SPACES and VISIONS” Historians of Islamic Art Association Biennial Symposium

“SPACES and VISIONS”

Historians of Islamic Art Association Biennial Symposium

October 16-18, 2008

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

http://www.arthistory.upenn.edu/HIAA/


October 16, Rainey Auditorium, Penn Museum of Archaeology and
Anthropology: “Out of Late Antiquity”

Keynote: Alan Walmsley, U Copenhagen. Sessions: 1. The
Relationship of Archaeology and Art at the Beginning of Islam. 2.
Fatimid Art. 3. Messianism, Kingship and Sacred Cities in the
Islamic World. Workshop: “On Qur’ans and Codicology”


October 17, Terrace Room, Logan Hall:

“ ‘Unity and Variety’ Once More: Time, Place, Material,”

Keynote: Gulru Necipoglu, Harvard. Sessions: 1. Women and
Patronage. 2. Pushing the Boundaries of the Iranian World: Theme;
Medium; Dynasty (ies); Place. 3. Unity in Diversity? Circulation,
Stasis and the Canon. Workshop: “On Reading Urban Fabric”


October 18, Terrace Room, Logan Hall

“Confronting Modernity”

Keynote: Glenn Lowry, Museum of Modern Art. Sessions: Museums,
Exhibitions, and Collections in Historical Perspective. On
Conservation and Cultural Policies. How to Study Contemporary Islamic
Art and Architecture. Workshop: “On Iranian Cinema”


Speakers: Alastair Northedge, Yumana Masrawa, Eva Hoffman, Ian
Straughn, Mattia Guidetti, Jonathan Bloom, Vivian Mann, Alison
Gascoigne, Nicholas Warner, Mina Moraitou, Heather Ecker, Sussan
Babaie, Rochelle Kessler, Christiane Gruber, François Déroche, D.
Fairchild Ruggles, Delia Cortese, Simonetta Calderini, Lucienne
Thys-Senocak, Afshan Bokhari, Linda Komaroff, M. Shreve Simpson, Yuka
Kadoi, Sheila Blair, Tim Williams, Barry Flood, Larry Nees, Elizabeth
Lambourn, Emine Fetvaci, Attilio Petruccioli, Monia Abdullah, Hussah
Sabah Salem al-Sabah, Jannane al-Ani, Farrokh Derakhshani, Stefano
Bianca, James Westcoat, Muhammad al- Asad, Hassan Radoine, Nebahat
Avcioglu, Kishvar Rizvi, Ijlal Muzaffar, Sarah Rogers, Hamid Dabashi.

Sponsors include: Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture,
Harvard University; Aga Khan Trust for Culture; Hussah Sabah Salem
al-Sabah, Director General, Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah, Kuwait;
Iranian Heritage Foundation; Turkish Cultural Foundation; University
of Pennsylvania: Center for Ancient Studies, Middle East Center,
South Asia Center; Departments: History of Art, Near Eastern
Languages and Cultures, Religious Studies, Women’s Studies, South
Asia Regional Studies; Program for Cinema Studies.




Renata Holod

Professor, History of Art Department

Curator, Near East Section, University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology