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
Silsila Lecture and Discussion Series: FIRST IMPRESSIONS: PRINT MEDIA IN THE MODERN ISLAMIC WORLD, Mira Schwerda, Harvard Univer
NYU
New York, Online
12:30 pm
04.09.21
Lecture
Restore and rehabilitate Al-Qastal mosque, by Ahmad Lash (Department of Antiquities of Jordan)
Institut français du Proche-Orient
3h-4h PM CET, 4h-5h PM in Amman & Beirut
3:00 pm
04.08.21
Conference
Conservation | Making | Art | History - April 8-9, 2021
Clark Art Institute
Online
04.08-04.08.21
Lecture
Silsila Lecture and Discussion Series: THE MAQAMAT TRADITION AND THE PRE-MODERN ROOTS OF ARAB MODERNISM, Maurice Pomerantz, NYU;
NYU
New York, Online
12:30 pm
03.26.21
Lecture
The Umayyad and early Abbasid Reservoir-Enclosure of ‘Ayn Sawdā (Azraq Oasis, Jordan), by Lorraine Abu-Azizeh, Julie Bonnéric,
Institut français du Proche-Orient
3h-4h PM CET, 4h-5h PM in Amman & Beirut
3:00 pm
03.25.21
Lecture
The Visual and Material Culture of Rayy, as Revealed through the Excavations Headed by Erich Schmidt in the late 1930s, by Renat
Harvard, AKPIA Lecture
Cambridge, MA (Online)
03.25.21
Lecture
The medieval heritage of Anfeh and its neighbourhood (North Lebanon), by Patricia Antaki (University of Balamand)
Institut français du Proche-Orient
3h-4h PM CET, 4h-5h PM in Amman & Beirut
3:00 pm
03.11.21
Lecture
"Islam and Surrealism: Abdel Hadi el-Gazzar's Postwar Painting in Egypt," with Alex Dika Seggerman
5 pm, EST
Boston College
5:00 pm
03.10.21
Lecture
Silsila Lecture and Discussion Series: CULTURAL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN LOUISIANA AND WEST AFRICA: FROM FOOD TO THE BLUES, Ibrahima
NYU
New York, Online
12:30 pm
03.10.21
Lecture
Silsila Lecture and Discussion Series: YUSUF AL-NABHANI AND CONSERVATIVE MODERNITY IN THE LATE OTTOMAN PERIOD, Amal Ghazal, Doha
NYU
New York, Online
12:30 pm
03.05.21