In 2008 the association launched a series of biennial symposia, held over several days, designed to encourage in-depth discussions of themes and issues relevant to the study of Islamic arts and cultures today. The symposia bring together established and emerging scholars to present new research from across the world.

HIAA Biennial Symposia

The Imprisonment of Zahhak (detail), folio from the Shahname of Shah Tahmasp 1535 Iran Aga Khan Museum, AKM 155

HIAA Biennial Symposium

Regime Change

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
04.15-04.15.21

Past symposia

Conference

Through the Lens of Henry Viollet: Islamic monuments through an undisclosed archival material (1904-1913)

Auditorium de la BULAC
65 rue des Grands Moulins, Paris 13e
8:30 am
06.23-06.23.22

Conference

Hybrid Conference – Stucco Decoration in the Architecture of Iran and Neighbouring Lands: New Research – New Horizons

University of Bamberg, Institute of Oriental Studies
Schillerplatz 17, 96049 Bamberg
6:00 pm
05.04-05.04.22

Islamic Art and Archaeology at the University of Bamberg is pleased to announce the forthcoming conference dedicated to research on stucco decoration in Iran and the neighbouring lands. The aim of this conference is to bring together scholars from several countries and to communicate the latest research…

Conference

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HIAA Biennial Symposia

Regime Change

Past symposia

Through the Lens of Henry Viollet: Islamic monuments through an undisclosed archival material (1904-1913)

Hybrid Conference – Stucco Decoration in the Architecture of Iran and Neighbouring Lands: New Research – New Horizons

The Environment and Ecology in Islamic Art / online November 8 - 15, 2021

CERAMICS FROM ISLAMIC LANDS at the V&A

Persian Arts of the Book Conference, 13–14 July 2021

Courtly Encounters: Open University Medieval and Early Modern Spaces & Places Conference

Conservation | Making | Art | History - April 8-9, 2021

Digital Humanities + Islamic Visual Culture--HIAA-sponsored panel at CAA 2021

Art History, Postcolonialism, and the Global Turn

HIAA-sponsored panel also scheduled to take place at CAA 2020, Chicago-- Interwar Islamic Arts

Decentring the Flaneur: Global Histories of Walking the Early Modern City

The Seas and the Mobility of Islamic Art (8th Biennial Hamad bin Khalifa Symposium on Islamic Art)

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