East of Byzantium Lecture and Workshop, April 11 & 12, 2019
by Brandie Ratliff
The Arthur H. Dadian and Ara Oztemel Chair of Armenian Art at Tufts
University and the Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture at
Hellenic College Holy Cross in Brookline, MA, are pleased to announce the
final East of Byzantium events for 2018–2019.

Thursday, April 11, 2019, 6:15–7:45 pm
Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA

*Armenian Merchant Patronage of Early Modern Iran*
A lecture by Amy Landau, Freer|Sackler, Smithsonian Institution, discussing
the patronage of New Julfa’s Armenian merchant community.

Friday, April 12, 2019, 10:00 am–12:00 pm
Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA

*Image-making and Anxiety among New Julfa’s Armenian Artists, Theologians &
Merchants*
A workshop for students exploring how Armenian artists, theologians,
merchants, among others, thought about images and image-making in early
modern Iran. Led by Amy Landau, Freer|Sackler, Smithsonian Institution.

Advance registration is required for the workshop. Registration closes April
9. Additional information and registration at
https://eastofbyzantium.org/upcoming-events/image-making-and-anxiety/ [1]

*East of Byzantium* is a partnership between the Arthur H. Dadian and Ara
Oztemel Chair of Armenian Art at Tufts University and the Mary Jaharis Center
for Byzantine Art and Culture at Hellenic College Holy Cross in Brookline,
MA, that explores the cultures of the eastern frontier of the Byzantine
empire in the late antique and medieval periods.

For questions, contact Brandie Ratliff, Director, Mary Jaharis Center for
Byzantine Art and Culture (mjcbac@hchc.edu [2]).




[1] https://eastofbyzantium.org/upcoming-events/image-making-and-anxiety/
[2] mailto:mjcbac@hchc.edu