Registration remains open for HIAA's Second Biennial Symposium, on the theme of Objects, Collections and Cultures, to be held at the Freer and Sackler Galleries in Washington, D.C., 21-23 October 2010. The conference will begin on Thursday evening, 21 October, with an opening address by Freer and Sackler director Julian Raby, to be followed by a reception. We also are pleased to confirm that a special exhibition, curated by Massumeh Farhad, will be on view at the Sackler Gallery during the symposium: The Shahnama: 1000 Years of the Persian Book of Kings.
 
The full symposium program and registration form are available through the links below. Please note the option to pay the registration fee using PayPal.  Please also note that the symposium program includes simultaneous workshops, focused on individual works of art in the Freer and Sackler collections. Space at these sessions is limited, and attendence will be on a first-come (i.e. first sign-up), first-served basis, using the symposium registration form.
 
Besides the sessions and activities at FSG, there will be a second symposium reception on Friday evening, 22 October at The Textile Museum, to include a tour of the exhibition Colors of the Oasis: Central Asian Ikats with curator Sumru Krody. HIAA is grateful to The Textile Museum for hosting and co-sponsoring this special event.
 
The 2010 symposium is being made possible with the generous support of the following sponsors: The Bodri Foundation;
H.E. Sheikha Hussah Sabah Salem al-Sabah, Director General, Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah, Kuwait; Iran Heritage Fondation;
Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture, Harvard University; International Center of Medieval Art; and an anonymous donor.
 
We look forward to seeing you in Washington in October!
 
For the symposium program committee:
Massumeh Farhad, Chief Curator and Curator of Islamic Art, FSG
Marianna Shreve Simpson, President-elect, HIAA

HISTORIANS OF ISLAMIC ART ASSOCIATION
Second Biennial Symposium, 21-23 October 2010: Objects, Collections and Cultures
Freer and Sackler Galleries, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Program Schedule (as of 1 September 2010)

21 October        Symposium Opening and Welcoming Reception
6:00-9:30 pm     Opening Address: Dr. Julian Raby, director, Freer and Sackler        Galleries 
                       
22 October       

9:00-11:00           
Session 1         Panel: The Formation of Islamic Art Collections from Early Modern
                            Times through the 20th Century

11:15-12:45   
Sessions 2a, 2b, 2c    Three Simultaneous Workshops:
                               Freer Khusrau and Shirin; Freer Battle Plate; Freer Canteen

Session 2d    Panel: “Cinematic Urbanism” in the Middle East
           
2:00-3:30
Sessions 3a, 3b, 3c    Three Simultaneous Workshops:
                               Bustan of 1579; Mamluk Glass, Freer Eagle Stand

Session 3d        Round Table Discussion: Objects of and in Islamic History and Culture

4:00-6:00                 
Session 4        Panel: A Codicological Approach to the Practices and Theories of Manuscript Collecting

7:00-9:00 pm  Reception and exhibition tour, The Textile Museum


23 October       

9:00-10:30
Session 5        Panel: The Arts of the Book in Focus

11:00-12:30   
Session 6         Panel: Objects on the Borders of Islamic Art
       
2:00-4:00           
Session 7        Panel:  Within/Without: Constructing Collections of Post-1800
                          “Islamic” Art 

4:30-6:00
Session 8        Panel: Objects and their Makers


HIAA 2010 Symposium Full Program 

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