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
HIAA Biennial Symposium
Expanding Contexts
Museum of Fine Arts Houston and Rice University, Texas, March 2-4, 2023
Past symposia
Seminar
Webinar – "The Visible and the Unseen: Reframing the Persian Tale of the Greek and Chinese Painters"
6:00 pm
12.15.22
ReSIA (Research Seminar in Islamic Art, SOAS) – 15 December
Seminar
Al Waleed bin Talal Seminar--"Competing with the Saints: Dynastic Burial Practices and Cults in the Medieval Western Maghrib" by
Cambridge, MA
via Zoom, RSVP required
3:00 pm
12.01.20
Seminar
Al Waleed bin Talal Seminar--"The Prophet as a ‘Sacred Spring’: Late Ottoman Hilye Bottles" by Christiane Gruber (University of
Cambridge, MA
via Zoom, RSVP required
4:00 pm
10.22.20
Seminar
Early Qur’ans from Archives of Sacred Texts, with Alba Fedeli, Universität Hamburg
Russell Square: College Buildings, Room 4426
London
5:30 pm
05.14.20
Seminar
The 22nd Annual Toby Falk Memorial Lecture - Haludar: a meticulous observer and illustrator of natural history in Bengal, c. 179
Paul Webley Wing (Senate House), Alumni Lecture Theatre
London
7:00 pm
05.06.20
Seminar
Little-explored treasures? The Indian textile collections at the British Museum, with Richard Blurton, Research Curator, Departm
Paul Webley Wing (Senate House), Alumni Lecture Theatre
London
7:00 pm
04.15.20
Seminar
Indian Treasures from a Scottish Country House, with Dr Rosie Llewellyn-Jones (Independent scholar (SOAS Alumna))
Paul Webley Wing (Senate House), Alumni Lecture Theatre
London
7:00 pm
03.18.20
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