Other Programs and Events

Conferences, Symposia, Workshops, and Summer Programs 
The Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( AKPIA@MIT ) : 

FALL LECTURES & EVENTS
Place and time: MIT, Mondays at 6:00 pm in the AVT, room 7-431.
(Free and open to the public)

**September 19
The Avenue of Sphinxes, Luxor, Egypt;
Historical and Cultural Challenges in Urban Design
Hala Nassar
Assistant Professor in Planning & Landscape Architecture
Clemson University

**October 3
The Work of the Aga Khan Planning and Building Services in Pakistan
Hafiz Sherali
Chairman, Aga Khan Planning and Building Services, Pakistan

**November 7
Panoramic Urbanism: Visualizing Urban History in Istanbul
Ipek Tureli
Post-Doctoral Fellow, AKPIA@MIT

**December 5
Bioclimatic Devices and Adaptations at Alijares Palace
(Alhambra, 14th century) and other Nasrid Buildings
Luis Jose Garcia Pulido
Post-Doctoral Fellow, AKPIA@MIT

Source:  AKPIA@MIT
http://web.mit.edu/akpia/www/lecturescurrent.htm

Symposium - Imperial Exposure: Early Photography and Royal Portraits across Asia
Freer Gallery of Art
Meyer Auditorium
Monday, December 5-Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Coinciding with the Sackler exhibition Power|Play: China's Empress  
Dowager http://www.asia.si.edu/explore/china/powerplay/, this  
symposium examines imperial portraiture during the advent of  
photography in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
While Power|Play addresses the unique circumstances and intentions  
behind photographs of Empress Dowager Cixi, the symposium is an  
opportunity for a broader comparative analysis of the engagement with  
photography in ruling courts across Asia. Among other topics, scholars  
consider how photographs of court figures were used to create images  
of power, to establish a sense of nationhood, and to express a  
religious identity, as well as the relationship between early  
photographic representations and more recent imperial images from the  
region.
Invited speakers include Ali Behdad, John Clark, Deepali Dewan, Holly  
Edwards, Maki Fukuoka, Luke Gartlan, Yi Gu, Christine Kim, Yuhang Li,  
Hyung Il Pai, Maurizio Peleggi, Ying-chen Peng, Claire Roberts, Mary  
Roberts, and Roberta Wue. Visit the links below to learn more about  
the speakers and their presentations. Register Now
Conference Program: http://www.asia.si.edu/events/IESymposium/schedule.asp
Speaker Bios: http://www.asia.si.edu/events/IESymposium/bios.asp
Abstracts: http://www.asia.si.edu/events/IESymposium/abstracts.asp
For more information, contact:
Jenna Vaccaro
Scholarly Program Assistant
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
VaccaroJ@si.edu

Romanesque and the Mediterranean
A Three-Day International Conference concerned with Romanesque,  Byzantium and Islam. There is also an opportunity to stay on for two days of visits to medieval sites in and around Palermo from 19-20 April. The British Archaeological Association is organising the second in a biennial series of international conferences concerned with Romanesque art and architecture. This conference, Romanesque and the Mediterranean, aims to examine points of contact between the Latin West and the Byzantine and Islamic worlds in the 11th and 12th centuries. This took many forms, from the widespread importation of artefacts - textiles, ceramics, ivories and metalwork for the most part - to a specific desire to recruit eastern artists or emulate eastern Mediterranean forms and buildings, particularly those in Jerusalem. Crusading themes are important, as are commercial and artistic contacts with the southern Mediterranean, and the conference includes papers on interactions between Islamic and Christian cultures in Spain and North Africa, as well as in the eastern Mediterranean.
The booking form may be downloaded from http://www.britarch.ac.uk/baa/conferences.html

Arabic and North African Studies (ARANAS) Summer 2012 Program
Date: 2012-04-20
The Arabic and North African Studies (ARANAS) Program is an intensive study abroad summer program for studying and learning the Arabic language, Moroccan and North African culture . It is based at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane near Fez, Morocco.
Contact: arabic@aui.ma
URL: www.aui.ma/arabic
http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=188622

