Upcoming and Ongoing Events

• 09.26.19–04.09.20

  Lecture

  Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University: 2019-20 Lecture Series

  Harvard University

• 11.07.19–01.26.20

  Exhibition

  Capturing Iran’s Past Fotokunst – PhotoArt – هنر عکاسی

  Pergamonmuseum

  Berlin, Germany

• 01.24.20

  Symposium

  Jerusalem in Exile: Meaning and Abstraction in Arab and Islamic Art (Symposium, Book Launch and Exhibition Jerusalem in Exile to celebrate the life and work of Kamal Boullata and his artistic inheritance)

  Frankopan Hall, West Court, Jesus College

  Cambridge, CB5 8BL, United Kingdom

  1:00 pm

• 02.01.20

  Special Event

  Islamic Archaeology Day at UCL

  31-34 Gordon Square

  London WC1H 0PY

  11:00 am

• 02.19.20

  Lecture

  The Maydan-e Naqsh-e Jahan in Isfahan and André Godard’s Restorations, with Sarah Piram, Iran Heritage Foundation Curator, the Victoria and Albert Museum, London

  Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Paul Webley Wing, Senate House (first floor, room 108)

  Russell Square, London, WC1H 0XG

  7:00 pm

• 03.05.20

  Lecture

  Between Khurasan, Iraq, Egypt and al-Andalus: New Thoughts on the Processes of Commissioning Caliphal Works Under the Early Islamic Caliphates, Jochen Sokoly Associate Professor, Department of Art History, VCU Qatar

  Arthur M. Sackler Building, Room 422

  485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA

  6:00 pm

• 03.11.20

  Lecture

  The Ninth Bahari Foundation Lecture in Iranian Art and Culture A History of Miniature Painting between the 1540s and 1560s in Central Asia , with Dr Karin Rührdanz, Curator Emerita, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto

  Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Paul Webley Wing, Senate House (first floor, room 108)

  Russell Square, London, WC1H 0XG

  7:00 pm

• 03.31.20

  Lecture

  The Creation and Representation of Order: Ghiyas al-Din Tughluq’s Tughluqabad, by Professor Sunil Kumar, Delhi University [FIRST ONE OF THE SPECIAL GUEST LECTURES FOR THE AKPIA SERIES]

  Arthur M. Sackler Building, Basement Auditorium

  485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA

  6:00 pm

• 04.02.20

  Lecture

  Reconstituting the Archive of Hazrat-i Dehli: The Sultans, the Sufis and the Riverine Plain of Delhi, by Professor Sunil Kumar, Delhi University [SECOND OF THE TWO SPECIAL GUEST LECTURES FOR THE AKPIA SERIES]

  Arthur M. Sackler Building, Basement Auditorium

  485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA

  6:00 pm

• 04.09.20

  Lecture

  Habsburg Alba Amicorum in Ottoman Constantinople, by Robyn Radway, Assistant Professor of History, Central European University

  Arthur M. Sackler Building, Room 422

  485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA

  6:00 pm

• 04.22.20

  Lecture

  The Qur’ans of Uljaytu, with Dr Alison Ohta Director, Royal Asiatic Society, London

  Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Paul Webley Wing, Senate House (first floor, room 108)

  Russell Square, London, WC1H 0XG

  7:00 pm

• 04.23.20

  Lecture

  Qusayr 'Amra: The Pandora's Box of Early Islamic Aesthetics, by Nadia Ali, Faculty Fellow, Silsila: Center for Material Histories, New York University

  Arthur M. Sackler Building, Room 422

  485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA

  6:00 pm

• 05.13.20

  Lecture

  ART AND OIL: Calouste Gulbenkian and his Collection of Islamic Art, with Dr Jessica Hallett, Curator, Early Modern Middle East, Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon, Portugal

  Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Paul Webley Wing, Senate House (first floor, room 108)

  Russell Square, London, WC1H 0XG

  7:00 pm

• 06.10.20

  Lecture

  Architects & Astrolabes: Islamic Art & Science in Medici Florence, with Dr Glaire Anderson, Senior Lecturer in Islamic Art, University of Edinburgh

  Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Paul Webley Wing, Senate House (first floor, room 108)

  Russell Square, London, WC1H 0XG

  7:00 pm

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• Special Event

  The Rise of Islamic Art: Gallery Talk (in Portuguese)

  Museo Calouste Gulbenkian

  Lisbon

  4:00 pm

  10.05.19

• Special Event

  The Rise of Islamic Art: Gallery Talk (in English)

  Museo Calouste Gulbenkian

  Lisbon

  3:00 pm

  09.19.19

• Special Event

  Syria and Yemen: Making Art Today (a symposium with artists, curators and scholars to investigate the current status and future of art and culture in the region)

  Stevenson Lecture Theatre, British Museum

  London

  10:30 am

  07.07.19

• Special Event

  Joint Book Launch and Discussion--From Stone to Paper (Chanchal Dadlani) & The Ottoman Baroque (Unver Rustem)

  Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way

  London, NW1 2HD United Kingdom

  6:00 pm

  06.28.19

• Special Event

  The Image Debate: Figural Representation in Islam and Across the World (Book Launch Event)

  Alumni Lecture Theatre Senate House, SOAS

  London WC1H 0XG

  7:00 pm

  06.21.19

• Special Event

  Majlis 2019

  Silsila Center for Material Histories, New York University

  by RSVP to the HIAA Secretary only

  3:00 pm

  02.15.19

  Sponsored by HIAA

• Special Event

  Islamic Archaeology Day

  University College

  London

  11:00 am

  02.02.19

• Special Event

  Transforming Traditions: Curator's Tour with Ulrike al-Khamis

  Aga Khan Museum

  Toronto

  6:30 pm

  11.06.18

• Special Event

  George Michell In Conversation with Helen Philon: The Islamic Architecture Of The Deccan

  Royal Asiatic Society

  London

  6:30 pm

  11.02.18

• Special Event

  Shirine Neshat and Shoja Azeri, Looking for Oum Kulthum (film)

  British Museum

  London

  09.30.18