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2024 Apr 17

Norma Jean Calderwood Lecture: Artist Talk by Mohamad Hafez—Preserving Memory and Loss

6:00pm to 7:15pm

Location: 

Harvard Art Museums, Menschel Hall

This event does not require registration; see further details below.

Focusing on the theme of preserving memory and loss, Syrian American artist Mohamad Hafez will speak about his profession and artistic career in light of changing political conditions—both in the United States and in the Middle East—over the last two decades.

Speaker:
Mohamad Hafez, Artist and Architect

Free admission, but seating is limited and available on a first-come,...

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Gulru Necipoglu Freer Medal

Professor Gülru Necipoğlu Awarded Prestigious 2023 Freer Medal

November 14, 2023

Named for the National Museum of Asian Art’s founder, Charles Lang Freer, the medal has been awarded since its inauguration in 1956. The Freer Medal honors people who, over the course of a career, have contributed in a substantial way to the understanding of the arts of Asia. In 2023, as part of the Museum’s centennial celebrations, the Charles Lang Freer Medal was awarded to Gülru Necipoğlu, the Aga Khan Professor and Director of the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University’s History of Art and Architecture Department, for her lifetime of work in the arts of the...

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Professor Gülru Necipoğlu awarded Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art Award Lifetime Achievement Medal

January 20, 2023
Gülru Necipoğlu, Aga Khan Professor of Islamic Art, has been awarded the Freer Medal for lifetime achievement for her substantial contribution to the understanding of Asian art, along with Vidya Dehejia, the Barbara Stoler Miller Professor Emerita of Indian and... Read more about Professor Gülru Necipoğlu awarded Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art Award Lifetime Achievement Medal

HAA 100R: Sophomore Excursion Course

Instructor: Gulru Necipoglu-Kafadar, Jinah Kim, and Melissa McCormick 

This course introduces sophomore concentrators to on-site study of art and architecture through the case study of a particular geographic and cultural area. This year: India

2020 Mar 05

AKPIA Lecture: “Between Khurasan, Iraq, Egypt and al-Andalus: New Thoughts on the Processes of Commissioning Caliphal Works Under the Early Islamic Caliphates”

6:00pm to 7:30pm

Location: 

Arthur M. Sackler Building, Room 422

 

Jochen Sokoly

Associate Professor, Department of Art History, Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar

 

The Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture Lecture Series is open to the public. For further information, call 617-495-2355 or email agakhan@fas.harvard.edu. Previous lectures can be seen here...

2019 Dec 05

AKPIA Lecture: “Towards an Understanding of Early Islamic Architectural Ornament: Ancient Near Eastern Influences at Samarra”

6:00pm to 7:30pm

Location: 

Arthur M. Sackler Building, Room 422

 

Ann Shafer

Independent scholar; Adjunct Assistant Professor, SUNY-FIT; Harvard AKPIA Associate

 

The Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture Lecture Series is open to the public. For further information, call 617-495-2355 or email agakhan@fas.harvard.edu. Previous lectures can be seen here.

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