Love and Devotion: Persian Cultural Crossroads
A conference at the State Library of Victoria
The State Library of Victoria in partnership with Bodleian Libraries,  
University of Oxford presents Love and Devotion: Persian Cultural CrossroadsA conference at the State Library of Victoria
About the conference:
12–14 April 2012 – Melbourne, Australia
This cross-disciplinary conference will explore cultural convergences  
in literature, art and architecture, history and philosophy from the  
time of Firdausi in the early 11th century to the present day, within  
the various Persian empires, Ottoman Turkey, Mughal India and Europe.
The two-day conference coincides with a major exhibition at the State  
Library of Victoria, Love and Devotion: From Persia and Beyond. The  
conference is presented by the State Library of Victoria in  
partnership with the Australian National University and with support  
from The Asian Arts Society of Australia.
Distinguished international guests and Australian specialists will  
explore themes including Persian ideals of love and devotion as  
expressed through the arts, intersections with the west, and the  
contemporary legacy.
The conference keynote speakers are:
· Professor Charles Melville, University of Cambridge
· Dr Stefano Carboni, Art Gallery of Western Australia
· Dr Zahra Taheri, Australian National University
· Dr Eleanor Sims, independent scholar, London
· Dr Mammad Aidani, University of Melbourne
Register your interest:
To request a registration brochure (available October 2011), please  
contact the State Library of Victoria: phone +61 (0)3 8664 7548, or  
email conference@slv.vic.gov.au
About the exhibition:
Love and Devotion: From Persia and Beyond
This landmark exhibition at the State Library of Victoria (9 March–1  
July 2012) will feature more than 60 rare 13th- to 18th-century  
Persian, Mughal Indian and Ottoman Turkish illustrated manuscripts  
from the Bodleian Libraries of the University of Oxford, as well as  
editions of European literature, travel books and maps from the  
collections of the State Library of Victoria. It is co-curated by Susan Scollay, an art historian who specialises in the art and culture of the Islamic world, and Clare Williamson, theLibrary’s Exhibitions Curator and co-author of The World of the Book. A lavishly illustrated publication, with contributions by scholars from around the world, will be available for purchase, and the exhibition will be complemented by a diverse program of events and activities.
For more information, visit http://www.love-and-devotion.com

AKPIA Lecture Series: A Forum for Islamic Art and Architecture online
This year's AKPIA Lecture Series: A Forum for Islamic Art and  
Architecture is now online. http://agakhan.fas.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k69205&tabgroupid=icb.tabgroup104234

The Spain-North Africa Project symposium “Spanning the Straits: Unity/Disunity in the Western Mediterranean,” taking place on Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at Catholic University of America (Washington, D.C.), is now available on the new SNAP website: www.aucegypt.edu/huss/snap  
The symposium will consist of three formal sessions: a workshop of  
works-in-progress, a panel of polished papers, and a roundtable  
discussion.  Each activity is designed to promote the exchange of  
ideas and to enable us to get to know one other better.
Registration for the symposium is $15 ($10 for students) payable  
on-site.  To help us get a sense of numbers for logistical purposes,  
we encourage you to pre-register by November 15, 2011, though on-site  
registration is also welcomed.  Please fill out the registration form  
that's also available on www.aucegypt.edu/huss/snap
All members are welcomed and encouraged to attend, especially those in  
the D.C. area.  We have deliberately scheduled the symposium on the  
day before the start of the Middle East Studies Association Annual  
Meeting, also in D.C., hoping that members could combine both  
activities.  At MESA, please also join us for a SNAP roundtable, on Saturday, December 3, at 2:30pm.

Bard Graduate Center, Seminar Series 2011-2012
Trehan Lecture in the Arts of the Islamic World

Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Donald Whitcomb, Khirbet al-Mafjar or Qasr Hisham? Changing Perceptions of a Palestinian Monument
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Lecture Hall, 38 West 86th Street

Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Julia Gonnella, From the Inside Out! The Mamluk Throne Hall of the Citadel of Aleppo, Syria
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Lecture Hall, 38 West 86th Street

Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Sussan Babaie, Nadir Shah’s Delhi Loot and the Eighteenth-Century Exotics of Empire
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Lecture Hall, 38 West 86th Street

Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Sheila Canby, Iranian Art at the Time of Shah ‘Abbas II (1642–1666)
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Lecture Hall, 38 West 86th Street

Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Rachel Ward
, The Courtauld Wallet: Metal, Marriage and Mongols in Medieval Mosul
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Lecture Hall, 38 West 86th Street