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
Special Event
Shirine Neshat and Shoja Azeri, Looking for Oum Kulthum (film)
British Museum
London
09.30.18
Lecture
Silsila Lectures: Lyla Halstad, Amuletic Practice and Pilgrimage: A Block Printed Arabic Amulet Scroll Depicting Mecca and Medin
Silsila Center, NYU
New York
6:30 pm
09.26.18
Lecture
Layla Diba, Between East and "West": The Art of Qajar Iran (1875-1925)
Aga Khan Museum
Toronto
2:00 pm
09.23.18
Exhibition
Transforming Traditions: The Arts of 19th-century Iran
Aga Khan Museum
Toronto
09.22.18-09.22.18
Lecture
Silsila Lectures: Guy Burak, What Do Talismanic Shirts Do in a Palace Library?
Silsila Center, NYU
New York
6:30 pm
09.20.18
Lecture
AKPIA Lecture Series: Elizabeth Key Fowden, The Parthenon Mosque
Harvard University, Real Colegio Complutense, 26 Trowbridge Stre
Cambridge, MA
6:00 pm
09.20.18
Workshop
Heritage Revisited: Rediscovering Objects from Islamic Lands in Enlightenment Europe
University of Vienna, Institut for Art History
Vienna
10:00 am
09.20-09.20.18
Lecture
Silsila Lectures: Elizabeth Key Fowden, The Parthenon Mosque
Silsil Centre, NYU
New York
09.18.18
Conference
(De)constructing the Spectacle: Cultural Memory, Heritage Practice & Urbanism in the UAE
Loria Center, Yale University
New Haven, CT
9:00 am
09.14.18
Conference
Hagia Sophia in the Long Nineteenth Century
Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio
09.14-09.14.18