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
Conference
Fourth Annual Islamic Archaeology Day, hosted by UCL and SOAS
Gordon Square
London
11:00 am
02.03.18
Lecture
Jaimee Comstock-Skipp, The Proof is in the Picture: Artistic Connections between Ottoman and Shaybanid (Uzbek) Centers in the la
Netherlands Institute in Turkey
Istanbul
6:30 pm
02.02.18
Lecture
Charles Melville, The Splendid Eccentricity and Originality of the 'Big Head' Shahnama
Pembroke College
University of Cambridge, UK
02.02.18
Lecture
Islamic Art Circle, York: Simon Rettig, A Script United: Safavid Iran, Ottoman Turkey, and Nasta‘liq Calligraphy in the Sixteent
Bowland Auditorium
University of York
6:30 pm
01.19.18
Lecture
Simon Rettig, The Calligrapher, the Painter, and the Patron: A New Perspective on the Freer Khusraw u Shirin (Hadassah and Danie
Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS
London
01.10.18
Exhibition
Every Building in Baghdad: The Rifat Chadirji Archives at the Arab Image Forum
Laxart
Los Angeles
01.07-01.07.18
Lecture
Julien Auber de Lapierre, How Was the Coptic Museum Built?
Coptic Museum
Cairo
11:00 am
12.10.17
Conference
Material Culture Methods in the Middle Islamic Periods
University of Bonn
Bonn
12.08-12.08.17
Lecture
SOAS Islamic Art Circle, Ute Franke, Takht-e Solayman/Iran--From Sasanian Fire Temple to Ilkhanid Summer Palace
Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS
London
7:00 pm
12.06.17
Lecture
Doris Behrens-Abouseif, The Mamluk Book Market
AUC New Cairo Campus
Cairo
1:00 pm
12.04.17
Exhibition
The Rüya Foundation Presents Latif Al Ani
Coningsby Gallery
London
12.04-12.04.17
Lecture
Doris Behrens-Abouseif, Islamic Geometry: The Evolution of a Legacy
AUC Tahrir Campus
Cairo
5:00 pm
12.03.17