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
AKPIA Lecture Series: Helen Philon, Architecture on the Edge of the Muslim World: The Deccan during the 14th and 15th centuries
Real Colegio Complutense, 26 Trowbridge Street
Cambridge, MA
5:30 pm
10.19.17
Lecture
Pedram Khosronejad, Royal Lens: Nasser al-Din Shah and the People of his Harem
University of California
Santa Barbara
1:30 pm
10.19.17
Lecture
Walter B. Denny, The Ottomans in Italy
The Aga Khan Museum
Toronto
1:00 pm
10.19.17
Conference
Venice Biennale and the Arab World
Venice Ca' Foscari
Italy
10.19-10.19.17
Lecture
Renata Holod, What is in a Name: Signature or Keeping Count?
Aga Khan Museum
Toronto
2:00 pm
10.15.17
Conference
Conference on Manuscript Studies
Vatican Film Library, St Louis University
St Louis, Missouri
10.13-10.13.17
Lecture
Tom Nickson, The Palace of Pedro I in Seville, 'very much like the residence of the Muslim kings'?
Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS
London
7:00 pm
10.11.17
Conference
Museums in Arabia 2017
Bahrain National Museum
Bahrain
10.11-10.11.17
Forum
Naẓar: Ways of Seeing in Islamic Cultures
University of Adelaide
Australia
10.10.17
Exhibition
Iznik: A Fascination with Ceramics
Benaki Museum of Islamic Art
Athens
10.06-10.06.17
Lecture
AKPIA Lecture Series: Keelan Overton, The St. Andrews Qur’an Ongoing: Intervention and Biography between Iran and India
Real Colegio Complutense, 26 Trowbridge Street
Cambridge, MA
5:30 pm
10.05.17
Lecture
Annemarie Schimmel Lecture: Massumeh Farhad: When Paintings Speak: Inscriptions in the Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York
4:00 pm
09.29.17