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.
Past symposia
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Alison Ohta, The Qur'an of Uljaytu
Berrick Saul Building
University of York
6:30 pm
06.06.18
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Ridha Moumni, Culture in Crisis: Qsar Es-Saïd Art Museum Project
Victoria and Albert Museum
London
6:30 pm
06.01.18
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Rory Naismith, Caliphs, Popes and Gold: Money and Long-distance Connections in the Early Middle Ages
University of York
United Kingdom
6:30 pm
05.29.18
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Charles Melville, The Illustration of Mirkhwand's Raudat al-Safa in RAS Ms.P.38
Royal Asiatic Society
London
6:30 pm
05.10.18
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Ilse Sturkenboom, Illustrations of 'Attar's Conference of the Birds: The Fifteenth-Century Development of a Pictorial Programme
SOAS, Khalili Lecture Theatre
London
7:00 pm
05.09.18
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Christina Sumner, Silk, Gold and Sublime Artistry: The Inimitable World of Islamic Textiles
National Museum of Australia
Canberra
12:30 pm
05.09.18
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AKPIA Lecture Series: Aleksandar Staničić, Between the Hammer and the Anvil: Transition Architecture of Postwar Ex-Yugoslavia
MIT, Room 3-133
Cambridge, MA
6:00 pm
05.07.18
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Joachim Meyer, The Human Figure in Islamic Art: Remarks on the Exhibition in the David Collection
Thomas Grey Room, Pembroke College
Cambridge, UK
5:30 pm
05.04.18
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Eva-Maria Troelenberg, Persian Carpets and Renaissance Revivals: A Cross-Cultural Itinerary
Courtauld Institute of Art
London
6:00 pm
05.03.18
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Valerie Gonzalez, Re-examining the Genesis of Mughal Painting
Brunei Gallery, SOAS
London
5:30 pm
05.03.18
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Nadia Ali, Image-making and Ancient Fiction in an Early Islamic Bath-house
Silsila: Center for Material Histories
NYU, New York
6:30 pm
05.02.18
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Renata Holod, City in the Islamic World: Theory, Plan, Law, and Use
Penn Museum
Philadelphia
6:00 pm
05.02.18