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
Workshop
Richard McClary, Dealers, Collectors and Curators: The Rise in Fascination with Mina’i Wares in the Early Twentieth Century
Bowland Auditorium
University of York
4:30 pm
01.21.19
Lecture
Massumeh Farhad, “United in War and Peace”: A Closer Look at Safavid Albums
SOAS
London
7:00 pm
01.18.19
Lecture
Massumeh Farhad, Isfahan: the City as a Setting for Safavid Painting
SOAS
London
7:00 pm
01.17.19
Lecture
Slade Lectures, Finbarr Barry Flood, Islam and Image: Beyond Aniconism and Iconoclasm
Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road, University of Oxford
United Kingdom
5:00 pm
01.16-01.16.19
Workshop
Cities 2: Zafar--Material History of a Buried South Arabian City on the Eve of Islam
Silsila Center, NYU
New York
9:00 am
12.07.18
Lecture
SOAS Islamic Art Circle: Bora Keskiner, Calligrapher Ottoman Sultans in the 18th and 19th Centuries
SOAS
London
7:00 pm
12.06.18
Lecture
Bita Pourvash, Persian Art in Canada: Early Collections and Exhibitions
Aga Khan Museum
Toronto
1:00 pm
12.06.18
Lecture
Lecture
York Islamic Art Circle: Uthra Rajgopal and Amy George, Four Corners of One Cloth: Textiles from the Islamic World
University of York
United Kingdom
6:30 pm
11.29.18
Lecture
Silsila Lectures: Clare Davies, Siah Armanjani: Everyday Magic in Iranian Modern Art
Silsila Center, NYU
New York
6:30 pm
11.28.18
Conference
Perceiving Processions
Courtauld Institute of Art
London
9:30 am
11.24.18
Exhibition
Syria Matters
Museum of Islamic Art
Doha
11.23.18-11.23.18