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
Christina Sumner, Silk, Gold and Sublime Artistry: The Inimitable World of Islamic Textiles
National Museum of Australia
Canberra
12:30 pm
05.09.18
Lecture
AKPIA Lecture Series: Aleksandar Staničić, Between the Hammer and the Anvil: Transition Architecture of Postwar Ex-Yugoslavia
MIT, Room 3-133
Cambridge, MA
6:00 pm
05.07.18
Exhibition
In the Fields of Empty Days: The Intersection of Past and Present in Iranian Art
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
California
05.06-05.06.18
Lecture
Joachim Meyer, The Human Figure in Islamic Art: Remarks on the Exhibition in the David Collection
Thomas Grey Room, Pembroke College
Cambridge, UK
5:30 pm
05.04.18
Conference
Intersections: Visual Cultures of Islamic Cosmopolitanism
University of Texas
Dallas
10:00 am
05.04-05.04.18
Forum
Proximate Orientalism: Habsburg Bosnia Revisited
Institut für Kunstgeschichte
University of Vienna
9:30 am
05.04.18
Lecture
Eva-Maria Troelenberg, Persian Carpets and Renaissance Revivals: A Cross-Cultural Itinerary
Courtauld Institute of Art
London
6:00 pm
05.03.18
Lecture
Valerie Gonzalez, Re-examining the Genesis of Mughal Painting
Brunei Gallery, SOAS
London
5:30 pm
05.03.18
Lecture
Nadia Ali, Image-making and Ancient Fiction in an Early Islamic Bath-house
Silsila: Center for Material Histories
NYU, New York
6:30 pm
05.02.18
Lecture
Renata Holod, City in the Islamic World: Theory, Plan, Law, and Use
Penn Museum
Philadelphia
6:00 pm
05.02.18
Lecture
Alain George, The Temple, Church and First Mosque at Damascus: New Perspectives
Senate House, South Block
London
5:00 pm
05.02.18
Lecture
Jere Bacharach, Excavating Fustat: The Role of George T. Scanlon and Others
Oriental Hall, AUC Tahrir Square
Cairo
6:00 pm
04.28.18