HIAA Biennial Symposia
Past symposia
Roundtable
“To Bear Witness”: The Art of Making Fractured Worlds from and beyond South Asia
In-Person and Online
The Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
6:00 pm
09.28-09.28.26
Featuring Roobina Karode, Joan Kee, Ritty Lukose, Cara Manes, and Fatima Quraishi, this roundtable will consider the enduring project articulated in contemporary artist Nilima Sheikh’s statement: “The artist’s role is to bear witness—to both the past and the present.” We will use the exhibition Fractured…
Conference
From the Balkans to Bengal in Baltimore
University of Maryland and Walters Art Museum
9/24/2026 - 9/25/2026
How should American museums that present Islamic art engage the diasporic communities that are increasingly recognized as key public constituencies? How have these diasporic publics been constituted inside and outside institutional museums? What strategies might best encourage communities to move from…
Lecture
The Shah Tahmasp Album from the Istanbul University Library
6:30 pm
09.17-09.17.26
Lecture
Hybrid: The Lives of Mughal Artists
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
6:30 pm
07.23.26
In this richly illustrated talk, Dr. Yael Rice addresses the roles that Mughal manuscript paintings, murals, and designs for translation into other media played in broadcasting the imperial court's and the artists' own aspirations. Focusing on a number of the objects displayed in the VMFA exhibition India's…
Book Launch
Islamic & Islamicate Architecture in the Americas Book Launch Event
Cudahy Science Hall Rm 200, Loyola University Chicago, Lakeshore
5:00 pm
02.19.26
How have Islamic and Islamicate architectural forms, practices, and histories taken shape across the Americas? Join us for a book launch engaging these questions and celebrating the recent publication of Islamic & Islamicate Architecture in the Americas.
Special Event
HIAA 2026 Business Meeting (Hybrid)
Hilton Chicago - 3rd Floor - Joliet Room and via Zoom
1:00 pm
02.19.26
Join the annual HIAA Business meeting in person at the College Art Association Conference or virtually via zoom at 1:00--2:00 pm EST. for more information email: sec.hiaa@gmail.com
Special Event
HIAA-Sponsored Panel at CAA: "New Horizons in Islamic Art History" (In-person)
Hilton Chicago - 3rd Floor - Joliet Room
11:00 am
02.19.26
The panel sponsored by the Historians of Islamic Art Association at CAA serves as this year's Majlis symposium, featuring the latest research in Islamic art history. We invite our members to join the discussion and listen to this exciting lineup of papers
Workshop
Governing Diversity: Engaging with a Complex World
Toronto, Canada
9:00 am
09.16-09.16.25
The Aga Khan University (International) in the United Kingdom, in collaboration with the Ismaili Centre and the Aga Khan Museum, offers a face-to-face short course on Governing Diversity: Engaging with a Complex World.
HIAA Biennial Symposium
Art Speaks (Back)
Boston College and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
9:00 am
04.03-04.03.25
April 3-5, 2025 To register clik here.
Lecture
"Poetics and Politics of Fragrance: An Olfactory Approach to Safavid Paintings"
12:00 pm
03.04.25
Lecture - "Poetics and Politics of Fragrance: An Olfactory Approach to Safavid Paintings," Giorgia M. Maffioli Brigatti, VIAHSS - March 4
Workshop
HIAA ONLINE WORKSHOPS
12:00 pm
11.21.24
November 21, 2024 (Thursday) 11am CST/ 12:00 EST/ 17:00 GMT Moderator: Theodore Van Loan (Washington and Lee University) Panelists: Alessandra Amin (Johns Hopkins University), Stephennie Mulder (UT Austin), Kirsten Scheid (American University Beirut), Mohammed Mourtaja (Washington and Lee University),…