeaux-Montaigne Un
Online (from New York City)
Part of the Silsila Fall 2020 Lecture Series, Islam in Africa: Material Histories
12:30 pm
10.20.20
Lecture
"THE PALACE OF KING NJOYA - COLONIALISM, MODERNITY, AND ISLAM" Mark DeLancey, DePaul University
Online (from New York City)
Part of the Silsila Fall 2020 Lecture Series, Islam in Africa: Material Histories
12:30 pm
10.14.20
Special Event
Virtual Research Panel, "Rethinking Turquerie: New Definitions and Approaches"
Online, https://www.asecs2020.org/virtual-sessions
American Society for 18th Century Studies, 10 am EDT
10:00 am
10.13.20
Lecture
"BROKER STATES & THE ARTICULATION OF MEDIEVAL AFRICA WITH THE ISLAMIC WORLD" François-Xavier Fauvelle, Collège de France
Online (from New York City)
Part of the Silsila Fall 2020 Lecture Series, Islam in Africa: Material Histories
12:30 pm
10.07.20
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