Upcoming and Ongoing Events

University of Maryland and Walters Art Museum
9/24/2026 - 9/25/2026

How should American museums that present Islamic art engage the diasporic communities that are increasingly recognized as key public constituencies? How have these diasporic publics been constituted inside and outside institutional museums? What strategies might best encourage communities to move from…

Hosted jointly at Getty, LACMA, and UCLA
Los Angeles, California, March 4 - 6, 2027

Beyond its modern conceptualization, technology has always informed artistic production in the Islamic world. To name but a few examples, paper production, reduction firing to produce lusterware, and sustainable architectural forms like windtowers were all rooted in technological innovation. Today’s…

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
6:30 pm
07.23.26

In this richly illustrated talk, Dr. Yael Rice addresses the roles that Mughal manuscript paintings, murals, and designs for translation into other media played in broadcasting the imperial court's and the artists' own aspirations. Focusing on a number of the objects displayed in the VMFA exhibition India's…

Cudahy Science Hall Rm 200, Loyola University Chicago, Lakeshore
5:00 pm
02.19.26

How have Islamic and Islamicate architectural forms, practices, and histories taken shape across the Americas? Join us for a book launch engaging these questions and celebrating the recent publication of Islamic & Islamicate Architecture in the Americas.

Hilton Chicago - 3rd Floor - Joliet Room and via Zoom
1:00 pm
02.19.26

Join the annual HIAA Business meeting in person at the College Art Association Conference or virtually via zoom at 1:00--2:00 pm EST.  for more information email: sec.hiaa@gmail.com

Hilton Chicago - 3rd Floor - Joliet Room
11:00 am
02.19.26

The panel sponsored by the Historians of Islamic Art Association at CAA serves as this year's Majlis symposium, featuring the latest research in Islamic art history. We invite our members to join the discussion and listen to this exciting lineup of papers

Toronto, Canada
9:00 am
09.16-09.16.25

The Aga Khan University (International) in the United Kingdom, in collaboration with the Ismaili Centre and the Aga Khan Museum, offers a face-to-face short course on Governing Diversity: Engaging with a Complex World.

Boston College and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
9:00 am
04.03-04.03.25

April 3-5, 2025 To register clik here.

Boston, April 3-5, 2025
04.03-04.03.25

April 3-5, 2025

12:00 pm
03.04.25

Lecture - "Poetics and Politics of Fragrance: An Olfactory Approach to Safavid Paintings," Giorgia M. Maffioli Brigatti, VIAHSS - March 4

12:00 pm
11.21.24

November 21, 2024 (Thursday) 11am CST/ 12:00 EST/ 17:00 GMT   Moderator: Theodore Van Loan (Washington and Lee University) Panelists: Alessandra Amin (Johns Hopkins University), Stephennie Mulder (UT Austin), Kirsten Scheid (American University Beirut), Mohammed Mourtaja (Washington and Lee University),…

Zoom
08.30.24

We are excited to announce the first lecture of our new online series, “Curating the Silk Roads”, which will feature seven esteemed curators from US institutions, each offering unique insights into the field of Silk Roads studies.  

Wolfson College, University of Oxford
Linton Road, Oxford OX2 6UD
05.17-05.17.24

We are delighted to announce that 'From Sicily to Sumatra: Conference in Honour of Professor Jeremy Johns' hosted by Khalili Research Centre (KRC) will take place on Friday 17 - Saturday 18 May 2024 at Wolfson College, University of Oxford (Linton Road, Oxford OX2 6UD). This in-person two-day conference…

04.27-04.27.24

April 27 (online), May 2 – 4 (in person and online) University of Toronto