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

Lecture

AKPIA Lecture Series: Ariella Azoulay, Plunder, Destruction and Museums: The Imperial Origins of Democracy

MIT, Room 3-133
Cambridge, MA
6:00 pm
03.12.18

Lecture

Ladan Akbarnia, The Albukhary Galleries of the Islamic World: Objects in Focus

Pembroke College
University of Cambridge, UK
03.09.18

Lecture

Mercedes Volait, The Commodification of Islamic Artefacts in 19th century Cairo and Damascus: A Story of Demand, Supply and Conf

Pembroke College, Cambridge
United Kingdom
5:00 pm
03.08.18

Lecture

Mercedes Volait, The Domestic Collecting of Islamic Artefacts in 19th Century Cairo: The Meymar Objects at the Victoria and Albe

Royal Asiatic Society
London
6:30 pm
03.06.18

Lecture

Abbas Amanat, Persianizing Europe and Remembering Ancient Iran in the Nineteenth Century

Freer-Sackler
Washington, DC
2:00 pm
03.03.18

Lecture

Melanie Gibson, Vessels Close to Those from China--A New Look at Timurid Blue and White Ceramics

Pembroke College
University of Cambridge
03.02.18

Lecture

CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER--Jessica Rose Holland, Digitising the Past: The Growing Archival Movement in Amman

Brunei Gallery, SOAS
London
5:30 pm
03.01.18

Lecture

Christiane Gruber, Idols and Figures in Islam: a Brief Dive into a Perennial Debate

Khalili Lecture Theatre
SOAS, University of London
7:00 pm
02.26.18

Lecture

AKPIA Lecture Series: Anooradha Iyer Siddiqi, Learning from Dadaab: An Architectural History of Forced Migration

MIT, Room 3-133
Cambridge, MA
6:00 pm
02.26.18

Lecture

Emily Hannam, The Earliest Mughal Album in the Royal Library, Windsor Castle: New Conservation and Research

Pembroke College
University of Cambridge, UK
02.23.18

Lecture

York Islamic Art Circle: Sussan Babaie, Urbanity and the implied sense of taste in early modern Iran

University of York
United Kingdom
6:30 pm
02.22.18

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Past symposia

AKPIA Lecture Series: Ariella Azoulay, Plunder, Destruction and Museums: The Imperial Origins of Democracy

Ladan Akbarnia, The Albukhary Galleries of the Islamic World: Objects in Focus

Mercedes Volait, The Commodification of Islamic Artefacts in 19th century Cairo and Damascus: A Story of Demand, Supply and Conf

Mercedes Volait, The Domestic Collecting of Islamic Artefacts in 19th Century Cairo: The Meymar Objects at the Victoria and Albe

Abbas Amanat, Persianizing Europe and Remembering Ancient Iran in the Nineteenth Century

Melanie Gibson, Vessels Close to Those from China--A New Look at Timurid Blue and White Ceramics

CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER--Jessica Rose Holland, Digitising the Past: The Growing Archival Movement in Amman

Christiane Gruber, Idols and Figures in Islam: a Brief Dive into a Perennial Debate

AKPIA Lecture Series: Anooradha Iyer Siddiqi, Learning from Dadaab: An Architectural History of Forced Migration

Emily Hannam, The Earliest Mughal Album in the Royal Library, Windsor Castle: New Conservation and Research

York Islamic Art Circle: Sussan Babaie, Urbanity and the implied sense of taste in early modern Iran

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