Past events
Book Launch
Book Launch: Muslim Cultures of the Indian Ocean
The Aga Khan University
Aga Khan Centre (Atrium Conference Room), 10 Handyside Street, London N1C 4DN
5:30 pm
04.27.23
To celebrate AKU-ISMC’s publication of Muslim Cultures of the Indian Ocean: Diversity and Pluralism, Past and Present, please join Professors Stéphane Pradines and Farouk Topan and their guests Dr Farah Faizal, High Commissioner of the Republic of the Maldives, and Dr Annabel Teh Gallop, Head of Southeast…
Special Event
HIAA Majlis at CAA 2023
NYU Institute of Fine Arts
1 East 78 Street, New York, NY
7:00 pm
02.16.23
We request that members RSVP for the Majlis by emailing sec.hiaa@gmail.com.
Exhibition
Bringing the Holy Land Home: The Crusades, Chertsey Abbey, and the Reconstruction of a Medieval Masterpiece
01.25.23
EXHIBITION: Guest curated by Dr. Amanda Luyster. Opens at the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Gallery at the College of the Holy Cross on Thurs. Jan 26 (lecture at 4pm; reception at 5:30pm) and closes on April 6, with a conference featuring speakers from the British Museum and elsewhere on Sat. March 25.
Seminar
Webinar – "The Visible and the Unseen: Reframing the Persian Tale of the Greek and Chinese Painters"
6:00 pm
12.15.22
ReSIA (Research Seminar in Islamic Art, SOAS) – 15 December
Online panel
Online Seminar – "Rare and Complex Wares: A Study of Vessels and Sherds Decorated with both Mina'i and Lustre Techniques"
11.24.22
Online Seminar – "Rare and Complex Wares: A Study of Vessels and Sherds Decorated with both Mina'i and Lustre Techniques," Research Seminar in Islamic Art, SOAS (ReSIA) – November 24
Online panel
Webinar – Socio-spatial Marginalization in Islamic Contexts: Architectural Conditions and Active Approaches – October 27
10.27.22
The impetus for our panel comes from our collective work to understand the marginalization of communities in Islamic contexts around the globe through the built environment, as well as from our active engagement with the selfhood, rights, and safety of women, children, minority denominational communities,…
Symposium
Hybrid Symposium – The Sasanians in Context: Art, History, and Archaeology, NMAA – October 21-22, 2022
10.21-10.21.22
Join the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art on October 21 and 22, 10 am-5 pm EST daily, for The Sasanians in Context: Art, History, and Archaeology.
Online Course
Religious Cultural Heritage: Concepts and Issues in the Modern Middle East
10.14-10.14.22
This is a two-day introductory course on the theme of religious cultural heritage (RCH) in the Middle East. It aims to contextualise RCH as the living cultural heritage of its community of users. In addition, the course attempts to present RCH as a contemporary construct of its socio-political and religious…
Lecture
Harvard University AKPIA LECTURE SERIES Fall 2022: A Forum for Islamic Art & Architecture
Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture
Harvard University, Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture, History of Art and Architecture Dept, 485 Broadway, Basement Lecture Hall, Cambridge, MA 02138
6:00 pm
10.13-10.13.22
Workshop
Online Workshop Applying for Museum Jobs
12:00 pm
09.16.22
This is the third HIAA online workshop for the Fall
Online Course
Islam and Creativity in Popular Culture - Online Short Course, Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations
online
09.12-09.12.22
This is a three-day online course that addresses the many new expressions of mass mediated creative arts that make reference to Islam. These expressions may be motivated by a wish to express an Islamic interpretation or spirituality, but they may also be for other reasons, such as from anti-racism or…
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