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
Exhibition
Binding the Clouds: The Art of Central Asian Ikat
The Textile Museum
Washington, DC
03.16-03.16.18
Lecture
SOAS Islamic Art Circle: Peter J. Lu, Decagonal and Quasicrystalline Geometry in the Architecture of Medieval Iran and Its Influ
Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS
London
7:00 pm
03.14.18
Lecture
Gülru Necipoğlu, Artistic Cosmopolitanism from Istanbul to North Africa
CMES Tunis
Tunisia
5:30 pm
03.13.18
Lecture
AKPIA Lecture Series: Ariella Azoulay, Plunder, Destruction and Museums: The Imperial Origins of Democracy
MIT, Room 3-133
Cambridge, MA
6:00 pm
03.12.18
Exhibition
The World of the Fatimids
Aga Khan Museum
Toronto
03.10-03.10.18
Lecture
Ladan Akbarnia, The Albukhary Galleries of the Islamic World: Objects in Focus
Pembroke College
University of Cambridge, UK
03.09.18
Lecture
Mercedes Volait, The Commodification of Islamic Artefacts in 19th century Cairo and Damascus: A Story of Demand, Supply and Conf
Pembroke College, Cambridge
United Kingdom
5:00 pm
03.08.18
Lecture
Mercedes Volait, The Domestic Collecting of Islamic Artefacts in 19th Century Cairo: The Meymar Objects at the Victoria and Albe
Royal Asiatic Society
London
6:30 pm
03.06.18
Lecture
Abbas Amanat, Persianizing Europe and Remembering Ancient Iran in the Nineteenth Century
Freer-Sackler
Washington, DC
2:00 pm
03.03.18
Lecture
Melanie Gibson, Vessels Close to Those from China--A New Look at Timurid Blue and White Ceramics
Pembroke College
University of Cambridge
03.02.18
Lecture
CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER--Jessica Rose Holland, Digitising the Past: The Growing Archival Movement in Amman
Brunei Gallery, SOAS
London
5:30 pm
03.01.18